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Screenplay Coverage - Get It Here….
Published in June 29th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
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Final Draft - Massive Discount Offer!
Published in June 24th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Goldmine
Final Draft Screenwriting Package: Killer - and very short lived - discount.
How Screenwriters Get Hired: The Unspoken Truth!
Published in June 10th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Selling Yourself
If you’re chasing an agent you could be wasting your time. Here’s the smart way to get work as a screenwriter.
The Best Dialogue I Never Wrote…
Published in June 5th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
A quick explanation of what makes a great line of dialogue.
Free Script Coverage…!
Published in May 23rd, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
Phil Gladwin, pro screenwriter, has a new Competition at the Screenwriting Goldmine Forum - prize being free screenplay coverage.
Ideas That Can KILL Stories
Published in May 12th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
It’s strange to imagine that having too many ideas can be a problem for a screenwriter. But it can actually be a real problem. Here’s what I said to a writer who has that situation - to an almost crippling extent…
Happy Go Lucky - Almost…
Published in May 2nd, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Reviews
Mike Leigh’s Happy Go Lucky is a great movie. Simple, poignant, and beautiful. All things I like. So why didn’t it - quite - work?
The Farrelly Brothers and Jonathan Hensleigh
Published in April 22nd, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Goldmine
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!are just two of the DVD interviews I’m giving away over on the forum:
http:/www.screenwritinggoldmine.com/forum
If you’ve made a comment in the forum you’re in with a chance - so why not head over there and look up the Competition Thread [...]
Another ‘Scripts Wanted’ Opportunity
Published in April 18th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Selling Yourself
It’s obviously that kind of a day:
Apoptotic Productions are looking for comedies:
224 S Main Street
Ste. # 103
Springville, UT 84663
info@apoptoticproductions.com
From their site:
‘At Apoptotic Productions, we are passionate about our art. We are committed to innovation and the development of new talent.
We are currently accepting queries for feature length comedies. Please query with [...]
Screenplays Wanted - Hollynorth Project
Published in April 18th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Selling Yourself
Well, as I seem to be in the market for posting good leads for script submissions at the moment, here’s another one that might be worth your attention if you’re in any kind of film studentship at the moment in North America/Canada.
Here’s what the website says is their mission:
‘To find gifted screenwriters and directors across [...]
Screenplays Wanted - Biggest Opportunity in UK
Published in April 15th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
The BBC Writers Academy 2008 has opened its doors for applications.
Simply put, this is THE current way into the BBC for screenwriters.
Those who are selected will be given extensive tuition, and when they’ve finished their training, most of them will be given gigs writing real shows.
If you want to write for British TV, you’d be [...]
Free Final Draft - March Competion Winners!
Published in March 25th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Goldmine
I’ve just posted the winners of the March competition over on the forum. Go and find out whether you won in this thread here:
http://www.screenwritinggoldmine.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3736#post3736
If you weren’t aware of this competition, every month I give away a free copy of Final Draft, one of the industry standard screenwriting software packages, and some other runners up prizes.
And [...]
Easy Steps To Polish Your First Draft
Published in March 19th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
You’ve finished your first draft, and you’ve left it alone for a couple of weeks so that you can get some perspective on it.
I know it’s burning a hole through your desk and you are desperate to hear what people think, but the worst thing you could possibly do at this point is give it [...]
Why ‘There Will Be Blood’ Fails Completely
Published in February 24th, 2008
This is a controversial one. It’s a pragmatic piece of advice, that doesn’t feel very pure to me because it’s based on my personal taste rather than any rules of drama (if there are such things) - and it also flies in the face of the success of one of the biggest movie successes in [...]
Juno - Diablo Cody Gets A Screenplay Home Run First Time Out
Published in February 20th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
A lot of people write and ask me what are the chances of them getting their first script made.
My reply is always the same: “Negligible. It takes contacts, experience, years of banging your head on the door, a shed load of contacts, and and a hide thicker than a rhino.”
But ‘Juno’ proves that, sometimes, just [...]
BBC Writers Academy
Published in February 6th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Selling Yourself
Further to the recent newsletter about the Academy, here’s a blog post and discussion from December that may be of interest…
Writers Academy
It’s a tough old writing world, for sure…
Screenwriting Competition Success
Published in December 19th, 2007
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
I’m delighted to announce that one of the regular contributors to this blog, Benjamin Ray, has taken first prize in the Thriller section of the 2007 Pacific Northwest Screenwriters Contest, with his script ‘Marcus and Faith’. (You may remember he posted sections of the script for workshopping on here a while back.)
