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How to Sell a Script to A24

A24 is a company booming with success. Since the creation in 2012. The films they present have an edginess to them. It seems like the films Hollywood won’t make that we all want to write. Small yet powerful. So how do you sell to them? How does a new screenwriter get inside of this independent […]

10 Pro Tips for the First 10 Pages of a Screenplay

Most newbie screenwriters have one problem. One problem stopping them from getting that professional job.  It’s that the first ten pages of their screenplay are BORING! Boring as hell! You think it’s intresting, but you aren’t the producer with the money. Trust me; I’ve made this mistake. In this post, I will layout the 10 rules […]

External Conflict in Screenwriting: Everything You Must Know

Hi, future professional screenwriter.  In this post, you will learn the basics of external conflict. What it is how to spot it How to create it for your scripts. And in the end, you will understand everything you need to know to move towards internal conflict, which is the next step. But first, let’s define it.  […]

Screenplay Internal Conflict: Everything you need to know Guaranteed

When I first started writing, I heard a lot of professionals say. “Conflict is everything.” So I went down the rabbit hole and found two types, external and internal conflict. In this post, you will learn everything about the conflict inside of characters. What internal conflict is How to create it Internal conflict examples I wrote this […]

Visual Exposition: A Comprehensive Screenwriters Guide

I’m writing this guide to help the newer writer understand something that took me months to learn on my own.  Writing exposition is one of the hardest things to do in screenwriting. You could easily be an amateur done incorrectly.  My screenwriting coach told me, “dialogue should never ever remotely smell like exposition.” The thought […]

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