Script Perfection
Improve your format & style and get ready to write 'FADE IN'.
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Story Analyst Michael Sweeney on Script Reading, Taylor Sheridan, and the Future of Screenwriting
For 10 years, Michael Sweeney has been a script reader for Netflix and other producers. In this interview, he talks…
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How’s Your Pacing: Rushing Or Dragging?
Pacing is critical. Rush through the story, and viewers struggle to understand what is going on. Slow down too much,…
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Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan: Power, Politics & Progress
In Variety's Top 100 telecasts for 2021, Yellowstone features as the only cable show on the list. And while all…
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Why Taylor Sheridan Is The Most Relevant American Screenwriter
After seeing Sicario and sourcing the script in 2015, I instantly fell for the voice of this new writer. But…
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FORMATTING TIP: Accent, dialect and foreign language in dialogue
A powerful tool in creating distinctive characters is their language, using accent, dialogue and even foreign language. In the real…
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Wow Them In The End – Give Your Screen Story An Amazing Ending
A great ending can save an otherwise problematic or difficult script - like The Muppet Man. Or have you seen…