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Author Archives: Evan Jobb
#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 52nd: All Good Things Come to an End
Tweet Goodbye. This is it from me, a full years journey has come to its end. But before I leave you as promised I have a summary of screenwriting tips for you. All of these tips I have mentioned somewhere … Continue reading
#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 51st: Thank You
Tweet Essentially the year is done. This is blog 51 and if you remember from my posts back in January I promised to post 10 screenwriting tips I have accumulated over the year as my 52nd post. So this is … Continue reading
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Tagged goodbye, guidlines, methods, principals, thank you, Writing
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 50th: The Art and Business of Film
Tweet Fifty!? How did this happen. I only have 2 posts left after this? I may start to get sentimental about all of this. In 2 weeks I will be able to say I made it! I made it through … Continue reading
#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 49th: What I Write
Tweet A writer should always know their genre. Not to restrict their writing, but to focus it. If you look at writers and directors in film for the most part they follow a certain type of film, they follow certain … Continue reading
#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 48th: Reacting to Emotions
Tweet Each action your characters take has to be motivated by an emotion. I’m writing about this topic because of a script I was writing. I found myself stuck, sputtering ideas around in my head and not going anywhere. I … Continue reading
#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 47th: Writing a Documentary
Tweet Those Forgotten successfully screened at the GI Film Festival last week. Alyssa did a series of interviews and met the one and only Pat Sajak (as you can see in the picture). The film is now playing at the … Continue reading
#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 46th: Antagonise the Protagonist
Tweet I give you this post in a quiet and lonely apartment. Alyssa is in Washington DC at the GI Film Festival right now where Those Forgotten is screening tonight along with what sounds like a great selection of short … Continue reading
#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 45th: Twisting the Ending
Tweet The twist ending is both beloved and hated. It offers an ending that makes the audience rethink the film they have seen and makes them crave a second viewing. But it also can take a perfectly good story into … Continue reading
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Tagged ending, foreshadow, mystery, twist, Writing
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 44th: Connecting to Characters
Tweet In any story, the audience must form a connection to the protagonist. They must care enough about the protagonist to want them to achieve their goal or else they will not be willing to go on the journey with … Continue reading
#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 43rd: Make a Film, See the World
Tweet I typed up the first draft of this post on an electric typewriter that Alyssa bought for me. It still had the ink ribbon in it. But talk about spelling mistakes. It’s one thing to be be a terrible … Continue reading
