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  • Do You Know How To Make Money Writing Screenplays?

    Do You Know How To Make Money Writing Screenplays?

    Now that you’ve finished that script, you’ve probably asked people, “do you know how to make money writing screenplays?” You’ve probably typed in on google, “do you know how to make money writing screenplays?” You’ve probably been heard by your neighbors yelling, “does anybody know how to make money writing…

  • 1 Reason Why Screenwriters Fail

    1 Reason Why Screenwriters Fail

    You probably have read every blog post in history explain why screenwriters fail. You’ve probably been on screenwriting reddit and have read several personal experiences from screenwriters on how they’ve failed reach the summit with their screenwriting career. This post is going over the number 1 reason why screenwriters fail…

  • 3 Ways To Crush Writer’s Block

    3 Ways To Crush Writer’s Block

    I’m not going to lie and act like I empathize with people who get writer’s block. It never happens and the reason why I’m never affected by it is because I do these 3 things. 1. You must LOVE your script Your script is an extension of you. You spend…

  • 5 Things You’ll Miss About Movie Theaters

    5 Things You’ll Miss About Movie Theaters

    With Warner Bros. deciding to move its movies in 2021 to HBO Max, it’s led many to rejoice. At last, they won’t have to put up with the inconveniences of viewing a movie at a theater. The move has set a seismic shift in the movie industry with some saying…

  • 3 Essential Elements Your Screenplay Needs To Get Picked Up

    3 Essential Elements Your Screenplay Needs To Get Picked Up

    It can be difficult to sell your script. Many screenwriters don’t know what it takes to sell their script and thus, go in blindly. In this post, I’ll go over the 3 essential elements your screenplay needs to get picked up. Remember this acronym; CCP. No, not Chinese Communist Party,…

  • 1 MAJOR Reason You Shouldn’t Sell a Script to Hollywood

    1 MAJOR Reason You Shouldn’t Sell a Script to Hollywood

    It’s every writer’s dream to write a script and sell it to Hollywood. As writers, we cling to the hope that once we sell it, we’ll make a fortune, live the high life, and all will be right in the world. Unfortunately, that’s far from reality. In some cases selling…

  • How To Write a Screenplay That Doesn’t Fall Apart In The Second Act

    How To Write a Screenplay That Doesn’t Fall Apart In The Second Act

    If you have an idea for a script, but don’t know how to go about writing it so that it doesn’t fall apart by the second act, the following advice will help you immensely. When I first started writing films, I chose to write a futuristic space adventure. Guess which…

  • 5 Ways To Sell Your Screenplay

    5 Ways To Sell Your Screenplay

    So you’ve finished your screenplay and you want to sell it. PUMP THE BRAKES! There is a question that you must ask yourself before you attempt to sell your screenplay. That question is, “why should anybody buy your screenplay?” The very idea of buying anything is based on the premise…

  • Thoughts on Midsommar

    I’m late to the party on this film, but this was in my opinion a solid entry for A24. Since 2015, when I saw Ex Machina, A24 has really caught my eye with their films. As someone, who’s almost desensitized when it comes to horror films, Midsommar finds a way…