Apart for the tremendous [...]
5 Classic Rules For Writing Success
Published in December 3rd, 2007
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
I’m putting together a couple of science fiction pitches at the moment, and so I’ve been going back over some very old notes of mine. I started off writing science fiction short stories and submitting them to small press magazines like Interzone and Back Brain Recluse, so I have thousands of words of some very [...]
The Great Final Draft Giveaway - Results!
Published in November 19th, 2007
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
It’s past midnight on Sunday here in the UK, and I’ve just been counting the votes, and re-reading the quite exceptional comments that have been pouring in on this blog over the last month.
There has been so much fine conversation going on that it simply has to continue. I’ve set up a forum at http://www.screenwritinggoldmine.com/forum [...]
Script Writing on the Web - Freedom at Last!
Published in November 13th, 2007
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Selling Yourself
A comment AMZ made in one of the threads about Quarterlife:
http://www.screenwritinggoldmine.com/blog/the-great-final-draft-giveaway-2/2007/10/24/
reminds me of a discussion we were having and I’ve been meaning to write about for a while.
It’s fairly clear to me and a lot of the TV people I know that our future as writers/producers/directors is heavily bound up with the future of the [...]
Script Writing Strike in the UK?
Published in November 5th, 2007
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
Script writing is unusually politicised at the moment. I’ve just been reading two fascinating articles on the Writers Guild of America script writers strike.
Two points stand out:
From http://artfulwriter.com/archives/2007/11/where_i_stand.html
“If we strike… in many ways, it’s akin to a prison riot. We’ll kill a guard or two, light some mattresses on fire, a few snitches will get [...]
Screenwriting Goldmine - Extra Features and Competition Update
Published in October 30th, 2007
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Goldmine
I’m posting this to answer some questions that have been coming up on the blog and in email.Firstly, I’m not giving much away when I say the competition for the most comments has still got a very even field - there are a couple of leaders at the moment, but they’re by no means unassailable [...]
Logline Clinic
Published in October 30th, 2007
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
This thread is for you to post your logline and for people to comment, suggest, even help you rewrite, until you have a logline that will dazzle any onlooker.
Usual rules apply…
Post Your Writing For Critique From Others
Published in October 26th, 2007
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Goldmine
This thread is for anyone to post any of their writing for anyone to critique.
Once again, as I have no clear idea on the copyright situation, I’m going to say you post under the clear understanding I’m not responsible if your idea gets swiped and turned into the next $200m movie without you! (Though, once [...]
Story Scratchpad
Published in October 25th, 2007
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Goldmine
This is for anyone who wants to throw in story ideas, with the eventual idea of evolving a group project, maybe even a team writing project.
I have no idea how copyright works. I think technically it resides with the people who made the comment, but I wouldn’t count on it. I advise you all to [...]
Writers Recovery Room
Published in October 25th, 2007
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Goldmine
Writing’s a cruel game, no doubt. Over the years I’ve been sacked and rewritten and cut to pieces more times than I care to remember, and I’m sure there isn’t a writer in the game who hasn’t had similar experiences. It can be utterly heart breaking, and it may damage confidence deep inside, which can [...]
Hear Your Own Script
Published in October 24th, 2007
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
I’ve been getting excited about a new service I could offer here on the site.
What about you uploading your script, and a week or so later getting back an MP3 with the thing brought to life? Either read by a single actor like on the Screenwriting Goldmine audio book, or, at slightly more premium rate, [...]
The Great Final Draft Giveaway
Published in October 24th, 2007
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
Click on the Great Final Draft Giveaway tab above to find out how you can get hold of a copy of the Final Draft screenwriting software package for free…
The Great Final Draft Giveaway
Published in October 19th, 2007
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Goldmine
I’ve given the original contents of this post its own page to make more room for new material at the head of the blog - just click the Final Draft Giveaway tag at the top of the site to read the original post and find out how I’m giving away three copies of Final Draft.
The [...]
Control & The Counterfeiters
Published in October 19th, 2007
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Reviews
I’d hoped to bring you two warm recommendations of two movies you had to go and see at all costs. Both from this side of the Atlantic. Both getting great reviews, from all the British national newspapers right through to Rottentomatoes.com
Sadly…
Control is the story of a little ol’ Manchester band called Joy Division. They [...]
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