by BlueCat | Jan 12, 2019 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
Professionals are teachable. They do not lock into patterns and habits and methods. We need to always look to see where we fall short, and we must remind ourselves over and over what served us in the past. After two decades of writing scripts, I have now come to a...
by BlueCat | Dec 28, 2018 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
As a writer, I often forget something——writing creates more writing. If I write, the act of writing inspires new ideas and places for my characters to go, turns I did not imagine for my story at all. Writing is so much stronger an act of development than...
by BlueCat | Dec 14, 2018 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
Nearly every writer reading this is in the same place—–we haven’t finished our script! There’s something creating a roadblock to completing our draft. It could be the final script or the first draft, or one of many rewrites. Either way, we are...
by BlueCat | Dec 6, 2018 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
I recently confronted myself over the idea of how willing I am to write. I talk about myself as a writer and it’s a big part of my identity. I’m a writer. And I work the way I do and approach my work with a certain attitude that does not tend to change...
by BlueCat | Nov 21, 2018 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
Why are you writing? When you write well, why does it make you feel good? If we are writing solely for our own benefit, what is the benefit? Writers who pursue material gains and popularity can write the same quality of scripts as writers who write to gratify their...
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