Script Gods Must Die is a screenwriting blog. For six years now we’ve worked the usual suspects– structure, format, character and story development, dialogue… but sometimes the best dialogue are the lines you don’t write. Film as visual medium gives preeminence to the camera image. The 30+ years of silent movies proved, like they […]
Writing the Micro-Budget Film One of the reason I’ve recently been neglectful of original content here at Script Gods is that, aside from the book I just finished, I’ve been working with Screenwriting University on a series of webinars and classes. One of these is Writing the Micro-Budget Screenplay and I’d like to give some […]
I’ve lost track of the number of years nofilmschool has made my Top 5 list of best sites. The irony is it’s not strictly even a screenwriting website. Being as I teach at Columbia College I’ve always been a bit queasy when discussing the necessity of Film School. There is knowledge scattered all over the […]
I posted a while back about monologues. I wanted to return to the subject because I hadn’t even scratched the surface on the classic monologues there are to be found. The question is–what’s to be learned? Are you considering writing a monologue for your script? Here’s what I’d consider before putting an essentially verbally-driven vehicle, […]
Hi Folks… I’ve been bad. It’s true, I’ve shirked my responsibilities here at Script Gods. The forces of excess triviality had carved me up. Thus– and I’m dead sure you’ve noticed– no posts in the last two months. I’ve been halfway around the world and back. That beach up top is Manuel Antonio, Pacific coast, […]
