by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Aug 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Action! -Indie Filmmaking- by T Severe, Ph.D., Screenwriter/filmmaker Screenwriters dream of the day they see their script produced into a film. But the cold reality is it can be an uphill swim given the number of scripts submitted annually and the number of films...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Aug 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Jul 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Unplugging and How I Quit Smoking by J. Timothy Quirk You sit at the laptop with an internet browser open. You’ve checked social media. You’ve checked your email. You open a blank document and you’re ready to write. Before you type your first word, you remember there...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Jul 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Doctor will see you now….. by Jessica Brown, Screenwriter and Board Member of Phoenix Screenwriters Association While most of us dread going to the doctor, there is one doctor that every screenwriter should see. This doctor even makes house calls. He will...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Jul 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Write in Pictures, Not in Words: Show, Don’t Tell by T Severe, Ph.D., Screenwriter/filmmaker As screenwriters we know our number one maxim: Show, don’t tell. The craft of screenwriting is somewhat unique among literary forms in that the written word will eventually...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Jun 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Writing Audio Theater is Not So Solitary by J. Timothy Quirk After initially writing the phrase “Writing is a solitary venture” as if it were a law understood and followed by all, by the time I reached the penultimate paragraph of this article, I changed my mind. Now...
