Screenwriting
Plot Driven Story Telling
Recently I began working on a new screenplay project I pitched to a management team. For almost a year…
August 5, 2022-
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Becoming an AuthorActing Techniques to Deepen Your Writing – Part 2
As I mentioned in the previous post, there is much we can learn on the writing craft by studying…
July 9, 2020 -
Screenwriting
What’s the Plot?
Recently, I finished the first draft of my latest screenplay. The crazy part is I didn’t think I had…
July 4, 2020 -
Screenwriting
The Plot
A few months ago, I was asked by an agency to do a rewrite of an older screenplay I…
November 4, 2018 -
The Picky PenEditing the Plot
Okay. Most of you (myself included) admit it’s challenging and exciting to plan the next book. It must be…
April 22, 2018 -
A3 Contributor Book Release, BestsellersStory Foundations for the Serious Writer by Best-Selling Author DiAnn Mills
Story ideas can be like fireworks. They soar and explode in beautiful colors…then their dance fizzles to the ground…
February 4, 2018 -
Talking CharacterWhich Comes First, Plot Or Character?
Plot and character. Two halves of any great story. Both are critical, whether you are telling a character-driven literary…
January 20, 2018 -
ScreenwritingFrom Script to Stage/Screen Part 4
From Script to Stage/Screen Part 4 We have explored four of the major responsibilities placed upon any director in…
October 29, 2017 -
Talking CharacterDo You Know What Your Character Is Doing?
What is your main character’s goal? The thing that drives her through the story, no matter how many obstacles…
February 19, 2017 -
ScreenwritingHow Plot Can Kill Your Character
Every story begins at your Initial Stimulus – that spark of an idea that captured your imagination. The thing…
January 8, 2017 -
Guest post archiveFreedom from Plot
by Laura L. Zimmerman I went for a swim at 6:30 this morning. Okay, not really, but in my…
August 6, 2016
