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5 Qualities Of A Professional Screenwriter by Authors Jeffrey Davis and Peter Desberg

Film Courage: What are some of the most important questions screenwriters can ask themselves when developing a story idea? Peter Desberg, Author/Screenwriter: How much is...

How Does A Screenwriter Deal With Difficult Producers? by Mark Sanderson

Film Courage: Isn’t asking questions a good thing? Or does it show weakness? Mark Sanderson, screenwriter/author: You mean of a producer? It does but there...

How Do I Write A Screenplay? by Gordy Hoffman (BlueCat Screenplay Competition Founder and...

Film Courage: If you had someone sitting in this room out here (in this beautiful lobby), who’d never written a screenplay and you were...

How A Filmmaker Can Overcome Their Negative Traits by RODENTIA Director Phoebe Jaspé

RODENTIA Director/Co-Writer Phoebe Jaspé: I’ve been 24 countries, 4 continents and I love Scandinavian culture. Something about me as a filmmaker, I grew up...

Financial Struggles A Documentary Filmmaker Faces by Crime + Punishment’s Stephen Maing

Film Courage: Steve in an interview with the Sundance Institute you said you believe there is no financial incentive to draw the documentary process...

Advice For Teenage Filmmakers by Bing Liu of MINDING THE GAP Documentary

Film Courage: We had another question come in . It’s much more light-hearted than our previous conversation. Bing Liu, filmmaker of MINDING THE GAP documentary: What’s...

Mindset Of A Professional Screenwriter by Erik Bork

Film Courage: This question is from viewer Nolen Putnam “What is the most helpful habit you’ve created (in regards to screenwriting) that’s allowed you...

What Happens When A Screenwriter Gets Fired Off Their First Writing Assignment? by Mark...

Hey there! Mark Sanderson here (also known as @scriptcat). I want to invite you to my new seminar ‘Staying In The Game: Surviving as...

Script Or Budget, Which Comes First? by Producer John Paul Rice

Film Courage: What comes first, the budget or script? John Paul Rice, movie producer: Script. The script dictates the budget. The script is your heart and soul,...