Anyone who has run a blog for 5+ years knows– it wears you down. The “content” spigot runs dry. I mean, seriously, how many different ways are there to discuss format or structure? How long can you do that before it gets stale? While I have no intention of shuttering Script Gods just yet, I […]
Character Biographies- Chat
January 30, 2018
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We talked about Character Biographies previously here at Script Gods. Today I wanted to give an an example of how to write them using an INSIDE-OUT approach. Remember: People are not who they appear to be. Who the characters appears to be to the world–their 24/7 world, the people in their lives, their economic, sociological […]
Action Sequences: The Matrix: Point Of Entry
January 17, 2018
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We recently spent some time on Point Of Entry. In a sin deserving of a 50 Shades Of Grey whipping, I somehow left out The Matrix. How does one leave out one the great openings in the history of film? Think about it… in the pre-digital, attention deficit disorder era, you used to get 10 pages […]
Video Smorgasbord 3
January 10, 2018
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Today we’ll offer up a veritable smorgasbord– Part 3 of my recent check of internet screenwriting resources that come in video form. Hopefully they will be of interest. And so, without further ado, like they say on ESPN, “let’s go to the videotape!” HARDCORE HENRY- POV SHOTS “Ever since its showing at the South […]
Screenwriting Links 13
January 1, 2018
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Good Reader, welcome to 2018! I wish you all glad tidings and best of luck in the year to come. Let’s start off here with, yep, screenwriting L I N K S! While I have a small pang of guilt that I didn’t write any of these, it doesn’t much bother me. It’s -20 below […]
