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Oct 1, 2021

Money Becomes King

Is the Rodarte X Tom Petty collaboration a disservice to his legacy… or a shift in who his legacy serves? — During the week leading up to the fourth anniversary of the death of legendary rock musician Tom Petty, social media promotions for a new Wildflowers-related merchandise collection began swirling around the internet. The collection, which is a collaboration with Los Angeles-based brand Rodarte, features t-shirts and sweatshirts with bright, floral…

Tom Petty

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Money Becomes King
Money Becomes King

Sep 26, 2021

Switch It Up: Transitioning from prose to screenwriting

Writing is writing, right? Not exactly. Some of the most difficult scripts to slog through are those written by people who mostly practice in prose. These are novelists, short story writers, and other fiction fans who make the admirable decision to flex their skills in another form. …

Writing

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Switch It Up: Transitioning from prose to screenwriting
Switch It Up: Transitioning from prose to screenwriting

Apr 9, 2021

Kill Your Inner Perfectionist: Crafting a sustainable routine for writers

Admit it, writers of the world: we all share the same fantasy. We revel in it at night as we drift to sleep. In the morning, stumbling to the coffee maker, we drool at the very thought of it. Day in and day out, our lust for it knows no…

Writing

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Kill Your Inner Perfectionist: Crafting a sustainable routine for writers
Kill Your Inner Perfectionist: Crafting a sustainable routine for writers

Mar 8, 2021

Pilots Versus Features: A primer for beginning screenwriters

Some screenwriting projects clarify their destiny as a pilot or feature before you even have the chance to boot up Final Draft. Other times, the process is a bit more evolutionary, as when a writer realizes they have just too dang much story for a two-hour movie and shift gears…

Screenwriting

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Pilots Versus Features: A primer for beginning screenwriters
Pilots Versus Features: A primer for beginning screenwriters

Feb 7, 2021

Deep Background: Screenwriting lessons from D&D players

My friends and I hold a weekly, Zoom-based game night. It’s rowdy, competitive, and truly awesome. …

Screenwriting

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Deep Background: Screenwriting lessons from D&D players
Deep Background: Screenwriting lessons from D&D players

Nov 12, 2020

LGBTQ+ Characters: A primer for beginning screenwriters

Representation isn’t the be all, end all of anything, but it does matter — culturally, artistically, and, yes, even practically. Almost every single day I see a “Script Wanted” ad in my inbox that specifies a desire for LGBTQ-, BIPOC-, and female-driven stories. These kinds of scripts are increasingly hot…

Screenwriting

5 min read

LGBTQ+ Characters: A primer for beginning screenwriters
LGBTQ+ Characters: A primer for beginning screenwriters

Aug 25, 2020

Your Short Screenplay is Terrible

The budding screenwriter’s attraction to the short film genre is understandable — after all, why commit to 100 pages when a mere 10 will suffice? Commonly, beginning writers extend these constraints on physical breadth to emotional depth as well, rendering their short scripts superficial and thematically empty. …

Screenwriting

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Your Short Screenplay is Terrible: Here’s why
Your Short Screenplay is Terrible: Here’s why

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·Jul 24, 2020

Speak Your Piece: Crafting Dialogue for Beginning Screenwriters

Tony: Ayanna, may I have your phone number? Ayanna: Sure, Tony. It’s (484) 555–5555. Sara: Do you want my phone number, too, Tony? Tony: No, Sara, I only want Ayanna’s phone number. (Author’s note: Don’t write your dialogue like this.) Ah, dialogue. A stirring monologue or witty quip from even…

Screenwriting

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Speak Your Piece: Crafting Dialogue for Beginning Screenwriters
Speak Your Piece: Crafting Dialogue for Beginning Screenwriters

Apr 28, 2020

Grains of Salt: Identifying high-quality feedback for screenwriters

Nothing feels longer than the hours (or days or, god forbid, weeks) between the moment a writer hands over their screenplay to a fresh, uninitiated reader and the moment the screenplay is returned, various criticisms and critique in tow. …

Screenwriting

5 min read

Grains of Salt: Identifying high-quality feedback for screenwriters
Grains of Salt: Identifying high-quality feedback for screenwriters

Apr 15, 2020

Showcasing Your Screenplay: Stun them on page one

Alright. So you’ve got your first (or second) draft of the 14 Day Script ready. Are you feeling ready to show off your work to friends and family? Or have you maybe been contemplating submitting your work to a screenwriting competition? Thankfully, there are quite a few ways you can…

How To

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Showcasing Your Screenplay
Showcasing Your Screenplay
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Stephanie Schellerup

screenwriter and script analyst. www.stephanieschellerup.com

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