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Selling a screenplay is no easy task. Ray Morton shares advice on how to increase your screenplay's commercial appeal to help you choose the best stories to put on the page.
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How to Increase Your Screenplay's Commercial Appeal

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Making Time to Write: Time Management For Screenwriters

While working the front desk at Miramax, Dave Pullano created the fictional exec to field overly persistent screenwriters wanting to sell a pitch. Ironically enough, through a series of adventures, Pullano found himself in Hong Kong, sitting on an old mattress ... and pitching his own script to Jackie Chan.
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Script Classics: Life In The Movie Industry - How To Sell A Pitch In Only 10 Years

Conflict is what drives a story. Without opposition, the story becomes lifeless. Learn the four types of conflict and how to effectively use them in your next screenplay.
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Script Classics: Conflict at the Core—Four Types of Conflict

Author, playwright and screenwriter Wendy Whitbeck delves into the unique underwater characters of the box-office hit Finding Nemo to explore how combining this particular mix of characters melded to create a totally memorable movie with strong character development.
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Script Classics: Everything I Needed to Know About Character Development I Learned From a Fish

Some writers struggle in transitioning from one type of writing to another, but Nicholas Meyer has conquered many forms. Learn Meyer’s cross-format storytelling processes and what encouraged him to write his recent memoir, The View From the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood.
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Script Classics: Nicholas Meyer—The View from the Scribe

Christian Bale stars as Batman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action-adventure Batman Begins, written by Bob Kane (characters), David S. Goyer (story, screenplay) and Christopher Nolan (screenplay). PHOTOS: David James ©2005 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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Writers on Writing: Revitalizing the Batman Franchise with Batman Begins

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Script Classics: Adapting to the Adaptation Process

Director Douglas McGrath at the premiere of the film "Nicholas Nickleby" - Photo by Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images
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Script Classics: Writer and Director Douglas McGrath on Adaptation of Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby

Gary Cooper as Marshal Will Kane in the United Artists’ 1952 classic High Noon, written by John W. Cunningham (story) and Carl Foreman.
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Script Classics: Writing a Great Third Act

Jeremy Robinson examines the differences between the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Knowing these differences is critical for any screenwriter or author in these genres.
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The Difference Between Science Fiction and Fantasy: What Every Screenwriter Needs to Know