All posts by: paul peditto

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Last post…MAY 19?! Good reader, I humbly apologize for the long absence. While I love the world of screenwriting, sometimes the best writing advice is a complete cleansing, just drop it and split–and the last two months of traveling 10,000+ miles from Pattaya, Thailand to Rio DJ, the shrimp and caipirinhas on Ipanema beach, qualifies. […]

The Fast Draw

May 19, 2019 0 Comment

You don’t have to be writing a Western to learn something from Westerns. For instance, the Final Duel. Don’t know if most Westerns have one but many do, and many of those are classic movie showdowns. I found You Tube clips for four of these classics and I thought it would be instructive for you […]

Yes kids, today we’ll set the land speed record for fastest click-away when I tell you that this post is about G-R-A-M-M-A-R! Mmhmm, big taste of castor oil and out of here everyone goes. Ciiiiiiiao! OK, anyone left? There’s good news for those of you remaining– you’re the ones who are going to succeed. This […]

Great Openers

March 30, 2019 0 Comment

Billy Wilder said grab the audience by the throat and never let go. That’s why Point Of Entry is so important. That’s why page 1 of your script is so important. Never mind that you might be in the hands of a tired and bored reader who is looking at the clock thinking about beating […]

Yep kiddies, time once again for…. Screenwriting L I N K S! Lots of dues paid in tracking down the best stuff upon the Digital Divide. The goal, as ever, is to help you on your way, to impart some wisdom, and to get my AC kicking as I write this in the August dog […]