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Update, November 29, 2013.

Due to personal matters, Write for Hollywood will be on a temporary hiatus, we apologize for any inconvenience.

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Writing scripts is the same as writing love letters for an invisible group.

Lee Chang-dong (writer/film director)

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We’re told time and again to write what we know (or more importantly, know what we write), but what if what we know isn’t something anyone else wants to know?

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Is third time a charm for Mitch's pitch, Lament? Watch Pitch-Catch episode 16 to find out.

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Studying acting with a reputable instructor who examines all aspects of a character's life and why they do what they do, teaches us a great deal about human nature.

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One really important facet of screenwriting is the ability to convey the existence of a world that isn’t real.

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You should always write something you love to watch because it will show in your writing.

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the secret to being a successful writer is...

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Films are not plot, they are characters and moments.

Emeric Pressburger (via adrianswateringcan)

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Spoiler alert: this article discusses the endings to popular movies

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Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Alfred Hitchcock (via night-write)

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The script rewrite: 7 areas to focus on

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Don’t prepare. Begin.

Remember, our enemy is not lack of preparation; it’s not the difficulty of the project or the state of the marketplace or the emptiness of our bank account.

The enemy is resistance.

The enemy is our chattering brain, which, if we give it so much as a nanosecond, will start...

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You might be passionate about your idea, but if the story itself doesn’t come from a deep-rooted need to understand something about human nature or to share this knowledge with the world, it’s going to come across as empty.

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We’re taught to walk, to talk, to eat, to cook so what makes these people think you can’t teach writing?

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If your language is sloppy, the directions are unclear, no one is going to understand what you intended to be on screen.

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As much as we all love to write, sometimes it’s impossible to get us to write. It doesn’t even make sense; if we love it so much, why do we avoid it?