The Screenwriter's Journey is a yearlong odyssey by one screenwriter, William Gilmore (that's me), to sell a screenplay in Hollywood.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined August 2015
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Congrats to @AjRamanathan @obryantcj @ScriptJourney @CourierByNight for advancing to the QF for the @screencrafting fellowship! Good luck! #screenwriting
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Aaron Sorkin: “I’d write it to the end and go back and write it all over again, go back and write it all over again. I think I probably wrote, without exaggeration, about twenty drafts of ‘A Few Good Men.’” #screenwriting
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Howard Aiken: “Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats.” #writing
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Robert Piluso examines Act II and the Narrative Question, or, put another way, the Protagonist’s Main Objective. buff.ly/2DQln1Z
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If 100 out of 100 industry readers of your script think it approximates professional standards, there's probably 0% chance it gets made. If just 3 out of 100 industry readers think it's the best thing they've read all year, there's a rather decent chance it gets made.
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If you suspect you’re not reading enough screenplays to learn the craft… you’re right. Read. More. Scripts! #screenwriting
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Will the NBCU streaming service follow Disney_ and WarnerMedia in pulling content from other platforms (like #TheOffice, from Netflix)? Lots of great info here via @natjarv.
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All Is Lost script is 31 pages. The unproduced Black List screenplay by @unikunka is 51 pages. Hardly any dialogue in either. Takeaway: Write the story the way it needs to be told. That's more important than so-called screenwriting 'rules.'
I’m thankful I just found a copy of Kids in the Hall Brain Candy online. Loved this movie. Fun fact: it’s 65 pages long! That is the second feature, the other being The Quiet Place, that I’ve read that is under 70 pages. There are no rules! @GoIntoTheStory @theblcklst
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Reading scripts is an essential part of learning the craft. Here is 30 Days of Screenplays: Vol. 1, including The Sixth Sense, Die Hard, Toy Story, Pulp Fiction, Gladiator, Michael Clayton, Memento, The Matrix, and more ow.ly/s8Nh30lfTEP #scriptchat #amwriting #movies
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Just open the file and start working on that script. It's the only way to get it done.
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Part 5 of my conversation with 2017 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting winner Kristen Gray-Rockmaker ow.ly/6hm930j7Hcu #scriptchat #amwriting
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Proper Formatting Technique starts tomorrow. Let Dave Trottier (Dr. Format himself) show you the necessary... fb.me/1mGApHf8C
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*Absolute LAST DAY to Enter!
Time to show off your undiscovered Screenplay, Pilot, Short Script
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Ray Bradbury: "Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.”
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"Everyone has a story. Write yours." - Whitney Davis Literary 🙌🏼
Have a great day #writing everyone. Just start actually writing, okay? 😉❤
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5 tips on #script analysis for #directors @Raindance ow.ly/piZ630cI0B5 2. More Detective Less Engineer #screenplay #indiefilm
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NEW BLOG: Screenwriting Urban Legends. About those "rules" that really aren't. #screenwriting
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