Links to Things

In the last couple of years, I've spent huge amounts of my time researching screenwriting on and offline. I'm going to start sharing the best resources I've found, a few recommendations at a time. It will help me  to justify the long hours that I've spent trawling the depths of the internet.

One of the most frustrating things about the information that I've found online is that it focuses on developing the script as a commercial product. This is putting the cart before the horse. Out of say 100,000 people in the world with a completed feature length screenplay in their hands, maybe less than 100 would have a commercially viable screenplay. This does not mean that those other 99,900 writers need to work on how to pitch, network and concentrate on making their script more commercial. What they need to do is watch films, read books, read screenplays and above all work on their craft. I'm interested in resources that help a writer to improve their writing, not the ones that try to turn them into some kind of formula following pitch machine.

I think that my unique 2 step guide to screenwriting success sums up my point best.

Step 1 Get to the point when you've written the best screenplay that your talent and experience allows.

Step 2 Worry about how to sell that screenplay.