Two and a halfish minutes with comedy writer Todd Berger answering the question that keeps everybody who wants to be funny seriously awake all night:
Category: Resources
40 years worth of TV writing experience and info, yours for the taking.
John Ostrander: My Own Private Film Fest
by John Ostrander
It’s starting to get chilly outside which makes it a good time to stay indoors, get cozy, and watch movies. Sometimes – usually by accident – I find I’ve created my own personal mini movie festival around a theme or a certain actor or genre. I have a Christmas mini festival and Mary is putting together a Halloween one.
I did it recently around a specific time and place; Britain just before or early in the Second World War. All the films were, in one way or another, historical movies. Some characters are repeated in more than one film although in different interpretations and, of course, the events overlap but without being repetitive.
Peggy Bechko: The Writer’s Mindset
by Peggy Bechko
Being a writer is not easy, no matter what kind of writer you are. There’s a certain Mindset one needs to develop when one decides one is definitely a writer.
What, you say, might that be? Well, it consists of many facets in fact, things we need to get implanted in our brains that bolster us and keep us moving forward to be successful.
What Animation Writers Need to Know
Sometimes the truth hurts, and many potentially hurtful truths go unsaid as a result. Here, from Stage32.Com, are basic truths every writer starting out in animation definitely needs to know. In other words, this knowledge definitely is worth the pain:
by Bob Harper
“Animation is so liberating. I can write whatever I imagine!”
We’ve all heard this sentiment phrased one way or another. It’s true that practically anything that can be dreamed up can be animated, but someone actually has to animate it. So, the question is, “Just because you can imagine it, should you write it?”
How to Sell a Screenplay
At last! The definitive answer (until the next definitive answer) to the fundamental question on every writer’s mind. (Well, those who are trying to make it in Hollywood anyway.) Go for it:
from Script Reader Pro
So, you’ve finally finished a script you’re proud of. Congrats. But are you now trying to figure out how to sell a screenplay? In this post, we’re going to take a look at the very best six options to help you do just that.
We’re not saying that selling scripts is “easy”—there are no guarantees attached to any of the steps in this post—but if you apply yourself rigorously to each of them (for as long as it takes) selling a movie script should become that much easier.