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Three tools to get you through a first draft

 
There's a new screenwriting book out there that promises to help you write a screenplay in a certain number of weeks. There's an older book that's been around a while that promises to help you ...
 

It’s a progress bar, it’s a widget — it’s both!

 
Update: My plugin is now available for download at the WP Plugin Directory. Long, long ago, back in the day, I touched off a bit of a meme when I placed a screenplay progress ...
 

How to keep your day job from killing your writing career

 
How to keep your day job from killing your writing career Like most writers waiting for their big break, I have a day job. I have, in fact, had a day job for a long, long time ((Except for the few years that I was in ...
 

What ‘Refusing the Call’ is really about

 
What ‘Refusing the Call’ is really about Sometimes the hard part of writing a screenplay is making your characters behave in a way that is inconsistent with their established character, yet is entirely sympathetic and believable. Most protagonists end up doing the one ...