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Fancy trying your hand at screenwriting? You'll find plenty of tips here to get you started.
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Screenwriting - Know Your Story
by Marg Riseley
While producers are necessarily as much concerned with budget and funding as with the story, directors lean toward the image and atmosphere, and can get carried away with what's visually appealing, impressive, shocking, exciting etc, sometimes to the detriment of the story. . . . keep reading
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Screenwriting: What Makes a Hero?
by Marg Riseley
How larger-than-life heroic your protagonist is will depend on how far to the positive side of the scale you lean, and how human, fallible and even comical, to the negative. Just make sure the balance is right for your protagonist in your story. . . . keep reading
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Screenwriting: Nursing the Muse
by Marg Riseley
The sooner you admit to having a problem, the sooner you can take steps to identify and rectify it. So if you don't want to prolong it, don't feel guilty about it and don't fight it! . . . keep reading
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Screenwriting: Conflict and Emotional Impact
by Marg Riseley
Conflict drives a story. The more layers you can add, the more involving your story will be, plus you'll have a lot more fun plotting. In real life people start to show their true colours while under pressure or facing a dilemma, and the same thing goes for story people. . . . keep reading
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Advice for Beginners
by Marg Riseley
Read everything you can get your hands on. This broadens your general knowledge, gives you more to write about, and you'll start to narrow your focus and realise what type of story appeals to you most. . . . keep reading
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Snappy Dialogue in Screenwriting
by Marg Riseley
Don't you love it when a film or TV show is full of really snappy dialogue? Cleverly constructed phrases, even dealing with a serious topic, can have us smiling if not laughing out loud in appreciation. . . . keep reading
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Collaboration
by Marg Riseley
What are the drawbacks and pitfalls of collaboration and what can you do about them? . . . keep reading
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Screenwriting: One Step at a Time
by Marg Riseley
Somebody recently commented they wouldn't tackle a screenplay because it seems like a mountain of work. It made me wonder if any other beginners might like some tips to start the climb. So here's what works for me. . . . keep reading
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Screenwriting and Subtext
by Marg Riseley
Ever heard of subtext? I couldn't find the word in my dictionary, which may be appropriate because, by my definition, it's the words and phrases left out. But these are no ordinary words or phrases... . . . keep reading
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Screen Talk - Finding a Gripping Story
by Marg Riseley
What's in a story? Conflict, characters, beginning, middle and end. Easy, right? But oh, the difference it makes when those characters and their conflict are involving, intriguing and gripping. . . . keep reading
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Creating an Original Series for the Screen
by Marg Riseley
Have you ever thought you'd like to see something different on TV besides the usual cops, docs and lawyers? The reason for those, by the way, is that there's drama and conflict inherent in the jobs. . . . keep reading
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Scriptwriting Terminology
by Marg Riseley
Concept, premise, synopsis, outline, treatment - do you know the difference between them? And how long each one should be? Let's look at what each one is and does. . . . keep reading
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Ann Harth
