Categories: Books, Max Adams, Screenwriting, Social Media, The Academy of Film Writing, Writers, Writing
This is the hot new book trailer for The New Screenwriter’s Survival Guide, an AFW publication, book trailer created by the epically talented Christie LeBlanc of Trailer Works.
Categories: Books, Screenwriting, The Academy of Film Writing, Writing
This is one of the most powerful monologues ever put on film. It is from Jaws, Quint’s character played by Robert Shaw delivers “The Indianapolis Speech.” Watch. Listen. Learn. We will be studying it hard in Dialogue Writing.
Categories: Actors, Classes, Clips, Dialogue Writing, Film, Screenwriting, The Academy of Film Writing, Writing
High Concept Writing and Character Writing begin March 13. One week left to register for those and then they will be closed to registration. CLICK HERE to register for March online classes.
This is a guest post from Richard Dane Scott. Richard recently wrote a piece for the AFF blog titled AFF IS MY BFF. It’s a good piece. You should read it. What stood out to me was Richard’s blatant honesty about his early days being THAT Guy: “When Austin Film Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary, I will be celebrating my tenth consecutive year of attending. When I look back Read More ...
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Construction is complete. And no one went to the emergency room! Yay! The big news is, class registration is now automated. Instead of people having to email in via a form [which apparently was not working for a while no telling how long that was in play but sorry about that if you did not hear back from me your email got shredded by the bad internet fairy] you can Read More ...
Categories: Blogs, Classes, Screenwriting, Social Media, The Academy of Film Writing
Aren’t you glad there are Do’s & Don’ts for surgeons? And for the Bomb Squad? And for pilots? Don’t you wish there were some for screenwriters? Read More ...
Categories: Books, Film, Max Adams, Screenwriting, The Academy of Film Writing, Writing
Want to know how to get a $375 class for a hundred bucks? Then this deal is for you. Read on – IF YOU BUY 3 DIGITAL COPIES OF MY BOOK FOR THE HIGHLY REASONABLE PRICE OF $9.99 each, I WILL GIVE YOU A FREE SIGNED HARD COPY when the book hits print in 2013 — all postage paid in the US. [Non-US peeps, sorry, I cannot predict roving Read More ...
Holiday month classes tend to be pretty small, January classes tend to be pretty full, that is when the U students are hitting the classes again. I would suggest, if you want to get on January classes, you register now. January Classes: The Art of the Pitch Visual Writing The Sex Scene Register
Yez. There are open seats in Non-Static Writing. Travesty! But this is lucky for you, you can still register and grab one of those seats between now and Tuesday. Need a reason why? Three of my workshoppers have won Nicholl Fellowships. Oh. And so did I. Class starts Tuesday. :::register:::
Categories: Classes, Craft, Film, Max Adams, Non-Static Writing, The Academy of Film Writing, Writing
FREE BOOKS! YAY! Well not entirely free. You do have to win them in a competition: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create a cool meme/graphic of a celebrity/historical figure/fictitious character/someone-recognizable-and-cool reading The New Screenwriter’s Survival Guide. [If you need inspiration or ideas, hit this :::post:::] Then, go to the The New Screenwriter’s Survival Guide Facebook page, Read More ...
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