Archive for the ‘Scriptwriting’ Category

Why use video? (#1 of Video 101)


2011
12.28

There’s hardly a topic that video can’t help illuminate in the business world.

The sound and the furious (re)writing


2011
11.21

[Teachers] shoved books in front of us with 100-page sentences, such as the one that kicks off Faulkner’s The Sound and The Fury. Or dazzled us with completely indecipherable Joyce. What we were supposed to think?

How to make people laugh, cry, & write checks


2011
07.09

Hollywood is a big deal because Hollywood understands that, even though some people want a motorcycle and others a Barbie doll, all people want one single thing.

Beta screenwriting software from Adobe


2011
01.16

Using Adobe Story, you can write and store your projects online for free. (You can also download an application to your desktop).

Planning your video: review your needs


2010
10.12

Planning a video or film for your business is just like planning anything else. The more prepared you are, the better the process will go and the happier you’ll be with the final product.

How to keep a viewer’s attention


2009
10.06

Today, as other newspapers flag and fail, USA Today still circulates more newsprint than any other newspaper in the United States.

Writing is rewriting


2009
10.02

Writing blogs goes against every grain.

Writing is learning


2009
09.30

Flannery O’Connor once said that she never knew how her stories would end.

What is scriptwriting?


2009
09.29

There are far more dollars spent every year on non-broadcast videos than there are dollars spent for Hollywood films.

The good and the not-so-good


2009
08.23

My point (and I do have one) is this: a really good script is necessary to make a successful story.