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Help! My Screenplay is Too Short 23 Aug 2013 | 04:34 am
(Spoilers: Ocean’s Eleven, There’s Something About Mary, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) As I mentioned last post, spec feature screenplays should be a minimum of 90 pages, though you might get away with...
Help! My Screenplay is Too Long 17 Aug 2013 | 02:54 am
Spec feature screenplays ought to be between 95 and 110 pages long. In general comedies are on the shorter end of this, action on the longer end. Some big action or sci-fi films can go a little over t...
Do It Once Well 8 Aug 2013 | 10:59 pm
Since I'm currently rewriting a new spec script, my mind is on rewriting a lot lately. So, I thought I'd do a series of posts on rewriting. Today I want to talk about the screenwriting saying, "Do it ...
Coincidence 3 Aug 2013 | 04:29 am
There's a saying in screenwriting: coincidence that make your character's life more difficult is okay; coincidence that makes their life easier is bad. Consider the example of a hero being chased thr...
Structure vs. Formula 28 Jul 2013 | 02:56 am
A recent essay on Slate blamed the structural outline in Blake Snyder's book Save the Cat for the formulaic nature of Hollywood movies. The essay has been getting a lot of play lately. It's well writt...
Screenwriting Lessons from San Diego Comic-Con 2013 22 Jul 2013 | 11:10 pm
Last weekend I went to Comic-Con in San Diego. If you haven't been, it's a crazy pop-culture circus with both fan and pro components. Among the pro components are panels on industry topics and parties...
Interview with Producer Ken Aguado 11 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
Today I interview independent producer Ken Aguado, my co-writer on The Hollywood Pitching Bible. Ken's most recent film, Standing Up, was written and directed by DJ Caruso and will be released later t...
Two Ideas for Effective Networking 6 Jul 2013 | 03:43 am
Over the last couple of weeks I have been to several different events that have offered me the opportunity to network. I've also observed some pretty painful attempts at networking at those events. (I...
Hang a Lantern On It 29 Jun 2013 | 09:58 pm
There are lots of little tricks professional screenwriters have to overcome small problems in their scripts. Many of them have clever nicknames. One of those tricks is called Hang a Lantern on It. Th...
Do You Need This Scene? 21 Jun 2013 | 02:15 am
With few exceptions feature films are between 90 and 140 minutes in length. And marketable screenplays must be in an even narrower range – between 90 and 110 pages. This may seem like a lot when you'r...
