I always ask screenwriters and playwrights “What is it you want to say in your script?”, and frequently they overlook the significance that the answer to this question will bear on how they approach their script, &how much passion they inject into it.

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Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

I have a complex feeling about genre. I love it, but I hate it at the same time. I have the urge to make audiences thrill with the excitement of a genre, but I also try to betray and destroy the expectations placed on that genre.

— Bong Joon-ho

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.
—Martin Scorsese

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Whilst screenwriting competitions are integral parts of the writing machine, unforunately it has become harder to distinguish the real industry-run competitions from "marketing ploys" run by marketers and oligarchical influencers.

Here's your complete guide to competitions:
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Almost all TV shows are written (consciously or unconsciously) on a four-act structure plot. Here's your cheat sheet for it. It's much simpler than you think and it will change your approach to your pilot.

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