Writers First line Generator - start your story with a compelling opening. Writing. How to Guides. Welcome to Writer's Resources—your resources! This is the section you come to for how-to and formatting guides, an inspirational kick in the pants, and nifty icons and flyers. You'll find handy links to everything in the section there on the left, and here's a quick overview of each item on the list. How To Guides How to Build Great Characters and Stories Scriptwriter Bootcamps and Worksheets The Young Writers Program Director, Chris Angotti, has put together a series of bootcamps and worksheets that can help writers of all ages develop their characters and stories. We've highlighted a few of these resources below to help you plan your scripts. Four-Week Scriptwriting Bootcamp In the next four weeks, our scriptwriting boot camp will teach you everything you'll need to know to tackle the great Script Frenzy challenge this April. Week 2: Creating Conflict and Outlining Your Plot Get your characters off the page and into action in Week 2.
Week 3: What Makes a Script a Script? Need a Lift? How to Write a Killer Explainer Video Script | Video Brewery. A video has the power to tell a convincing story about your business in 60-seconds. But before you even think about the cutesy illustration and animation, you need to pour everything you have into developing a killer script. A well-written, engaging script is the foundation for a successful explainer video. Without the right foundation, the rest of the creation process is in vain. So what can you do to make sure your video is a killer and not merely a nap inducer? 1. 2. 3. 4. If you have story-driven characters, imagine real people as mental place-holders. 5. Dry facts, statistics and definitions are okay in the classroom, but unless your video is for students imprisoned in a classroom, avoid lifeless content whenever possible. 6.
*Tip: You can try to include written humor in your script, but sometimes it’s more effective to introduce humor as part of the on-screen animation. 7. When producing an explainer video, don’t skimp on the script. Additional Resources: Screenwriting Goldmine Blog. It’s very exciting when you realise how much control you have when you’re writing. Every single word you lay on the page is an active choice. When you start with a blank page the potential is limitless – and so getting the right word can mean everything. When you think about that you quickly understand that every single word you write can be brilliant – or it can be dull.
A single page of screenplay can sparkle. And it’s only the words that make that happen. So how do you make the right choices? Well, a lot of that is about your ear. But it can take a long time. I download a screenplay I admire from imsdb.com or script-o-rama.com and I transcribe some of it. Literally. I take, oh, the first five pages, and literally go through them, word by word, copying each word into my screenwriting software. When I do that I can feel what it’s like to make choices like that writer does. It’s the closest you’ll get to inhabiting their mind. And feel the difference. Movie Script Database. Screen Writting Blog.