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Writing a Video Game Script - Write the Game

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Writing a video game script is very different to writing a movie script or a novel. Firstly you have to contend with different choices taking you through...

Who Wants to Be a Screenwriter?

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Do you love the idea of writing a screenplay? Being a screenwriter requires dedication and perseverance. Learn if the art of screenwriting is right for you.

Basic Structure for a Three Act Movie Screenplay

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Three act movie screenplays are the most popular structure of screenplays written today. So, the good news is that you need not write something as complex as...

How to Go to Sitcom Heaven

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Creating a saleable sitcom is rather like creating a decent meal. Assemble the correct ingredients and there's a good chance of some tasty fare.

Scriptwriting: The Five Key Points of Story Structure

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One thing is true of all stories. They all have a beginning, middle and end. Film scripts typically run from 100 to 120 pages with each page representing...

Screenwriter's Guide: Concept and Logline

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So you finally have representation, you've got your ear to the pavement and you know what's selling and what studios are looking for. So what's next?

Reasons Why Shakespeare is Called "The Bard"

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William Shakespeare is also referred to as 'The Bard'. The term bard originally meant a friend who likes writing poems indeed Shakespeare gained many friends...

6 Steps to a Good Low-Budget Movie Script

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Give the character some depth. He or she is a human being you are creating. They have a past, dreams, failures and successes just like every real person...

Why Book and eBook Authors Still Need Literary Agents

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A competent literary agent knows the literary requirements that different book editors and publishers demand right now. He knows the length and style of...

Titles that Talk: How to Create a Title for Your Article or Manuscript

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The first words of a manuscript that catch the editorial eye are those of the title. Anytime you submit a manuscript or article, you should make your title...

10 Techniques to Write Your Screenplay Faster

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Often screenwriters get stuck with the dreaded writer's block. The truth is writer's block doesn't exist. It is an imaginary barrier created by a tired,...

Beginning Screenwriting - Commit and Start Writing!

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A lot of people have a desire to write but just don't know where to begin. There are often unhelpful thoughts, ideas and feelings that plague us when we want...

Two Keys to Writing Effective Dialogue

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Writers expend a great deal of creative energy developing a story line and limning well-balanced prose with evocative sentences. Here are two helpful tips.

Where, Oh Where, Has My Creativity Gone? 5 Steps to Bring it Back

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Creativity is the key to every writer's craft. Without it, we are nothing more than people sitting at desks with paper and pencil, or blank computer screen.

Screenwriting with Impact: 6 Tips for Vastly Improving Your Scripts

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The screenplay you've pounded out on your trusty word processor is finished at last! Here are 6 ways you can improve it immediately.

How to Pitch Your Story Idea or Script to Hollywood

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Have a completed script or story idea you'd like to pitch? The best method is by calling the producers production office.

Organic Writing - The Garden Within

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Who you are as a writer has grown from your life experiences, your passions, your soil. You are fertilizing and weed pulling in your mind's garden.

Being Creative: The Right-Brain/Left-Brain Myth, and Achieving Flow

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The wonderful state in which words just flow from our fingers is caused by certain kinds of brain activation--which means there's nothing mystical about it.

8 Tips for Budding and Wannabe Movie Critics

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So you want to be a movie critic -- who doesn't? It's a fun job to have. But first, you should consider actually being good at criticism.

7 Ways to Increase Your Writing Range and Raise Your Income

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Here are seven strategies you can use to increase your writing range and boost your income potential in the process.

Eleven Unusual Cures for Writer's Block That Actually Worked

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Take a cue from famous and uncelebrated writers alike in adopting one of these unusual cures for writer's block that do actually work.

The Genesis of Boomer Literature: A Brief History

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Why is there the expectation that boomer lit will become a major genre? This is a simple matter of demographics. The same generation that made the success of...

10 Reasons Why Your Script Got Rejected

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Whether it's a contest, an agency or management company, a production company or even a studio, one thing is the same all over; there's too many damn scripts.

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We have 23 articles in Screenwriting

Writing a Video Game Script - Write the Game

Who Wants to Be a Screenwriter?

Basic Structure for a Three Act Movie Screenplay

How to Go to Sitcom Heaven

Scriptwriting: The Five Key Points of Story Structure

Screenwriter's Guide: Concept and Logline

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Reasons Why Shakespeare is Called "The Bard"

6 Steps to a Good Low-Budget Movie Script

Why Book and eBook Authors Still Need Literary Agents

Titles that Talk: How to Create a Title for Your Article or Manuscript

10 Techniques to Write Your Screenplay Faster

Beginning Screenwriting - Commit and Start Writing!

Two Keys to Writing Effective Dialogue

Where, Oh Where, Has My Creativity Gone? 5 Steps to Bring it Back

Screenwriting with Impact: 6 Tips for Vastly Improving Your Scripts

How to Pitch Your Story Idea or Script to Hollywood

Organic Writing - The Garden Within

Being Creative: The Right-Brain/Left-Brain Myth, and Achieving Flow

8 Tips for Budding and Wannabe Movie Critics

7 Ways to Increase Your Writing Range and Raise Your Income

Eleven Unusual Cures for Writer's Block That Actually Worked

The Genesis of Boomer Literature: A Brief History

10 Reasons Why Your Script Got Rejected

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