Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Chris Desmond: When one of their own gets adopted, residents of a pet store plot to break out, crosstown and bring her back home. Ultimately the story is about the extremes one goes through in order to keep the family together. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall […]

via Interview with Screenwriter Chris Desmond (RIFF RAFF) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Film Courage: You are moving to Los Angeles, you’ve just done this Woody Allen film, you’ve gone to Cannes, where did you envision your career going once you got your footing here in LA? Did you have this image of how you were going to be booking auditions and things? Writer/Director/Actor/Producer, Barney Cheng: I was […]

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Film Courage: Why do you want to make movies to help people feel less isolated? Phillip G. Carroll, Jr., Writer/Director of THE HONEYMOON PHASE: I think one of my core drives as a person is loneliness. Growing up initially in school I didn’t have a lot of friends. I was bullied a lot. It really […]

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Mark W. Travis, Director/Author/Writer/Instructor: If you had no fear, if there was no fear, what story would you tell? Film Courage: Right now? On camera? Mark: You can say it on camera, it’s your camera. Film Courage: You are now working on something called The Travis Technique for Autobiographical Storytelling? Mark: The Travis Technique for […]

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How Do You Edit To Build Tension? by Lawrence Jordan, ACE via FilmCourage.com.

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Film Courage: What are the primary reasons that we tell other people stories about our lives? Mark W. Travis, Director/Author/Writer/Instructor: What are the primary reasons we tell people stories about our lives? First of all it’s varied. A lot of reasons but I think the important thing you have to realize is that you do […]

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Film Courage: Is it true that beginning writers need the most help with structure? Writer/Instructor and Script Consultant Shannan E. Johnson (The Professional Pen): No. I think all writers need help with structure. I think there are writers right now who are employed in writers’ rooms who have sold features before and they need help […]

via The Mistake Screenwriters Make With Structure by Shannan E. Johnson — FilmCourage.com

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Film Courage: Do facts make good stories? Jill Chamberlain, Script Consultant/Author/Writer: Facts are tricky. I think the hardest stories to break are ones that are based on real-life events. I have a philosophy a little bit with my students and clients that when it comes to research I say Wikipedia It And Be […]

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Film Courage: When did you realize you were a storyteller? Josh Healey, Writer/Producer/Comedian — The North Pole Show:Whoah! When did I realize I was a storyteller? Probably in high school. I think my storytelling comes from two difference places. It comes from obviously family. I come from a tradition of trash-talking, joke telling, old Jewish…you […]

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