We are taught “show, don’t tell”. But… there are exceptions to every rule. Take for example these lines of description. They are at the very beginning of the script. The author introduces the city…
You want to know why writing is like fly fishing? Listen to David Seidler’s answer, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The King’s Speech, in a suggestive episode of Creative Spark, a series of short documentaries produced…
The more poignant and meaningful a line of dialogue is, the better it is. A way to create subtext is to make a character hint at something painful to them or the person they are…
Do you think it’s cool when a villain is the protagonist? Of course it is. Yet it is also a difficult screenwriting task. Here are some excerpts from Nightcrawler script: And later on: And near…
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To turn problems into opportunities is our job as screenwriters… ER wouldn’t have had its innovetive visual style if the corridors of the hospital where the pilot was shot weren’t so narrow that the use…
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