Screen Writing

Home Box Office (HBO) is an award-winning cable television channel that is broadcast to more than 40 million U.S. subscribers, according to its parent company, Time Warner Inc. The company does...

Now that you have written a screenplay what can you do to sell it. Make sure you have a professional script in your hands you don't want to send it in, to get it thrown into the recycle bin and...

Structure kills creativity. Thousands of movies never get written each year because of the myth about having to have structure first. This just isn't true! Imagine for a minute that your movie...

In Tinsel Town, the term "it's all about who you know" is definitely applicable when pitching a script to a TV or film studio. Also, you need to have an agent before producers will consider your...

You’ve submitted your screenplay to a producer, production company, literary agency….Now what? You’ve finished your screenplay, and finally have someone that has asked you to submit your...

Writing a script for animation is similar to writing a live-action script. The format for an animation script is the same as for a live-action script. Formatting a screenplay or script can be done...

If you're new to screenwriting, or have been plugging away at it for awhile, one thing you're going to need, if you have any realistic hope of getting your work read and noticed in Hollywood, is...

The first step down the long road of developing an original idea for a TV series is a document that lays out your vision for the show. Once you have a clear idea about your characters, as well...

Given the proliferation of prequels, sequels, remakes and poorly constructed plots that continue to make their way into film and television production these days, it's not surprising that a lot of...

You can learn to call out camera angles in a TV script, you just need to know how to write them in proper format and when to include them. Its also important to know when not call out camera...

Writing a screenplay for today's film market is both an art and a science. It's an art because it requires the imagination to create compelling characters and captivating visuals and either put...

Whether your story is still in your head or already on the page, transforming it into movie material means first creating a screenplay. The most important consideration is remembering that you are...

Great ideas are a dime a dozen, but a fully realized screenplay can be worth a lot of money. It takes an immense amount of work to take an idea from inception all the way through to the final...

Bollywood is the collective term used to describe the film industry in India. While most Bollywood movies are still made in the Hindi native language, the trend of English-language movies is on...

Being a television writer is one of the most exciting and lucrative careers in the entertainment industry. However, it requires a lot of hard work and study along with writing talent, and the...

Like actors, countless aspiring screenwriters come to Hollywood every year, hoping to see their script form the basis of a major motion picture. And like actors, they often find the road extremely...

Writing the next, great screenplay is the dream of every screenwriter. It's an elusive dream, because it requires a lot of skill and a bit of luck and a lot of of persistence. You may have...

I work in the Industry and read tons of bad and the rare good script. So often people get tied up in overly clever dialogue, characters etc. and lose sight of the most important aspect of any...

So you want to sell a movie script. While no one can give you your basic ideas, write characters or dialogue for you, there are several tips that can help along your creative process and help put...

Professional screen writing is a craft that takes years to develop, but anyone with a computer and an imagination can learn to write scripts. It takes practice and patience to develop and write a...

To get a movie published, you must be sure that the script is something that can be picked up, and then you must be willing to make accommodations to the script. If you follow the steps below,...

If you want to pitch a screenplay, you must first be very talented. Natural writing talent--and a knack for writing visually--is something that money can't buy. Most other things in the film...

If you want to earn your chops as a screenwriter, try a crime caper movie. You will get to practice everything from dialogue to romance to action sequences. Best of all, crime caper plotlines...

In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of movies based on comic books. Though it wasn't the first movie in the genre, when Bryan Singer's "X-Men" was a a surprising...

Lots of screenwriters have found that a character breakdown helps them to get a screenplay in order, and some readers even call for a character breakdown in submissions from writers. A character...

Producers and directors sift through the slush pile every day to find the gems hidden there, scripts written by writers with a real feel for the natural rhythms of humanity. The trouble is,...

Dealing with clichés is among the most intuitive parts of a screenplay writing process. As a writer, you have to know when you're approaching the trite and tired, and detour around as best you...

Getting people to break into giggles is no easy task. The reason is that comedy is a subjective medium, influenced by age and gender, and based on the level of education, and part of the world,...

The major reason it is challenging to proceed after finishing your first script is that, well, it's your first script and not only do you have no idea what to do, every possibility sounds like a...

One can only explain how to write a script. It is up to you to get off your rump, or sit on your rump rather and get to work. My first screenplay took me less than a month and I worked around the...

In my capacity as a professional script consultant, I often read dialogue that would work just fine in a print medium and yet which sounds stilted, rambling, contrived and much too cumbersome if...

A lot of people dream of writing for television. The pay is great, your work will be seen by millions and it could be the start of a profitable career. But the competition is intense, and to get...

If you want to cut your chops as a screenwriter, writing an action movie may be the way to go. You don't need a lot of backstory or characters, you don't need to look for any theme more basic than...

Martial fantasy (or Wuxia) movies are a popular subgenre of the Kung Fu movies exported from China during the last decades of the 20th Century. While martial arts played a key role in the films,...

So you've got a million ideas rushing around in your head that would make fantastic screenplays or movies. The only thing you're lacking are connections to get your material read and made. Here...

Buddy cop movies fit a small niche in the action movie genre. They deliver plenty of gun battles, car chases and explosions to fill a movie fan's excitement quota. But, they also provide a healthy...

The ability to write a compelling summary of your completed screenplay is what often makes the difference on whether a prospective agent, director or producer will invite you to submit your entire...

There is no fixed definition for an exploitation movie. Movies about girl gangs, drug cults, slasher killers and even Spaghetti Westerns have been lumped into the category. One thing they have in...

The martial arts have moved from late night cable and obscure video rentals to mainstream media. Kung Fu movies spawned a number of martial arts subgenres with fantastic feats and magical...

Creating an action movie hero involved more than pitting him against formidable opponents. Some audience members won't care about anything but the fighting, but to draw bigger audiences you need...

Teen horror movies are meant to park butts in seats and sell popcorn. Girls should scream and want to hug their boyfriends. You should be able to make out and miss half the movie and not miss...

Vampire movies resist film fads and trends. No matter what the market for other genres, someone will be willing to produce a good vampire movie for cable, theater release or direct to video....

This article will describe to you the process to undertake in order to attempt to break into the screen writing field. It will outline the process of writing an attractive script or pitch, and...

Some of the best films started as short stories. The list includes "2001: A Space Odyssey" which was based on "The Sentinel" by Arthur C Clarke. "High Noon" was based on "The Tin Star" by John...

Dark or black comedy takes disturbing events and transposes them with amusement. Who knew that dropping an atomic bomb could be so funny? Suicide, death, extreme violence, rape, rabid drug use,...

These few steps will provide you with the basics for executing the steps neccessary to accurately portray what's in your head onto the big screen.

If you're a writer, then you know it's hard enough not to write a love story in some shape or form, let alone trying to keep your past out of the story. Most everyone who is single has somebody...

You have a great idea for a new TV show but are not sure how to write it. After writing film scripts for so long you do not know how to shift from one form of entertainment to another. Follow this...

After reading a tremendous book, you cannot help but realize how amazing it would look as a movie. Soon, you find out you have the rights to turn this book into a movie, only you do not know how...

Subtext refers to messages that get across without ever being spoken. It is an essential tool for writing a great script and can be very challenging. This tutorial will help to lessen the...