The Concept Is King
This is a concept-driven industry now. For better or for worse. The concept should be unique but just as important: the unique thing should be what generates conceptually unified scenes.
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Navigating the Rewrite Process: Finding New Perspectives
There's nothing magical about the rewrite.
It's the same as writing. So don't overcomplicate it, and don't let it intimidate you.
The Magic Why
I want to talk about perhaps our greatest weapon in the creative and emotional battle we call screenwriting.
I happen to think it's our greatest weapon in any endeavor...
It's Never Too Late To Do The Most Important Thing
One of the benefits of being a practitioner and not an academic is that the definitions I’ve sculpted over twenty years of teaching seek less to classify things and more to help us execute them properly.