Tag Archives: screenplay writing
Script Frenzy
April is wrapping up, and so is Script Frenzy. Never heard of Script Frenzy? It’s a screenwriting version of NanoWriMo. Never heard of NaNoWriMo? It’s National Novel Writing Month, where people from around the globe write a 50,000-word novel in a month. Put them on your calendar! April = Script Frenzy; November = NaNoWriMo. For […]
Acting for a Living
I’ve been reading Roy McCrerey’s enlightening book called “Acting for a Living,” in which he positively affirms that it is easier to make a living as an actor outside of L.A. than it is to try to break into Hollywood. A very eye-opening read, and if you have any desire at all to be an […]
Character vs Plot: The Chicken or the Egg?
I’ve recently been reading Aristotle’s Poetics, which is considered, along with Lajos Egri’s The Art of Dramatic Writing, the foundation of modern screenplay writing (and dramatic writing in general). The interesting thing about these two books is that on the surface they appear to contradict each other. Aristotle insists that Plot is most important, and […]
