Selling Screenplays When You Don’t Live in LA
Lots of the advice about selling scripts and advancing your screenwriting career says you need to live in L.A to make things happen. But that’s not necessarily true. Please welcome screenwriter Chuck Hustmyre to tell you about selling screenplays when you don’t live in Los Angeles. Over to you Chuck! How do you sell scripts if […]
Outlining and Your Screenwriting Process
An outline is a screenwriting document you’ve probably heard mentioned but perhaps without really being sure what exactly it is or how best to use it in your own screenwriting process. Having helped hundreds of screenwriters develop their film and television projects from idea to polished (often to shooting) script, here’s my lowdown on how outlining can […]
Finding Your Screenwriting Champion
Making that transition from hobbyist writer of good, solid spec scripts to paid, professional screenwriter is really, really tough. What you need to make that break-through is a screenwriting champion; someone who loves your work enough to take action and help you break-in. Why you need a screenwriting champion Right now you’re unknown and unproven as […]
Screenwriting Agents – UK
If you’re looking for help and advice to get a screenwriting agent in the UK, you’ve come to the right place! If you’re not familiar with the film, television and screenwriting industry, it can feel impossible to navigate and build connections and relationships with those ‘inside’ it. So we’re here to help you learn about […]
Screenwriting Tips For Your First Ten Pages
Screenwriting Goldmine Awards founder Phil Gladwin shares his top screenwriting tips for your first ten pages. The beginning of your script is crucial. If you haven’t hooked this reader by the time they reach page nine, ten, eleven, then you’re in trouble: the piles of scripts loom large, and there’s a strong temptation for any script […]
Screenwriting lessons learned from making a short film
Screenwriter and filmmaker Phil Lowe guest blogs for us on the screenwriting lessons learned making his own short film: It’s clenched-fist-salute time: after a production period longer than the latest Star Trek movie, my nine minute short film meisterwerk hit the festival screen a few weeks back. In a later blog I’ll offer some reflections on what […]
Screenwriter Interview – Jed Mercurio (Part Two)
The creator behind hit tv drama Line of Duty, the brilliant Jed Mercurio, sat down with Script Angel’s Hayley McKenzie after the third series aired in the UK, to chat about the show and his screenwriting process. In the first part of this screenwriter interview Jed talked about the process of developing this phenomenally successful series. Here in part two, Jed […]
Screenwriter Interview – Jed Mercurio (Part One)
If you love your television drama you’re probably one of the many millions of people who have been enthralled by the hit UK drama Line of Duty. Script Angel’s Hayley McKenzie was lucky enough to sit down with the show’s brilliant creator Jed Mercurio, after the third series aired in the UK, to talk about the show, his screenwriting process and career. […]
8 Tips To Writing Great Action Lines
A screenplay needs to be a compelling read before it can become a great film or tv show. Well written action lines are vital to the success of your screenplay; it’s where the action takes place and it’s your chance to tell the reader everything (bar dialogue) that they will see or hear on screen. Action lines […]