by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Nov 24, 2024 | Masterclass, Personal, Resources, Tips
Bev and Jess’ Collaboration By Beverly Nault and Jessica Spring Brown Happy December! Happy End-of-Year fellow writers! JESS: Bev and I wanted to try something different with the PSA newsletter which we share month by month. We decided to collaborate this month...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Oct 30, 2024 | Masterclass, Personal, Resources, Tips
The Craft of Scene Writing: Beat by Beat to a Better Script, by Jim Mercurio, published 2019, 361 pages Review by Beverly Nault “The notion that a scene is a story in and of itself is not merely a clever paradigm; it is a fundamental truth about the nature of...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Sep 29, 2024 | Masterclass, Personal, Resources, Tips, Tools of the Trade
AI or I? AI and I? by Jessica Brown How do you AI? Most people right now think the great debate is between the Republicans and the Democrats. They argue about which side of the aisle you should be on. But did you know that there is another great debate going on?...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Aug 27, 2024 | Masterclass, Personal, Resources, Tips
My visit to Bitfire Studiosby Beverly Nault If you’ve been screenwriting for longer than a minute, you’ve probably heard how important it is to network, network, network. And not just with other writers. But if you’re like me at all, as most writers are, you’re a...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Jul 27, 2024 | Masterclass, Personal, Resources, Tips, Tools of the Trade
What makes me tick? by Jessica Brown Let’s find out. Do you have a solid and effective character development process that makes developing your plot, theme, conflict and world easier? Start with character. When I first started studying screenwriting and...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Jun 23, 2024 | Masterclass, Personal, Resources, Tips
Kill the Dog, The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth by Paul Guyot (2023) Review by Beverly Nault with an assist from Jessica Brown Guyot (gee-yoh) has penned a chart-climbing throwdown aimed at a previous book on screenwriting, Save the Cat!: The Last...
