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Writing your first play - for screenwriters

One of my twitter peeps has decided to write a play and posted this wonderful tweet:

Have been planning a play! So, I use the three act structure but in two acts?! Help!

I think that's the least of the screenwriter's troubles when they set out to write a play! There is plenty more to watch out for, but mostly I would encourage new playwrights to think about some of the salient differences between the two, how these differences play out in the writing process, and how EXCITING these differences can make playwrighting...

The Scriptwriters real world - Should I have a job? Freelance? Starve?

There are many ways to combine real life and scriptwriting - I have done most of them so here are my thoughts on the kinds of jobs you can get and the advantages and disadvantages of them...

How to your script into a PDF file, for free.

What is in this article:

  1. A general introduction to what a PDF is and why they are important for script writers
  2. Can you make a PDF already but you don’t know it?
  3. How to download, install and use a free PDF maker

It should take you about 20 minutes of following this tutorial to get your first PDF for print - from then on it’s only a matter of seconds.

So, let’s get going….

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