You don’t need to go to film school and pay thousands of dollars for screenwriting classes. All you need to do is some reading. Let me tell you which books I found to be the most helpful...

One of the most common questions I’m asked by aspiring screenwriters is  How do I break into the business?  What I’m going to suggest you do is actually fairly easy.  But it does takes a degree of talent and a lot of persistence

If you’re a writer who wants to IMPROVE the QUALITY of your STORY, or a producer  who wants your FILM to have the best chance at the BOX OFFICE, here are 10 writing maxims that will MAXIMIZE your chances of SUCCESS --

 

What is a writer’s #1 CREATIVE TOOL? 

If you’re a screenwriter you better know what it is, because without it you won’t get past FADE IN: 

 

Much has been written about the subject of BE-DO-HAVE in the self-help arena. But applying it to screenwriting can be very helpful as well.

 

My book, HOW TO WRITE FOR ANIMATION, has just been released for the Kindle and other eBook formats. Read what Jeffrey Katzenberg, Stan Lee and others have to say about it . . .

 

Everybody knows that Moe Howard, as well as his fellow Stooges, were creative geniuses. But not so many know that Moe’s son-in-law, Norman Maurer, was a genius in his own right.

 

Theme is the most important element of any screenplay. It aligns and focuses the plot, subplots, characters and dialogue. It is the Rosetta stone which allows you to translate that great concept you have into a great screenplay. But that’s not all it does...

 Study for the Beethoven Frieze, Gustav Klimt

How detailed does a feature outline need to be? Gustav Klimt may give us a clue.