I’ve been trying to learn as much about screenwriting as possible, though I doubt my knowledge will ever rival Zak’s. That being said, I’ve been surfing around for experts’ advice on screenwriting, etc, and came accross this site: http://thedialogueseries.com.
Here is what they have to say:
THE DIALOGUE: Learning From the Masters is a groundbreaking interview series that goes behind the scenes of the fascinating craft of screenwriting. In these 70-90 minute in-depth discussions, more than two dozen of today’s most successful screenwriters share their work habits, methods and inspirations, secrets of the trade, business advice, and eye-opening stories from life in the trenches of the film industry. Each screenwriter discusses his or her filmography in great detail and breaks down the mechanics of one favorite scene from their produced work. To purschase these DVDS visit www.thedialogueseries.com.
Looks interesting!
thanks for the info it is always been a little dificult to find screewriting info for me I am actually attending a work shop soon. thanx again
daisyf1305
Hi…do not know what my partner and I would have done without your site for ScriptFrenzy! We actually completed it and have a 2 hour script for a current TV series…now am not sure what to do, but before anything, we need to edit what we have…I have been going through all kinds of info today, and find that the dialog seems to be in a different format depending on the series (or maybe just writer’s whims). How do we know what is the correct format?
Alice
I personally haven’t seen these videos, but they look great! I’m glad you posted. I’m going to check them out.
I have used a pretty awesome coverage service from LitCentral (www.LitCentral.com). Their coverage is more than the usual coverage you get, but not really analysis, (I think they call it a “hybrid”), and it’s pretty inexpensive. But the best thing about it is the coverage report you get back! They analyze your script based on story elements, and give you back a report that includes a bar graph. It’s pretty cool!
The bar graph showed me where my script was weak…and where it was good. So, now I know what elements I need to work on (like my inciting incident, turning points, etc.).
I also saw on another blog that they are going to offer free YouTube videos teaching about the elements they grade on. So, I will have to keep a look out.
If anybody has any other information on screenwriting tools, please post them.
Thanks for the note, Remy!
Currently I am taking a class – Creative writing, however I am visual and graphic artist. Our assignment was to write about 5 page script. Is there someone who would look at it and give me suggestion how to make it better? It would be greatly appreciated.