by Angela Bourassa (@angelabourassa1) I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: one of the biggest pitfalls about being an un-optioned screenwriter is the plethora of ways that you can spend money in pursuit of your dream. Coverage, contests, conferences, courses, coaches, consultants, and other things that start with C… You could easily spend... Continue Reading →
How Plot Can Kill Your Character
by Tim Long (@ScreenplayStory) Every story begins at your Initial Stimulus – that spark of an idea that captured your imagination. The thing that got you excited and revved up. That initial flash of creativity you just knew would make for a great movie idea. Initial Stimulus is also something much deeper, though. Simply put,... Continue Reading →
Heart: The Emotional Glue that Binds Us to Story
by Tim Long (@ScreenplayStory) With over twenty-five years of professional story development and screenwriting experience, and nearly two decades of teaching screenwriting at the MFA level, I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate on hundreds of screenplays and films. During my career, hands down the most common problem I see in screenplays is that they lack... Continue Reading →
The 3 Psychological Characteristics of an Engaging Character
by Tim Long (@ScreenplayStory) If you analyze screenplays and films you are bound to find commonalities that exist among the ones that are successful and the ones that aren’t. A consistent commonality I see time and time again is that of character. In particular, there are three ubiquitous yet distinguishing features that all compelling characters... Continue Reading →