The Truth About Writing Dialog

Over a career longer than most of us have been alive and breathing, our BLLB AKA Beloved Leader Larry Brody, two of things that he is most eager to share are as follows:

  • Energy sells. Not only your pitching energy, but writing energy. Sentences that zoom from the page and into our brains, filling us with emotion.
  • Great dialog sells even more. Most readers, even the most professional of them, look down the page at the dialog first, and then if it sparks them and makes them say, “Wow!” they pay attention to what else you have to offer.

Keep both those thoughts in mind as you read this excellent and wonderfully titled piece (not written by LB, sorry) on “The art of dialogue.”

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Stephanie Bourbon on Why Agents Keep Rejecting Your Queries

The first question most new writers ask those of us who already are working professionally at the craft in various media inevitably is, “Will you read my script/book/whatever else I’ve written?”

After that gets the most tactful version of “Hell no!” the pro can come up with, most newbies swiftly move to the second most-asked question. “Why won’t the agents I write to even answer me?” read article

New Media and Made for TV Films

Remember when feature films used to be the leaders in cinematic expression?

No?

Well, come to think about it, that was pretty long ago. Here’s an interesting video about the new leaders of the media pack. Enjoy and learn, gang! read article

The old media/new media chasm

Seth Godin isn’t primarily a media guy, but he sure is a perceptive one, and the way media work is just one of his many great strengths.

Join us for a few words about the relationship between old and new media and you’ll see why our signature writing competition, PEOPLE’S PILOT 2019 welcomes media old, new, and, you know, in between.

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Learning from the Best – Lawrence Kasdan

Lawrence Kasdan on how he writes those beautiful scripts. (Don’t worry if you aren’t sure who he is. The second paragraph below will fill you in.)

How They Write a Script: Lawrence Kasdan
by Scott Meyers

“I wrote screenplays as a way to get into production. I wrote six or seven before I sold one; that was The Bodyguard. I thought if I started selling these screenplays, I’d get a chance to direct. I thought that was the way in.” read article