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Screenplay Writing Tips

Posted by on Thursday, August 13, 2009, In : Screenplay 

These tips can also be found on Script Angel and are based on excerpts from John Yorke in for his excellent 'Advanced Story Course'

 Story

  1. Get your hooks in early – the first 10 pages are the most important. If the person reading the script is bored, so will an audience be watching it and they’ll switch channels!

  2. Have a narrative thread running right through, it doesn’t need to be continually taught but it mustn’t break or the audience will drift away. Create a sense of forw...


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Proofing Your Script

Posted by Julie Stewart on Thursday, April 23, 2009, In : Screenplay 

“Proofing Your Script” – Written by Derek Ladd –  Editor, Proof Edge


KEEPING IT CLEAN : Terminating Terrible Typos – The Importance of Proofing


I watched an interesting film a while back called ‘The Prestige’ with Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman. You may have seen it. A few months later I read the script (courtesy of DailyScipt). There are more typos in that one screenplay than in all the screenplays I’ve edited combined. Do yourself a favor and read this script. Hopefully it wi...
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