by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Mar 30, 2021 | Joe Gruberman, Masterclass, Tips
Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone by Joe Gruberman You can learn some valuable lessons in the course of a day’s activities. Recently, I participated in a video conference of Red Cross employees and volunteers. Toward the end of the meeting, the host decided that we should...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Jan 29, 2021 | Joe Gruberman, Masterclass, Tips
Writing Your Cabin in the Woods by Joe Gruberman I think that everyone should write a “cabin in the woods” script. It’s a good exercise and serves the greater purpose of forcing you to write within constraints. To qualify my statement, not every cabin in the woods is...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Nov 28, 2020 | Joe Gruberman, Masterclass, Tips
3 Ways To Give Your Characters Unique Voices by Joe Gruberman The key to rich dialog is deep characters. Characters don’t need to be complicated or even flawed, but they do need to speak with their own voices. This could be the mean, gravelly bark of Eugene Pallette...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Aug 29, 2020 | Joe Gruberman, Masterclass, Resources
Writing for the Indie Market by Joe Gruberman What makes your screenplay marketable? As I put pen to paper (or fingertips to keyboard), I’m tempted to write two separate articles: one for spec scripts and one for works-for-hire. We need to begin with certain...