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[BOOK REVIEW] The Script-Selling Game, by Kathie Fong Yoneda

[BOOK REVIEW] The Script-Selling Game, by Kathie Fong Yoneda

by Baptiste Charles | 23 August, 2020 | Book Review

Each screenwriter’s aspiration is for the story to get bought, produced and put on the screen. Yet most of what screenwriters have to learn in school or in their training relates mostly to craft: story, structure, characters… and very little to what...
Pitching Essentials For Filmmakers And Screenwriters

Pitching Essentials For Filmmakers And Screenwriters

by Elliot Grove | 16 January, 2020 | Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting

When someone asks you what your screenplay is about, and you tell them, you are verbally pitching your script to them.  If they ask you for a written summation – a treatment – you are submitting a written pitch. Either way, there are some basic pitching essentials....
A screenplay and a novel- The Must know differences

A screenplay and a novel- The Must know differences

by Geraint Anderson | 5 October, 2019 | Filmmaking, In Our Opinion, Screenwriting

Ever wonder about the difference between a novel and a screenplay? I was a novelist before I tried my hand at screenwriting, and it was only a happy accident that led me to change direction. In 2009 the BBC optioned the rights to my first book ‘Cityboy’ with a view to...
Story Selling by Heather Hale – Book Review

Story Selling by Heather Hale – Book Review

by Summer McGrath | 3 August, 2019 | Book Review, Screenwriting

Introduction Anyone can write a story, but not everyone can sell one. Enter Heather Hale, an accomplished director, screenwriter and producer. If anyone knows how to get a story sold, it’s her. Luckily for late night writers and budding screenwriters Hale is...
The Three C’s of Plot (and how they help you get through Act II)

The Three C’s of Plot (and how they help you get through Act II)

by Jurgen Wolff | 1 July, 2019 | Screenwriting

There are many ways of constructing a plot. One I find useful is to consider what I call the three C’s: Conflict Choice Consequence You can use these to develop your main plot and they are equally useful in constructing the smaller components of your...
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