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What Are Your Real Chances of Success

Writers know it’s not easy to launch and sustain a career. The odds aren’t necessarily stacked in your favor. But what exactly are your chances of making it?  The answer might surprise you.The first thing we need to know is the size of the competition.  If we were to ask how many people want to be professional screenwriters or T...
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Films Should Be Events

  • William Rosenfeld
  • .May 21, 2024
“Films Should Be Events” Says Producer William Rosenfeld From Such Content - William Rosenfeld is an independent producer at Such Content who’s referred to himself as “a recovering writer.” He’s been involved in the production of films like Crisis starring Gary Oldman and Mudbound starring Jason Mitchell. He co-founded the compa...
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Rules For Creative Thinking

The following are Sister Corita’s rules for creative thinking.  I think # 8 is SO important.  “Don’t try to create and analyze at the same time. They’re different processes.”Here’s the complete list:1. Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.2. General duties of a student: pull everything out of your teacher,...
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Persistence And Constant Reinvention

  • Brock Swinson
  • .December 27, 2023
“Persistence And Constant Reinvention Are The Keys To Success.” Julio Vincent Gambuto & B.R. Uzun Talk ‘Team Marco ‘Filmmakers Julio Vincent Gambuto and B.R. Uzun got tired of trying to set up their film and TV projects so decided to set up their own company Borough Five Pictures. That’s what we call taking matters into your own...
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The 5 Traits of Successful Writers

  • Gordy Hoffman
  • .December 27, 2023
Writers want success, but how do you define it? Is it writing enough to pay your bills? Is it writing to find an audience, regardless if you make enough money or not? Maybe you want to be famous or win an Emmy or Oscar. Any writer would probably welcome all of these things. But how does a writer attain these levels of success? W...
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5 Secrets To Selling Your Screenplay

  • Pen Densham
  • .December 18, 2023
5 More Secrets To Selling Your Screenplay… And Not Your Soul! Here are some more tips get you closer to the sweet smell of screenwriting success:1) Cold CallingThe term for finding buyers you don’t know – yet!Information is golden. Out there could be someone who needs your creativity. To find them is a task of exploration and th...
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6 Types Of Friends Every Screenwriter Needs

  • Amy Sullivan
  • .November 27, 2023
Most screenwriters owe their tenacity and determination to the people they surround themselves with. This includes all the industry folks that can either directly or indirectly get your screenplays into the write (sorry, right) hands that can shepherd it into production. Let’s not forget our friends who stand by us as we progres...
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Not a Lottery

  • Brianne Hogan
  • .November 20, 2023
Not a Lottery: Michael Ray Brown on Screenwriting:Growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, story analyst Michael Ray Brown hunted for crawdads in a creek, and whiled away days reading comic books in a treehouse.“Going to movies was a rarity in our family,” Brown says. “One of my fondest memories is when we all saw It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, M...
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No Cowardly Storytelling

  • Adam Fratto
  • .November 14, 2023
Producer Adam Fratto’s Advice To Screenwriters: “No Cowardly Storytelling.”Adam Fratto is a prolific film and TV producer, currently based at Reel One, he has a lot to say about what screenwriters should be doing to build their screenwriting careers. Do you have a list of screenwriters to watch? I absolutely do have a list. It’s...
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The Simple Cure For Writer’s Block

  • Seth Godin
  • .October 24, 2023
Write People with writer’s block don’t have a problem typing. They have a problem living with bad writing, imperfect writing, writing that might expose something that they fear.The best way to address this isn’t to wait to be perfect. Because if you wait, you’ll never get there.The best way to deal with it is to write, and to re...
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Three Screenwriting Principles to Remember

Suffer Less, Write More. It’s a new year and a new decade. At Meditative Writing©, we are starting with a healthier and more functional writing process. Below are three principles to remember throughout the year that will help you write more and suffer less during the inevitable pain of writing. 1) Nothing is permanentGood or ba...
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10 Tips and Tricks to Boost Screenwriting Creativity

  • Brianne Hogan
  • .September 12, 2023
Got writers’ block? Not sure what scene to write next? Not in the mood… to write? Waiting for inspiration to strike? Sound all too familiar?These questions have passed through the minds of most screenwriters at some point. While it is true that most professional screenwriters aren’t afforded the luxury of writers’ block or the p...
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Take A Writing Break If You’re Burnt Out

  • Yuli Masinovsky
  • .September 12, 2023
“Take A Writing Break If You’re Burnt Out” Says Manager Yuli Masinovsky:As part of our continuing series of interviewing top agents and managers in Los Angeles, we spoke with Yuli Masinovsky from Silver Lake Entertainment about how aspiring screenwriters are more likely to become working screenwriters. What does a screenwriter b...
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There Will Always Be A Market For A Script We Can’t Put Down

  • Seth Renshaw
  • .July 17, 2023
Seth Renshaw worked in PR, media sales and then with CAA’s Marketing department before transitioning to film and television with David Dobkin’s Big Kid Pictures at Warner Bros. As Director of Development at Benaroya Pictures, he is always looking for the next great project. What is the specific role of a Director Of Development?...
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Don’t Draw The Line At Good Enough

  • Brianne Hogan
  • .June 7, 2023
We interviewed Diane about the essentials of a first act, getting to know what your story is really about, and whether or not Hollywood will ever return to the golden age of spec scripts.Were you always interested in telling stories?I always felt fairly comfortable with the written word, and then became especially interested in ...
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The Risks and Rewards of Making a DIY Film

  • Tracy Clark
  • .March 28, 2023
(REPOST) Two Filmmakers on the Risks and Rewards of Making a DIY Film:Everything was run like a well-oiled machine; leaving one with the impression that this was not a DIY [Do It Yourself] production team at work. Perched on the camera dolly, with tracks laid neatly and evenly on the pavement. The bubble was dead center on the l...
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What Exactly Is A Screenwriter’s Voice

  • Alexander Robb
  • .March 22, 2023
We asked Alexander Robb, Manager at Insignia Entertainment, to shed some light on a screenwriter’s voice. Your voice can make or break you. So many questions. Let’s get some answers.To me, a screenwriter’s voice is everything. I often tell folks, “I sign off on voice, not concept.” A writer has to be a visionary on the page. Tha...
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Emerging Screenwriters Interview Series - Elaine Loh and RB Ripley

Elaine Loh and R.B. Ripley have both run the gauntlet of an exhaustive race. Both Loh and Ripley are writers whose finely spun voices landed them in one of the most prestigious writing fellowship programs around, the WarnerMedia Access Program (aka HBOAccess). They have also both been featured by the ISA as Top 25 Screenwriters ...
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5 Stages of a Screenwriter's Grief

Screenplays are our babies and criticism can feel like you're being told your newborn is ugly. Well... maybe it isAlright, so we are still deep into the quarantine I am unshaven, unshowered, living in my boxers and writing my tail off. Suffice it to say, I am living my best life ;) I check my emails while eating my fruity pebble...
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Formulaic is Good!

Screenwriting guru Michael Hauge on the balancing act all commercial screenwriters must perform.Films follow patterns. TV shows have arcs. Narratives have structure. No matter the medium, stories seem to repeat the same beats, framework and through lines. Anyone who’s read a screenwriting book or taken a class or even seen a few...

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