The Real Lance Brown

Interview with Lynn Barker

Lynn has sold film and television scripts (credits include Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Twilight Zones, and Amazing Stories) and worked for several television networks and production companies. She is also a script consultant available for hire.

Questions [and answers] About Money [and Writing] from Holly Lisle

Good site about selling scripts, and sales of scripts that have occured: Done Deal @ ScriptSales.com

A very useful screenwriting style guide: Screenwriting: Screenplay Writing: How to Write a Screenplay in Format & Style

ScriptBuddy – Web-Based Screenwriting Software

It’s about halfway down this page, after a half-funny humor thing titled “10 Things You Need to Become a Film Director”, and a short lesson on “the 180 rule” when it comes to cutting from one camera to another.

It’s someone’s class notes for college.

This is a list from a science fiction magazine. I’m happy to say that none of my story ideas resemble the ones in this list. In fact, I haven’t even thought of the vast majority of these ideas. Maybe I just haven’t been writing enough yet. ;-)

Strange Horizons Fiction Submission Guidelines: Stories We See Too Often

Alphabetically, from A to M, and from N to Z.

Examples: Twelve Monkeys (HTML) and Three Kings (PDF)

The Logline: What It Is, Why You Need It, How To Write It

A logline is a one-sentence summary of your script. It’s the short blurb in TV guides that tells you what a movie is about and helps you decide if you’re interested in seeing it. It’s the grabber that excites your interest.

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This is a good basic guide to screenwriting. It’s almost too basic in a sense — explaining what a plot is, for example — but it provides a thorough framework for what one should keep in mind when putting together a screenplay. At least it seems as such. It’s not like I have a lot of experience in the field.

MovieMaker Magazine | Guide 05 | Screenwriting: The Four Ps of Great Screenwriting