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How to read between the lines of the 2011 Golden Globe nominations

December 21, 2010

By analysing the categories in which films have (and have not) been nominated, you can tell what worked – and didn’t work – in this year’s crop of screenplays.

Ben Affleck’s The Town – where it lost its way

October 23, 2010

The Town is an intelligent heist flick but the ending is disappointing – and instructive for students of screenwriting.

Screenwriting secrets found Buried in a box

October 23, 2010

How can you make a movie about a guy stuck in a coffin? Here’s how Buried screenwriter Chris Sparling pulled it off and the screenwriting lessons we can all learn from it.

Easy A gets A+ for character, but C- for story

October 7, 2010

Easy A Movie Poster Emma Stone Olive Penderghast

I loved the lead character and adored Emma Stone but the story fails to capitalise on these extraordinary elements.

Why screenwriters should take the oral before the written

August 20, 2010

A lot of screenwriters won’t share their stories until they’re “finished”. Here are 2 reasons you should tell your stories before you write a word of your screenplay.

In defence of Inception

August 16, 2010

My good friend and prolific screenwriter, Liz Doran, had an entirely different reaction to Inception. Here are her dissenting and insightful thoughts.

Why Inception didn’t do it for me

August 11, 2010

Christopher Nolan’s Inception is extraordinarily imaginative, brilliantly executed and not even remotely emotionally engaging on any of its 3 levels. Here’s why it leaves me cold.

What should happen at the midpoint?

July 30, 2010

If all you do at the midpoint is raise the stakes your script has little chance of packing much emotional punch at the climax. Here are the 2 things you should be focussed on delivering around the middle of Act 2.

10 screenwriting insights I wish I’d had 25 years ago

July 22, 2010

Over the last 25 years, I’ve stumbled and lurched my way to some understanding of the screenwriter’s craft. Here I share the 10 screenwriting insights I wish I’d had when I started out.

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