What Is High Concept?

Film Courage strikes again with this provocative video about what “high concept” is and isn’t. The video concentrates on this as a “big movie idea,” but TV historically has been the arena where high concept ruled. And now…showtime:

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This too is part of Film Courage’s series on screenplay writing. You can see the whole magilla by starting HERE

Ultimate List of Useful Online Tools

Time now for another cool writing infographic. (You know, those cartoony charts that prove that pictures communicate ever so much better than words.)

Big thanks to Grammarcheck.Net for once again creating something we wish we had the talent to do ourselves!

Diana Black: TV Writing Checklist Part 4

EDITOR’S NOTE: If you haven’t already read Part 1,  Part 2, and Part 3, now would be a good time.

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Regardless of what type of project you’re writing, or whether you wrote a Treatment prior to this step (Storybook version of the narrative), the Scene Outline is mandatory. read article

Audio Drama and the Invisible Wall

It’s podcasting! It’s radio! It’s audio drama! And audio comedy too! Whatever you call it, radio style fictional series are having a very big year on the interwebs. Big enough, in fact, so that our very own PEOPLE’S PILOT 2018 Writing Competition has a category (and special prizes and discount entry fees) for the writers working their butts off in this glorious revival.

Which brings us to this post sent to us by good friend Bob Tinsley about how to write your audio comedy, audio drama, radio, or podcast better than you’re probably writing it or them now:

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10 Tips On Writing Better Dialogue

Film Courage gives us some dialog tips. Who could ask for anything more? (Yeah, we know the answer – “All of us,” but life doesn’t work that way, does it?)

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