Writers' How-Tos
Monday Master Class: How to Schedule Your Writing Like
As a student writer, it is always difficult to find ways to be as professional as you can be. This tool was really helpful for me I found.
How To: Write a Treatment
The following is a how to piece about writing a treatment and the skills involved. As a noobie writer, I find these things very helpful, but at the same time I am careful not to take everything said as cut and dry. That is a tactic used by modern day intellectuals (not a god thing to be in most people's eyes). Read some of this and decide for yourself if it is or is not useful to you.
How To: Write the Action/Adventure Screenplay
Well, we have had a pretty basic story structure in the previous couple of blogs. However, for the third act there is considerable leeway on how this story can play out. You can turn a story like this into a tragedy or comedy. Remember the line from the film Stranger Than Fiction "Tragedy, you die. Comedy you get hitched." Well in the Action/Adventure story, almost anything goes. For instance, GUY does not have to die, but CHICK could perish tragically. However, avoid cliches like someone jum...
How To: Write the Action/Adventure Screenplay: Act 2
So our GUY has traded wallets with a gangster, met a beautiful Grocery Store cashier, and used the Gangsters credit card.
How To: Screenplay Format Guide (PDF)
Everyone wants to be a writer, but selling a screenplay is a tough job in Hollywood, especially if you know nothing of the industry standard screenplay format. Believe it or not, making your script stand out is actually counterintuitive— anything other than the traditional format will brand you as amateurish. Even those doing script coverage will neglect your script. To ensure your script gets a fair read, follow these formatting guidelines from Story Sense.
How To: Script Writing Basics How to Structure a Film Script l
Writing For Stage
How To: Write the Action Adventure Screenplay - Act one
Hey everybody, This feed is about the traditional three act structure when writing an action/adventure story or screenplay.
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