Hello Fellow Screenwriters! What do you think is the best screenwriting software? Thanks for your feedback.
Hello Fellow Screenwriters! What do you think is the best screenwriting software? Thanks for your feedback.
I'm just going to throw this out there, more so for those writing books, although it can easily be considered by those writing scripts because, this actually happened. It would be great to get everyone's take on how they'd feel when they get 'The call'.
I was having a conversation with someone last...
Expand postI'm just going to throw this out there, more so for those writing books, although it can easily be considered by those writing scripts because, this actually happened. It would be great to get everyone's take on how they'd feel when they get 'The call'.
I was having a conversation with someone last summer, on one of my usual morning walks, and they asked me, "so, that's your dream then, to get published or produced".
"No." I replied. (I actually said the word 'no'.) "My dream is to get that phone call that says "Yes, I completely get you and your work! I get the message! Now let's go show it to everyone else!"
That, to me perhaps, is worth much more than just getting published or produced.
Thoughts?
I totally agree. I don't want to just get published or produced, I want people who get me and are enthusiastic about my work to publish or produce it. I don't want just anybody on my team ;-)
To be honest, I don’t think about it! I figure I’ve done my job and will be happy to hand it over to a director to turn it into their dream. I am always surfing the wave and delighting in my next work. Bec
I agree but also want to walk into a book store and see my book on a shelf. Ever since I was a little kid and my folks would take me to Walden Books at the Mall and I would pick up I book I would look...
Expand commentI agree but also want to walk into a book store and see my book on a shelf. Ever since I was a little kid and my folks would take me to Walden Books at the Mall and I would pick up I book I would look at my parents and say, "I want to be an author. I want to buy my own book one day." So, i think its both ways - at least for me.
Hey everyone! Since it's Introduce Yourself week, I'm Alexandra Jimenez. I'm a Honduran-American filmmaker (producer/screenwriter/director) based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. I'm currently developing an animated short film, an animated web series, and a feature documentary. I'm also doing NaNoWriMo for...
Expand postHey everyone! Since it's Introduce Yourself week, I'm Alexandra Jimenez. I'm a Honduran-American filmmaker (producer/screenwriter/director) based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. I'm currently developing an animated short film, an animated web series, and a feature documentary. I'm also doing NaNoWriMo for the first time... xD
I'm the CEO/Project Manager at BAST Animation, which is the company that my husband started some years ago; this year we started our Animation School and we're currently supervising the animated short films that are coming out through our Animation Studio from the first two generations (our Signature Education program is 18 months long divided like this: 12 months of courses and 6 months of production).
Happy to connect no matter where you are from.
Welcome Alexandra. Sounds like you’ve got a few ambitious projects going on. Are you able to share more details about your documentary?
That's fantastic, Alexandra! And what a great idea to provide a scholarship to better facilitate the students you work with! I feel like I have no idea how to go about creating and implementing a scho...
Expand commentThat's fantastic, Alexandra! And what a great idea to provide a scholarship to better facilitate the students you work with! I feel like I have no idea how to go about creating and implementing a scholarship program LOL Would you be willing to share about what that process was like in the Producing Lounge? https://www.stage32.com/lounge/producing Or maybe in the Animation Lounge? https://www.stage32.com/lounge/animation
As a noob, I don't know what the best option is with placing character bios. Are they expected to be in-line as action elements? Or do you place in in a separate cast sheet? Is it enough to just describe them physically or do you need the back story as well? I attached an example of both options on...
Expand postAs a noob, I don't know what the best option is with placing character bios. Are they expected to be in-line as action elements? Or do you place in in a separate cast sheet? Is it enough to just describe them physically or do you need the back story as well? I attached an example of both options on my pilot. And I'm fully expecting the answer is "neither." :D Thanks in advance for your help!
I just did what I should have done before even posting this... i went and read finished pilots, specifically Newsradio (IMO, one of the better multi-cam pilots out there) and 30 Rock. (The BEST sitcom pilot IMO) Caught my formatting mistakes as well.
Thanks Barry! He had a lot to work with!
The second option. You do not want to clog up the script with blocks of character description. You can give some hints, and a brief physical description, but the rest has to come naturally from what h...
Expand commentThe second option. You do not want to clog up the script with blocks of character description. You can give some hints, and a brief physical description, but the rest has to come naturally from what happens and the dialogue.
As an example, the first meeting with my two main characters:
Panos, quietly good-looking and obviously fit, but not hip like the others, enters and looks around, a bit uncomfortable and shy.
He spots NIKOS [mid-30s], who is talking animatedly with someone and laughing.
Excited to announce my first ever publication is coming. Its my TV Pilot that I have been working on for the past 2 years based on a concept that I created when I was 13. So, 28 years later I am going to let it see the light of day!!!! Super excited as I have always wanted to be a screenwriter and a published author.
Congrats and welcome to our creative family! Happy networking Dan Lee!
Fabulous!
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I use writerduet. Is it the best? who knows? But its not the software that gets you a deal! As long you find it user friendly and has the features you like then write.
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These Zombie posts never die.
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I suggest you use writer duet.