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Cinematic Storytelling® The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know by Jennifer Van Sijll
Cinematic Storytelling® The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know by Jennifer Van Sijll Review by Beverly Nault Part how-to for directors and filmmakers, part encyclopedia for screenwriters, Van Sijll’s trademark niche, “visual literacy,” is now...
read moreJoseph Campbell Character Archetypes
Joseph Campbell Character Archetypes Below is a presentation recreated as a blog post for PSA by Al Titkemeyer a Content Creator for Maricopa County and former Film and Video teacher. Joseph Campbell is a renowned writer and lecturer, best known for his work in...
read moreThe Two Types of Suspense, and How to Create Them
Even if you’re not writing a story that one would typically think of as suspenseful—say a mystery, or thriller, or horror piece—you probably do want to keep your readers in suspense. Think of suspense as the invisible fishing wire pulling readers through from...
read moreHits, Flops and Other Illusions, My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood by Ed Zwick
Hits, Flops and Other Illusions, My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood by Ed Zwick Review by Beverly Nault This is Ed’s Amazon bio: “Ed Zwick is an Academy Award and Emmy Award–winning director, writer, and producer of film and television. A graduate of Harvard and the...
read moreTo Conference or Not to Conference
Chris LaMont - WGA Screenwriter and ASU Professor of Screenwriting To misquote Shakespeare, that’s the question. Screenwriting Conferences – should you go or should you NOT go? These screenwriting conferences happen pretty often. But you’re balancing tons of stuff in...
read moreMy Experience With the Phoenix Emerging Screenwriters Conference
Eugene Ward When I began my journey with the Phoenix Screenwriters Association, I had no idea how compelling the experience would be and how much it would grow me as an artist in an arena I’d long been curious about but had only ever made the most periphery of forays...
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Events
We’ve got events…from table reads to screenwriting courses to Q&As with industry professionals, PSA is ALL ABOUT EVENTS. Check us out and see why Phoenix Screenwriters Association is the preeminent screenwriting organization in the Valley..
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Testimonials
PSA has some of the happiest attendees in the Valley. Could it be because we bring out top notch talent from Hollywood or could it be because we offer so many events for our members? Whatever the reason, PSA is the organization you want to be a part of.