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Write Durnk, Edit Sober by Jeffrey Davis and Peter Desberg

Film Courage: Your new book just came out, Now That's Funny. I understand it contains 24 writers, you give them a premise, a situation about...

What Screenplay Will Sell? – Scott Kirkpatrick vs. Larry Wilson

Scott Kirkpatrick: It’s a huge question to say ‘What should I write?” And I do my best to answer that in the easiest way...

Fail Because You Tried, Not Because You Were Scared by LA4hire’s Wendy Kram

Film Courage: This is a common question I ask but it usually ends up having great results, and that is of your IMDB credits...

A Screenwriter’s First Success by Gordy Hoffman

Film Courage: What was your first success as a screenwriter? Gordy Hoffman, Founder/Judge of the Bluecat Screenplay Competition: Well, my first obvious success was LOVE,...

Outline A Screenplay Or Write The Story? – Mark Sanderson vs. Gordy Hoffman

Film Courage: What does an outline look like? Mark Sanderson, Screenwriter: For me on these assignments that I do, they are usually 10 or 12...

Characters Should Have Only 1 Wound by Peter Russell

Film Courage: So Alberto writes in “Can the main character have two desires?” Peter Russell, screenwriter and script doctor: Sure…but usually only one wound....

The Drama Of The Gifted Writer by Dr. Ken Atchity

Film Courage: This may be an old wives' tale about unhappy writers having more depth in which to write about, more in which to...

Story Is The Act Of Dreaming While You Are Awake by Adam Skelter

Film Courage: Story is the act of dreaming? Adam Skelter, writer, director, story artist: I think that's at the core of what the function of dreaming...