Harnessing the Storm in Brainstorming
Brainstorming. The word evokes turbulent images of roiling clouds clashing with thunder and lightning. We all wish our ideas would…
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Because of or Due To Confusion
Let me take this opportunity to confuse you a bit. Maybe you’re already confused about some things. I’m often confused….
Stringing the Segments of Shots Together
After spending many months going over just some of the basic camera shots and how novelists can transcribe these cinematic…
Did the Classic Authors Use Story Structure?
Today’s guest post is by K. M. Weiland. Katie has a terrific blog called Helping Writers Become Authors, and provides mountains…
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…
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