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65THE EQUESTRIAN SPORT OF EVENTING
The first time I rode cross country was on a trip to Ireland. I went with group from my riding school where we were all working on being very serious hunt seat riders and rarely ever left the ring. ...
0 comments74Make the First Ten Pages of Your Script Count
Whether you’re entering a contest or you’ve gotten some overworked, underpaid executive somewhere to read your script, the fact of the matter is you’ve got just ten pages to get their attention. If they...
1 comment5910 Ways to Keep Your Script off the Hollywood Slush Pile
10 EASY STEPS TO KEEPING YOUR SCRIPT OFF THE SLUSHPILE Here’s a big Hollywood news flash: nobody wants to read your script. Industry pros like producers, agents and even top level readers are going to...
1 comment62HOW TO TELL IF A STORY HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A GREAT MOVIE
One of the first things I learned as a development executive is that there’s a BIG difference between a good story and a story that makes a good movie. Back then, where true-life movies were king, we would...
1 comment53Is Your New Year's Resolution to Get Your Screenplay Produced??
New Years is a great time to renew your resolve to sell your script. Here are a couple of tips to keep you from getting taken to the cleaners on the way to the red carpet: Requiring money up front –...
0 comments55The Logline
A client and I were having a discussion back and forth about the best logline for his script and it made me realize how very hard it is to really write a great logline. Here are some suggestions to get you...
0 comments65KEEP YOUR WRITING ACTIVE
There’s nothing worse than that passive, whiny person we all know (or can become from time to time). You know who I mean, the “poor me” victim who claims things just keep happening to them, boo hoo. ...
0 comments56Give Every Scene in Your Script A Purpose
Time and time again I find that writers have taken great pains to get the characters, dialog and description right but forgot to give the scene a purpose. I’m not talking about a cheesy “a ha!” moment...
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