In the last part of the five-part series, Book to Screen, I offer information on where to find agents, contests, production companies, and more for your screenplay. Big thank you to those who have e-mailed about the series, have learned from it, and are actually interested in now turning their books into possible screenplays! To […]
In the first three parts of the five-part series, Book to Screen, I offered advice on books and software to help you on the scriptwriting journey, seeing your book as a visual story, and seeing your book within a movie structure frame. In this next part, I talk about the actual writing of the script, […]
In the first two parts of the five-part series, Book to Screen, I offered advice on books and software to help you on the scriptwriting journey, and then I talked about seeing your book as a visual story. In this next part, I talk about “Thinking Structurally”–and by this I mean looking at your book, […]
Becoming a Lifelong Learner of the Craft of Writing By author, editor, educator Shonell Bacon aka ChickLitGurrl™ The Write Life for You is a series of articles on the writing craft. Since 2008, I have written articles focused on building character, developing a solid plot, and harnessing a writing style–to name a few. November’s article […]
One of the biggest things writers moan about, at least to me they do, is the synopsis. They absolutely hate to write it. How am I supposed to take my 90,000-word manuscript and condense it to a few mere pages? With a lot of rewriting and revising, that’s how. To read my latest The Write […]
Becoming a Lifelong Learner of the Craft of Writing By author, editor, educator Shon Bacon aka ChickLitGurrl™ The Write Life for You is a series of articles on the writing craft. Past articles have focused on building character, developing a solid plot, and harnessing a writing style. In October’s article, I look at some FORMATTING […]
Then check out my latest THE WRITE LIFE FOR YOU column @ APOOO Books: http://www.apooobooks.com/developing-writing-style-shon-bacon/