This week, let’s talk about your inciting incident. The inciting incident is what sets your story in motion. In classic screenplay structure, this happens around page 12. Frankly, anywhere between pages 10 and 15 and you’re golden. If the setup is complex (e.g. a period piece) it tends to happen on the later end of…
Today, let’s talk about one of the most important aspects of screenwriting: the setup. As writers, we often want to jump into the action because we’re afraid of testing a reader’s or audience member’s patience. We don’t want anyone to stop reading or switch to another channel. And sometimes that leads us to skipping the…
Get Repped Now begins again for 2023 March 13, and we are super pumped to announce this year’s panel. Truly the best of the best, the elite, the movers and shakers whose clients regularly get on The Black List and whose tastes are regarded as the best in the biz. Without further ado: You’ll notice…
Before we get into the nitty-gritty, a quick reminder that Get Repped Now! is almost upon us. It starts on 3/13. So polish those scripts! We’ll be dropping our panel around March 2nd. It’s a doozy. With that in mind, let’s talk about character. Does your character arc? Or are they the same person at…
Here is our… Screenwriting Tip of the Week Last week, we talked about editing. This week, let’s talk about a related subject: FORWARD MOMENTUM Does every scene move the story forward? Does it advance the plot or give us new insight into a character? In a perfect world, it should do both at the same…
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This is where you earn your money. When people read a script, they are predominantly looking at your dialogue. Oftentimes scene descriptions get glossed over or even ignored, but your dialogue will always get read. And it’s also the key element that attracts “talent” — the performers whose involvement can get your project greenlit. Fun…
GET REPPED NOW! is on the horizon once again (3/13 through 5/15) and we really want you guys to do well. Here again is our weekly column of screenwriting tips. Today, let’s talk about… Writing Slick Scene Descriptions This is a great place to show off your voice, but never forget that…
Screenwriter Becky Fink blew us all away here at Coverage Ink with her clever little holiday rom/com “Stuck on Christmas,” which she submitted to Get Repped Now in 2022. Logline: After a one-night stand during a Christmas Eve blizzard on the way to her mother’s house, a hot mess of a woman who’s been…
GET REPPED NOW! is on the horizon once again (3/13 through 5/15,) and we really want you guys to do well. Hence, we’ve decided to post screenwriting tips right here every week. Today, let’s talk about… Writing Snazzy Character Intros Screenplay writing is all about efficiency of prose. Nobody wants to read endless chunks of…