Friday, May 22, 2009
Posts Tagged ‘screenwriting’
I’m not a screenwriter nor do I play one on TV, but here’s a cool offer from StoryLink.com for screenwriters to get a craft question answered by Alex Kurtzman & Robert Orci–screen writers for the adaptation of the new Star Trek everyone’s talking about.
Here’s a quick bit about the offer. Follow the link below for all the juicy details. And good luck!
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StoryLink is thrilled to feature blockbuster screenwriting team Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci (Star Trek, Transformers), who will be answering questions from the StoryLink Community in the June eZine.
Kurtzman and Orci have a hand in what may be some of this summers’ biggest hits: writing the Star Trek adaptation (which they also co-produced) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. They even produced the upcoming Sandra Bullock film: The Proposal. Variety is, after all, the spice of life!
Kurtzman and Orci started out in television, writing for shows such as Hercules and Xena: Warrior Princess, as well as Alias, where they became executive producers. They more recently co-created Fringe with J.J. Abrams. Plus, they have many other film and TV projects in development.
Get all the info at StoryLink
Friday, May 8, 2009
5/8 WIP Tip
Continuing the topic of good screenwriting advice for fiction writers, consider this: where are your story’s three acts? You know, those big, huge turning points that take your story in an entirely new direction? Yeah. Those. Can you define your story’s three acts?
Thursday, May 7, 2009
5/7 WIP Tip
On the topic of screenwriting tips fiction writers can use, both benefit from short, succinct openings. Screenwriters need to tighten their scene description, writers their beginnings. Review your first three pages and cut ruthlessly. I often hear editors say that if they aren’t hooked in the first page, they stop reading. Chop chop!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Screenwriting tips for novelists
If you’ve never visited the Storymind.com website because you don’t think you can learn anything from screenwriters, think again.
Melanie Anne Phillips, co-creator of the Dramatica program, has all kinds of fantastic advice for writers and screenwriters alike on her site.
One of the articles I like best features an array of tips for writers, all across the board. Do yourself a favor after reading it and check out some of the other articles on the site. You won’t regret it!
A Novelist’s Bag of Tricks by Melanie Anne Phillips at http://www.storymind.com
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
5/6 WIP Tip
Fiction writers and screen writers may be different creatures, but we share many of the same elements. Today, think how your setting(s) come to life in your story. Are you making the most of the locales in your story? How could you make the first setting more like a character?
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Free Screenwriting Workshops at The Great American PitchFest
Visit Storylink.com for more info!
Are you a screenwriter? Are you anywhere near Burbank, CA? Busy on June 13th?
Ok, no more 20 questions. But if you answered ‘yes’ to the first two questions and no to the last, hop on over to Storylink.com and sign up for the free screenwriters workshops at the Great American PitchFest (also free) at the Marriott Burbank Hotel & Convention Center.
Too bad I’ll be in California next week and not in June!
All the details are here: Screenwriting Workshops courtesy of StoryLink and The Writers Store at The Great American PitchFest
It's pretty simple, really. I'm a writer who loves writing about writing, and sharing all the tricks of the trade with other writers. And when I'm not writing, I'm thinking about writing. I have a hunch you know what I mean :)