Screenwriting

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Top 5 Common Problems In Screenplays

Top 5 Screenwriting Pitfalls To Avoid In any business there are many common mistakes that are made by millions of people on a daily basis.…

The Fiction WriterDecember 2, 2018

Dialogue

How To Avoid On The Nose Dialogue

On The Nose Dialogue You can always tell a writer is an amateur once you read the dialogue of any story and the characters are…

The Fiction WriterSeptember 24, 2018

ScreenwritingScreenwriting Process

5 Famous Screenplays That Hollywood Rejected

5 Famous Scripts Hollywood Rejected Hollywood is known for it's massive amount of rejections for amateurs as well as pros. We often here how the…

The Fiction WriterJune 4, 2018

Story Structure

12 Good Examples of Movies That Use Flashbacks

12 Good Examples Of Movies That Use Flashbacks In screenwriting, at some point you will hear that using flashbacks is considered "bad" or is a…

The Fiction WriterMay 15, 2018

Screenwriting

Writing Your Screenplay With Production Budget In Mind

Writing With Budget In Mind In some cases a screenplay can get passed over or not sell to a particular buyer because it's written as…

The Fiction WriterApril 10, 2018

Screenplay Downloads

WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays (Download Now)

WGA's 101 Greatest Screenplays Back in 2005 ballots were sent out to WGA members asking the members to list their top ten favorite produced screenplays.The…

The Fiction WriterMarch 5, 2018

Screenwriting Process

Should You Copyright Your Screenplay Or Register With WGA?

Copyright Versus WGA? Although they say the odds of your screenplay being stolen in Hollywood are rare, you should still copyright or register your work…

The Fiction WriterMarch 4, 2018

Screenplay Downloads

“The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

The Social Network Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers…

The Fiction WriterMarch 1, 2018

Dialogue

Tarantino Script to Screen “Pulp Fiction” & “Reservoir Dogs”

Pulp Fiction (1994) The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of…

The Fiction WriterMarch 1, 2018

Screenplay Downloads

Read Joss Whedon’s “Avengers” Screenplay

Download The Avenger's Screenplay When Thor's evil brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston), gains access to the unlimited power of the energy cube called the Tesseract, Nick…

The Fiction WriterFebruary 25, 2018

Dialogue

Godzilla (2014) From Script to Screen

Godzilla (2014) From Script to Screen In the most recent version of Godzilla we have one of the more memorable scenes in the movie performed…

The Fiction WriterFebruary 5, 2018

Dialogue

Skull Island From Script to Screen

From Script to Screen: "Kong Skull Island" Here's another screenplay animation that shows how the script translates to the screen. This one is from Skull…

The Fiction WriterFebruary 2, 2018

Screenplay Downloads

Download Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” Screenplay

Get Out Below you'll find a link to the screenplay Universal Pictures released recently for Get Out directed and written by Jordan Peele. Also, check…

The Fiction WriterDecember 21, 2017

Screenwriting Process

The Best Free Screenwriting Software & Apps for Writers

The Most Popular Free Screenwriting Software for Writers While it's good to just invest in the professional screenwriting software of your choice, sometimes your pockets…

The Fiction WriterNovember 30, 2017

Dialogue

American Gangster Screenplay Compared to Scene

American Gangster Here's another example of how the screenplay translates to the big screen. In this version we have an earlier draft of American Gangster…

The Fiction WriterNovember 18, 2017

Screenwriting Process

Understanding Final Draft for Screenwriting

Understanding Final Draft For Screenwriting It's been said for decades that the industry’s standard has been Final Draft isn't cheap, but it's not too terribly…

The Fiction WriterOctober 1, 2017

ScreenwritingStory Structure

Learn to Write Stronger Story Concepts, Themes & Loglines

About the Book There’s a saying that “Concept is King”. I tend to agree with this. Think about it. The concept of your story is…

The Fiction WriterAugust 12, 2017

Screenwriting ProcessStory Structure

What is Your Story’s Theme?

What Is Theme? What is theme? Quite simply, theme is what the story is really about. However, most times you ask a person what their…

The Fiction WriterJuly 22, 2017

Screenwriting ProcessWriting Prompts

How To Get Ideas

How To Create Ideas For Your Story A popular question most writers ask when starting out is "How do I come up with ideas for…

The Fiction WriterJuly 17, 2017

Screenplay Downloads

The 10 Greatest Screenplays of All Time

The Best of the Best Screenplays The Writers Guild of America West recently published what they're considering to be the 101 greatest screenplays of all…

The Fiction WriterJuly 7, 2017