Stay Awhile and I’ll Explain
I’m going to speak to you a (short) while about when to use a while and awhile. It may seem…
Orchestrating the Symphony of Shots
We’ve spent much time going over camera shots, looking at various stationary and moving shots used in screenplays. If you…
10 Tips to Help You Avoid Procrastinating
A couple of weeks ago I talked about this distracting world we live in and how procrastinating has been refined…
Are You Inferring or Implying?
I found a very nice explanation online that tells the difference between the words infer and imply: “You imply things…
Cinematic POV—Anything but Subjective
In last week’s post I introduced the POV shot used in movie scripts. In a screenplay, when a POV shot…
Wait a Minute while I Procrastinate
Procrastinate. What a funny word. Its roots come from words in Latin that mean tomorrow and forward. In other words, why do…
Are You Sure It’s Ensure?
Don’t you hate it when two words not only sound alike (homophones) but also have similar meanings? What’s a writer…
Seeing through Your Character’s Eyes
Novelists are very familiar with the term POV, or point of view. Whether only one point of view is used…
Some Savvy Writing Advice from Famous Authors
Now that I’ve posted a number of quotes from famous authors on the writing craft that I disagree with, to…