“What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was a Brand New Screenwriter” is a category reserved for tips intended to help new screenwriters begin their screenwriting journey.
How to use a beat board or beat sheet to outline your screenplay Many screenwriters use a beat board or beat sheet to plan and outline their stories before they even type FADE IN. Not to be confused with a storyboard, which are a different kind of visual tool used later in the filmmaking process, […]
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By Michael Midis Show, Don’t Tell – Beyond the Obvious If you’ve been stalking the Facebook or Reddit groups or almost any other online screenwriting resource, chances are you’ve run across the maxim “show don’t tell” axiom. It’s everywhere, including university screenwriting classes and major studio boardrooms. And for good reason. The obvious takeaway is
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Not long after my divorce, my youngest daughter, Christine, was about to turn 10. It just so happened that her birthday fell on “my week.” You see, her mother and I had agreed to share custody of our three children on a week-about basis, and up until then, in true ‘man’ fashion, I’d avoided these
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