A phenomenal idea just struck the creative center of your brain, and you know that it will make an amazing movie. You must write the script for this masterpiece, but the question is how do you develop that fleeting concept…
Outlining a Screenplay
Category: Writing
The Art of Reviewing
(Written by Mary Ann Back) Congratulations! You’ve written a literary masterpiece. Surely, a Pushcart Prize awaits you! Before sending your work out into the world, you decide to do the smart thing and submit it to your online writing group…
Nicolls Fellowship in Screenwriting contest
It’s that time of year again. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is accepting submissions for the Nicolls Fellowship in Screenwriting contest. From the web site: The Academy’s Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is an international screenwriting competition established…
Structure: The Framework of a Screenplay
The most basic structure of telling a story is to have a beginning, middle, and end. Screenwriting is a bit more complicated than this as not only do you have to tell a good story with interesting characters, but you…
Which animation program should I use to create my cartoon?
Screenwritersdaily’s 2005 article on How to Pitch a Cartoon has been very popular over the years. When I wrote the article it was one of the first and only topics available on pitching a cartoon on the internet at that time and since, it has been used as the basis…
The pros and cons of self-publishing a book by E. Hughes
Remember the old days when vanity publishers charged writers thousands of dollars to publish and distribute their own books? I can smell a vanity publisher a mile away. The goal of vanity publishing is to make money off of the…
Naan Kadavul by Sita
After two years in production, Naan Kadavul is one of the most awaited Tamil films. The lead actor of the film Arya is awaiting its release hoping to break into the film industry. Arya has a long list of credits…
Action in Scripts by Barbara J. Hunter
Action by Barbara J. Hunter ©2004 Action can either make or break a screenplay. Every script needs to have explosive lines of descriptive action. Each group of action should be, on the average, no more than two to three…