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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Tips on Properly Formatting Your Script
But if you are stuck writing your script in a word processing program, knowing these formatting details is essential. The Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences supplies a free, downloadable script sample with formatting standards in the script. Continue reading
Posted in #scriptchat, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, david cormican, Helpful Tool, Writing
Tagged final draft, final draft 7, final draft 8, formatting parentheticals with dialogue, formatting your action, formatting your dialogue, formatting your scene headers, how to format your script, Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, script writing industry standards, scrivener, tips for formatting your script, tips on formatting your script with word processing software, title page format
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 4th: Accept it, you have a style
Tweet As I write this, I am sitting here, hair full of sand, leg bruised, with sore arches in my feet all because of a lovely evening at the beach. Cloudy, 14 degree air, 14 degree water, blowing sand, fog … Continue reading
Posted in #scriptchat, #writerwednesday Laureate, #ww, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition
Tagged beach, flag, genre, style, Those Forgotten, Writing
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Finding Some “You” Time
How many times have you worked and worked on a problem, walked away in frustration, only to have the answer pop into your head like a vision upon your return? That’s what taking breaks are for. Continue reading
Posted in #scriptchat, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, david cormican, Helpful Tool, Interesting Find, Writing
Tagged finding balance, how to make work feel like play, Julia Cameron, making time for yourself, rebecca black, rebecka black, rebekka black, replenishing the well, take a break, the artist date, The Artist's Way, the artosts way, you time
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 3rd: I Need A Goal and My Goal is to Have a Need
Tweet I ran into a friend at a meeting for the local film co-op and she asked me if I was going to post any writing tips. So as this was related to some writing I have been doing, I thought … Continue reading
Posted in #scriptchat, #writerwednesday Laureate, #ww, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition
Tagged Algebra, Character Arc, Climax, External, Goal, Internal, Need, Resolution, Story Arc, Those Forgotten, Writing
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 2nd: A Look Back As We Move Forward
Tweet I haven’t always been a writer, in fact I’m still nervous about claiming that title as my own. I was anything but a writer growing up and I know that if any of my English teachers ever discover this … Continue reading
5 in 5 with Evan Jobb (he’s the new #WW Laureate in case you haven’t read the blog this week!)
Tweet I know we’re all still sad that Carolynne’s year came and went so quickly in the Writer Wednesday Laureate position. But as with all seasons, they change change change. I caught up Evan for a few quick moments last … Continue reading
#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 1st: First Day Jitters
Tweet Ever have to do a show, or a screening or a presentation and all you can think about is how you hope the person before you isn’t very good so you don’t have to be the follow up to … Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Canadian Short Screenplay Competition’s THE Blog Bows Nova Scotia Writer as Second Ever #WW Laureate
Tweet Canadian Short Screenplay Competition’s THE Blog Bows Nova Scotia Writer as Second Ever #WW Laureate FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, proclaims three-time finalist Evan Jobb as second ever Official Writer’s Wednesday Laureate blogger on the CSSC … Continue reading
Posted in #scriptchat, #writerwednesday Laureate, #ww, Announcement, Announcements, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, david cormican, Industry News, Interesting Find, Press Release, Writing
Tagged #ww, award, Canadian Web Awards, Canadian Weblog Awards, Carolynne Ciceri, Competition, contest, Cormican, CWA, Evan Jobb, Halifax, Laureate, movie, nominee, nova scotia, Screenplay, screenplays, screenwriting, script, scripts, Short Film, win, writers, writers wednesday, Writing
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Four in Ten Canadians Struggle With…
Four in ten Canadians struggle with low literacy. This impacts all aspects of their lives—from their ability to read simple signs to their ability to effectively handle their finances. This is why CSSC has dedicated resources towards ABC Life Literacy’s programing. Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, david cormican, Industry News, Interesting Find, Writing
Tagged ABC Life Literacy, ABC Life Literacy goals, ABC Life Literacy programs, ABC Literacy Good Reads, ABC Literacy Money Matters, combating low literacy, Family Literacy Day, financial literacy, LEARN, literacy, low literacy, our great charity sponsor
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