Wednesday, December 2, 2009

New List link: "Writing Questions"

I posted the first Open Forum for questions about screenwriting back in June. Due to the sustained interest of readers, I've continued the open forum feature. With so many topics covered in the last 6 months, I've added a new link in Lists: "Writing Questions." To date there are nearly 50 Q&A's. I encourage you to check it out as there may be some questions and responses that interest you.

To be clear: My responses are my opinions. Informed by being involved in the screenwriting trade since 1987 and teaching since 2002, but opinions nonetheless. I encourage you to seek out other online sources for what they have to say such as:

Alex Epstein - Complications Ensue

Billy Mernit - Living the Romantic Comedy

John August

The Bitter Script Reader

Unknown Screenwriter

There are many others - feel free to make recommendations in comments - which is to say you don't have to take my word as Gospel truth.

The other thing is comments on each topic from you. Collectively some stellar thoughts about various subjects related to screenwriting, so yet another reason to check out the Writing Questions list.

Assuming there's still interest in this type of dialogue, I'll keep posting Open Forums for questions every few weeks.

BTW, I'm also doing an upgrade on other Lists. For example, I've just completed going through all of the On Writing entries, providing a key line for each reference to make searches easier. Go here and check it out. I'm doing the same thing for Daily Dialogue, Screenwriting 101, and others as time permits.

UPDATE: Screenwriting 101 updated to go along with On Writing. Great inspiration and wisdom in both lists. Definitely worth perusing.

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