Screenplay
Screenplay Format: How to Format a Screenplay
What are the 8 Elements of Script Formatting? Before you get to using a screenplay format template, it's vital that you familiarize yourself with the basic elements.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: The Creative Minds behind 'Aiming For the Moon' Podcast
Meet Taylor and Mattie, two 14-year olds in Little Rock, Arkansas, the creators of 'Aiming For The Moon,' podcast. In this interview they share the story behind their venture.
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Writing Blog
WRITING - Protecting Focus with Physical Care
Before writing, the first thing we would like to do, just like any athlete, is to warm up our body. I always recommend stretching your fingers, shoulders, and design a customized version of a physical warm-up tailored to your needs.
Writing Blog
THE TWO METHODS OF CREATING
In this post, I wanted to touch on the two main approaches when it comes to creating your original idea. These two apply when you write, edit, and so on. You already know them as classic opposites, they are yin and yang, left brain vs. right, rationality vs. poetry, fast
Free-Tools
A TOOL TO KILL CREATIVE OVERTHINK
Depriving Overthink of Oxygen This headline doesn't sound very nice. Or friendly. But hey, that's what overthink is. Not friendly, and definitely not nice. It has its place in the creative process, but can easily become a dictator for fear, you give it a thumb, and
Free-Tools
FREE TOOL: IMAGINE, WAIT, WRITE
A step-by-step guide to avoid exhausting your creative mind. Writing anxiety is no fun. However, it seems like a degree of anxiety is integraned with the creative process. It is easy to know the difference between a helpful anxiety, and the problematic kind.
Writing Blog
THE HONOR: Becoming a Top Teacher at Skillshare
It is an honor to have been selected as a TOP TEACHER at Skillshare. A shoutout to Skillshare's Marla for holding my hand, and to Tiffany who is about to. My classes have reached over 2,500 students, and I'm grateful to be able to share
Writing Blog
THE PERFECTION MONSTER
Perfection is an idiot wearing social acceptance as a mask.
Writing Blog
THE 15% POWER-CRAVING ACCOUNTANT: YOUR HEAD
Ever noticed how when you think you can’t do something and then you see yourself do it anyway?
Writing Blog
GOO
We think caterpillars become butterflies as though they just go into a cocoon, slap on wings and are good to go. Caterpillar has to dissolve into a disgusting pile of goo to become butterflies. Whenever you’re a mess, you’re probably in the right place, ergo á lá Latin,
Writing Blog
WRITING: THE DEAD-ZONE
When you write, somewhere between contraction (tension) and relaxation is something that might be named as the dead-zone.
Writing Blog
THE VALUE OF NOT PREPARING
Most of the ‘writing dilemmas’ stem from one fundamental error. The error of skipping the steps a part of you know you can’t skip. Training steps. Preparation steps. Mistake steps. We start writing and become surprised by not getting instant success, followed by disappointment and self-loathing.
Writing Blog
RELAXING TECHNIQUE
“No Responsibility” Whenever you realize that you’re doing many things at the same time, the causation is almost always that you’ve become too emotional. So you’ll need to track back, using the following model: Being too emotional is a direct relation to responsibility. The degree of that
Writing Blog
PROTECT YOUR FEET
Using fear against fear, what is the essential difference between each side?
Writing Blog
CHECK FOR FINGERPRINTS
No matter how hard you try. You’ll never find a solution to writing fear.