Aim For Two New Pieces Of Material Per Year — Especially If You Want To Keep Your Representation

Aim For Two New Pieces Of Material Per Year — Especially If You Want To Keep Your Representation

You need new stuff to send out, and if you have representation, they require new stuff to send out. In fact, one of the best ways to lose the representation you worked so hard to gain is to not produce. Yes, sometimes it’s tempting to just rest on our laurels for a couple of weeks…

Lessons from GRN!

Lessons from GRN!

We are still plowing our way through Get Repped Now scripts. In the meantime, we wanted to give you a quick rundown of some common problems we found. The Inactive Protagonist Let’s remember that your protagonist needs to work hard at achieving their goal. They can’t be the bystander in their own story. They are…

The Midpoint High

The Midpoint High

Let’s talk about your midpoint. Assuming your script clocks in at 100 – 110 pages, this will happen somewhere between pages 50 to 55. The first part of Act Two saw our protagonist struggle to get their bearings in this new environment, try to advance their goal, and make quite a few mistakes. (If you…

The Strong Turn Into Act Two

The Strong Turn Into Act Two

We’re continuing our journey through screenplay structure by examining the turn into Act Two. In case you’ve missed our previous columns about setup, inciting incident, and the hero refusing the call, you can find them on our blog. Act Two is where your protagonist embraces the mission they were given. It usually happens somewhere between pages…