In any given year, there are roughly 35,000 screenplays registered with the Writers Guild of America. Only around 1,000 are purchased; and of those, just 400 for Hollywood-level money. And only about 250 are then turned into movies. Those numbers paint a grim picture—until you realize th...
No chance hiding one’s age there, so do you have any advice for what to say or do to mitigate any prejudice they might have about oldsters? Randy sez: I’m told that age bias is a serious problem in screenwriting. I wouldn’t know, since I don’t do screenplays. In the world of...
. It’s software that implements Blake Snyder’s method for developing screenplays. I have found it is equally useful in storyboarding books. It forces you to make sure you have some of the basics of your story figured out before you start actually writing it. (Note: Pantsers might struggle...
All types of adult fiction (except erotica); all types of young adult fiction and middle grade; Christian fiction; screenplays and TV scripts (virtual critiques): Faculty memberJaimie Engle, a screenwriter and writer, will get your work in advance, critique the first 10 double-spaced pages of ...
following numerous years of writing short stories and screenplays. I won’t include blog posts or school assignments, nor those handwritten attempts at first novels stashed away in the attic. But for the sake of organization and accuracy, let’s consider that I’m halfway to that million-word...
Randy, I am a new writer having only been writing for about a year now. I have written a few short stories, poems and screenplays in that time. I now decided to take the big step and write my first novel. I have started on two projects but abandoned them after a few chapters. I ...