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Billy Marshall Stoneking
Where's the drama? and why do I care? - two questions that have transformed careers

I offer a free online screenwriting/film-making resource for those storytellers interested in working outside the box. Clients of mine have received Academy-award nominations for their films, and have scooped awards at BAAFTA, Slamdance, Sundance and elsewhere. Spend a day or a week exploring WHERE'...

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Janelle Lee

Love your website

Billy Marshall Stoneking

thanx for that Janelle. If you haven't fully explored it, do so - when you have a chance. And let your colleagues and friends know about it too.

Inola McGuire

Hello Billy, how are you? I hope you have learned to enjoy cricket. I love cricket because I grew up in the Caribbean. I love to write and now I am working on a script. I am doing a rewrite.

Beulah Jones
How's my logline?

When an African American public school principal challenges lazy and incompetent teachers, opposing forces conspire to get rid of her. She is arbitrarily demoted and must fight to regain her position.

Beulah Jones

JC Young, I agree with Dave, but was told to change the names to protect the guilty : ).

Beulah Jones

James, All events are true and documentation in book to prove it. A lawyer agrees. with Alle, truth is the best defense for slander.

Beulah Jones

David, Racial tensions lurk in the background. i have revised Logline:A conscientious no-nonsense inner-city school principal is ousted after she challanges some complacent dissident teachers, and she must battle a dysfunctional school system to regain her position. What do you think?

Beulah Jones

Her character flaws are many. but the main one is she expects teachers to teach. Is she crazy.

Beulah Jones

James, Her quest is not to have a better school system but to have a school where teachers will teach and black children will learn.

Mike Romoth
Any advice on formatting..i.e. the physical appearance of the text on the page...

It's nice to have a forum to ask questions of so many talented and experienced people from around the world. My post for today regards formatting of screenplays. I'm aware that this factor is extremely important, however, due to my 20 years of experience as a freelancer and editor for several east-c...

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Sydney Cuthbert

Fade In is an excellent program for about $50 that imports and exports to all of the file formats you would need including Final Draft, PDF, etc. It's intuitive and stays out of the way so you can just write and it still does pretty much everything the big boys do.

MJ Gavin

CELTX is cool because you can get for free. I use Final Draft because I can switch from using the IPAD app, email myself (work off the cloud) then retrieve on my computer and continue working where I...

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Mike Romoth

Thanks for clarifying the need for software that can work with different types of mobile devices and not just personal computers. I know that websites that work on PC browsers do not necessarily work on mobile devices. Ugh! Technology! But...yay! Technology!

MJ Gavin
Ann Burr

I like Celtx. I bought the upgrade. It works for me, since I am just starting out.

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