Screenwriters are often malnourished. No, not in the food sense, but in the department of career orientation. Some ask “Can I make it as a screenwriter if I don’t live in LA?” (a question I answer in my article here). And … Read More
Set Etiquette for Screenwriters
If you’re lucky/skilled/badass enough to have one of your screenplays optioned/bought and kicked into production, and if they’ve invited you to be a part of the experience of filming it, you might want to keep in mind, matey, the fact that thar be only a few things an on-set screenwriter is expected to actually, well, do.
Screenwriters Groups – Pro’s and Con’s
I’m a huge fan of writers groups. Screenwriting, like all writing, is mostly a very lonely endeavor. One woman. One word processor. Or two, if you’re collaborating. But ironically, the end goal of all screenwriting has traditionally been a stack … Read More
Why Screenwriters Need to Move to LA
Yeah, the world is shrinking, and yeah you can use Skype or Google Hangouts, to communicate across the globe (or ICQ, or AIM, or HAM radio while you’re at it), but if you’re serious about screenwriting, you straight up need to move … Read More
Animation writer Steve Darancette on giving script feedback
I recently ran into screenwriter and script consultant Steven Darancette at a local awesome coffee shop. Steve and I had worked together on several features in the past, but hadn’t hung out for a while. In the interim, Steve had … Read More
The Top 5 Reasons Why Screenwriters Quit
As the owner of Screenplay Readers, interacting with dozens of writers on a daily basis, I’ve seen it time and time again – screenwriters simply giving up, and getting out of the business. It’s always a bit discouraging to see … Read More
A Screenwriter’s Guide to Networking at Hollywood Parties
It’s the age-old cliché of Hollywood: the industry party, loaded from wall to wall with wannabe’s, fakers, hanger’s-on, and phonies. And they’re all nobodies going nowhere who think they’re somebody. If you go to an industry party in Los Angeles, … Read More
