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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Only four days left to enter Slamdance Screenplay Competition

https://www.withoutabox.com/03film/03t_fin/03t_fin_fest_01over.php?festival_id=7890

Monday, July 25, 2011

Excellent article on how to break into the business, especially TV

http://www.scriptmag.com/2011/07/18/primetime-wannabe-a-writer-get-in-the-game-or-go-home-also-comedy-writing-programs-and-pilot-page-counts/

Friday, July 22, 2011

10 Unrealized book to film adaptations from Flavorwire

Fascinating article on unrealized adaptations.

http://flavorwire.com/196203/10-unrealized-book-to-film-adaptations-wed-like-to-have-seen/10#post_body

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

ARTICLE ON WRITING CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

An article on writing character description. I don't agree with it (see my comment), but am listing is as another viewpoint.
http://www.scriptmag.com/2011/07/06/magic-bullet-characters-characters-and-how-to-look-like-a-pro/

ARTICLE ON LIES WRITERS TELL THEMSELVES

This is a really good article. I didn't fully agree with it (see my comment), but it has some excellent points.
http://www.scriptmag.com/2011/​07/13/meet-the-reader-the-lies​-screenwriters-tell-themselves​/

SOME IDEAS ON WRITING ACTION SCENES

This is an interesting article on how to write action scenes. I totally disagree with it and my response is in the comment section, but I list it as someone else's opinion.
http://johnaugust.com/2011/writing-fight-scenes#comment-191264