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Screenplay Newsletter Archive

January 30, 2009 Issue 101: The Screenplay as a Blueprint
January 23, 2009 Issue 100: A Script Is Not Literature
January 16, 2009 Issue 99: A Collaborative Art
January 9, 2009 Issue 98: Formatting
January 2, 2009 Issue 97: Read Other Scripts
December 26, 2008 Issue 96: Watch Movies Like A Screenwriter
December 19, 2008 Issue 95: Passion: Yes! Formula: No!
December 12, 2008 Issue 94: Show, Don't Tell
December 5, 2008 Issue 93: Complex, Not Complicated
November 28, 2008 Issue 92: Character vs. Plot
November 21, 2008 Issue 91: The Old Lady In The Fifth Row
November 14, 2008 Issue 90: The Low Down On High Concept
November 7, 2008 Issue 89: High Concept And Creativity
October 31, 2008 Issue 88: High Concept, Characters, and Genre
October 24, 2008 Issue 87: How To Come Up With A High Concept Idea
October 17, 2008 Issue 86: Test Your Concept Before You Start Writing
October 10, 2008 Issue 85: Improving the Chances of a Not-so-Sky-High Concept
October 3, 2008 Issue 84: First Impressions: The Title
September 26, 2008 Issue 83: Story Is Conflict
September 19, 2008 Issue 82: External And Internal Conflict
September 12, 2008 Issue 81: Conflict And Status Negotiation
September 5, 2008 Issue 80: Genre
August 29, 2008 Issue 79: Genre Conventions
August 22, 2008 Issue 78: Beats, Scenes, And Scene Sequences
August 15, 2008 Issue 77: Turning Points
August 8, 2008 Issue 76: Inciting Incident, Crisis, Climax, and Resolution
August 1, 2008 Issue 75: Organize Your Story In Three Acts
July 25, 2008 Issue 74: Setting the Tension: Act I
July 18, 2008 Issue 73: Building the Tension: Act II
July 11, 2008 Issue 72: Accelerating And Then Releasing The Tension: Act III
July 4, 2008 Issue 71: The First 10 Pages
June 27, 2008 Issue 70: The End: Inevitable And Surprising
June 20, 2008 Issue 69: Anticipation
June 13, 2008 Issue 68: Setups And Payoffs
June 6, 2008 Issue 67: Theme
May 30, 2008 Issue 66: Subplots
May 23, 2008 Issue 65: Exposition
May 16, 2008 Issue 64: Writing Narrative
May 9, 2008 Issue 63: Stage Directions
May 2, 2008 Issue 62: Create Roles Actors Love
April 25, 2008 Issue 61: Creating Heroes and Villains Audiences Love
April 18, 2008 Issue 60: Character Arc
April 11, 2008 Issue 59: Supporting Roles
April 4, 2008 Issue 58: Character Traits
March 28, 2008 Issue 57: What People Say: Dialogue
March 21, 2008 Issue 56: The Function Of Dialogue
March 14, 2008 Issue 55: Dialogue Is Not Conversation
March 7, 2008 Issue 54: Talking Heads
February 29, 2008 Issue 53: Text And Subtext
February 22, 2008 Issue 52: A Character's Voice
February 15, 2008 Issue 51: Gathering Ideas
February 8, 2008 Issue 50: Brainstorming
February 1, 2008 Issue 49: The "What If?" Question
January 25, 2008 Issue 48: Adaptations And True Stories
January 18, 2008 Issue 47: Outlining
January 11, 2008 Issue 46: Research
January 4, 2008 Issue 45: The Lousy First Draft
December 28, 2007 Issue 44: Do Something Else
December 21, 2007 Issue 43: Your Trusted Circle Of Readers
December 14, 2007 Issue 42: Receiving Feedback
December 7, 2007 Issue 41: Giving Feedback
November 30, 2007 Issue 40: Professional Readers
November 23, 2007 Issue 39: Script Readings
November 16, 2007 Issue 38: Getting Dirty
November 9, 2007 Issue 37: Fix The Story Problems
November 2, 2007 Issue 36: Smooth Out Your Scenes
October 26, 2007 Issue 35: Solidify Your Characters
October 19, 2007 Issue 34: Punch Up The Dialogue
October 12, 2007 Issue 33: Eliminate Clichés
October 5, 2007 Issue 32: The Final Edit
September 28, 2007 Issue 31: Is It Done, Yet?
September 21, 2007 Issue 30: Protect Your Work
September 14, 2007 Issue 29: US Copyright Office And The WGA
September 7, 2007 Issue 28: The First Rules Of Marketing
August 31, 2007 Issue 27: Getting Past The Gatekeeper: The Reader
August 24, 2007 Issue 26: Loglines
August 17, 2007 Issue 25: Synopsis
August 10, 2007 Issue 24: Query Letters
August 3, 2007 Issue 23: Breaking Into Hollywood
July 27, 2007 Issue 22: Agents, Manager, And Lawyers—Oh, My!
July 13, 2007 Issue 21: Agents Make Money FOR You, Not OFF You
July 6, 2007 Issue 20: Pitching
June 29, 2007 Issue 19: Pitch Fests
June 22, 2007 Issue 18: Contests
June 15, 2007 Issue 17: Los Angeles Or Bust?
June 8, 2007 Issue 16: The Global Perspective
June 1, 2007 Issue 15: Writing For TV
May 25, 2007 Issue 14: The Indie Scene
May 18, 2007 Issue 13: Stay Balanced
May 11, 2007 Issue 12: Learn The Business
May 4, 2007 Issue 11: Behave Like A Professional
April 27, 2007 Issue 10: The Long Haul
April 20, 2007 Issue 9: Six Degrees Of Separation
April 13, 2007 Issue 8: Building Relationships
April 6, 2007 Issue 7: Networking And The Internet
March 30, 2007 Issue 6: The Writerly Attitude
March 23, 2007 Issue 5: Making Time To Write
March 16, 2007 Issue 4: A Space For Your Writing
March 9, 2007 Issue 3: Tools Of The Trade
March 2, 2007 Issue 2: Learn From Rejection
February 23, 2007 Issue 1: Start Your Next Script: When More Is More


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