The Real Lance Brown

John August, writer of Big Fish and Go among others, gives a 10-step procedure for how to write a scene.

This is an almost stream-of-consciousness list of tips and observations from indie film experts at the “Produced By” Conference, as compiled by Deadline | Hollywood.

Indie Filmmaking: 35 Tips From Experts – Deadline.com.

This article by Hal Croasmun at ScriptforSale.com highlights some good things not to say, and then explains 7 things you should say, when talking to an agent who is considering taking you on.

What to Say To Get an Agent – ScriptforSale.com

Mandy’s Film and TV Production Directory – television – video – broadcast.

Cool site where you can connect with film distributors, among many other things. Hat tip to Angelo Bell for telling me about it.

Todd’s Film Blog: 10 Tips For Independent Filmmakers Seeking Distribution

by Todd Bartoo (http://twitter.com/Todfilm)

JoBlo’s Movie Scripts: Your Guide to Free Movie Screenplays on the Internet

The Movie Cliches List

I wish it was a list. It’s a bunch of pages you have to browse through by subject.

SimplyScripts – Glossary of Screenwriting Terms

Thanks to Wordplay (and, of course, Georges Polti) for this.

The Thirty-six Dramatic Situations
by Georges Polti

Done Deal @ ScriptSales.com

A good list of steps to take when trying to self-critique and revise.

Evaluating Your Own Work By Derek Rydall

This column on WordPlay has some great ideas: 25 WAYS TO KICK START YOUR CAREER

A long article that covers the relative hurdles and chance involved in getting into the following entertainment careers: agent, writer, director, actor, producer, and lawyer. Useful for its no-nonsense approach, among other things.

Mark Litwak’s Entertainment Law Resources – Articles – General – Breaking Into Show Biz

Matching screenplays, movie scripts and feature scripts to the film industry

A really great FAQ on TV screenwriting.

Crafty TV Writing

By Terry Rossio (at his superb Wordplayer.com site): WORDPLAY/Letters/24. Katzenberg Pitch Tips

Complications Ensue: The Crafty TV and Screenwriting Blog

Done Deal’s Screenwriter FAQ Page

It starts out with FAQs about their site, but continues on to discuss industry terms, finances, and other elements of screenwriting.

How One ScreenStyle Customer made it to Hollywood

Shawn Lawrence Otto lives on a 30-acre horse farm near the St Croix River in Minnesota. His wife serves in the Minnesota state legislature and they have a son in elementary school. Just a few years ago, he’d never written page one of a screenplay.

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Shawn’s critically acclaimed film, HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG, adapted from the novel of the same title, has won Oscar nominations for actors Ben Kingsley and Shohreh Aghdashloo, and composer James Horner. How does one start where he did, and a few years later have a produced film with three Oscar nominations?

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This is a sample chapter from MovieMind for Screenwriters: Write It Right and Get It Written. It has some good info on the screenwriting biz.

Chapter 21 Making money in Hollywood.