The Russians Don’t Take A Dump, Son, Without A Plan
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] The Russians Don't Take A Dump, Son, Without A Plan Somehow this line from “The Hunt For Red October” from 1990 got stuck in my head and I always remember it when someone talks about making plans. Like in the case when people abandon their plans...
Verbal Self-Destruction
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Verbal Self-Destruction Most people are not aware of this. Or not enough aware. Being inspired has a lot to do with how you talk to yourself. An example: You aspire to great things, but you’re measuring yourself constantly against what you plan to achieve, so you see yourself as...
Writing Quality vs. Quantity
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Writing Quality vs. Quantity There is a study cited in the Book “Range - Why Generalists Triumph In A Specialized World” by David Epstein that tested how fast children would learn to draw. They were divided into two groups. One group was given the objective to draw...
What Do You Want Now
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] What Do You Want Now A couple of years ago I started learning Spanish. Just to see if I would like it and keep at it. I didn’t have time for anything back then, so I carved out 10 min somewhere in my day (before I went...
What Makes The Pros The Pros
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] What Makes The Pros The Pros A tip I remember from Terry Rossio. If you want to learn screenwriting (but this basically applies to everything that you want to learn on a professional level), take one of your screenplays. Read it, and then take a professional level...
How Not To Go Into Pitches
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] How Not To Go Into Pitches I saw pitches completely wrong for a very long time. I thought when I pitch somebody, be it a producer, manager, agent, publisher, whoever...
Today’s Step Is Different
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Today's Step Is Different We’re writers. So, most days, the step towards our goals that we want to accomplish will have something to do with writing. But writing (or any other creative endeavour for that matter) is more than sitting on your butt and pressing keys. Most days...
Final Draft 12 Review – Should I Upgrade?
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Final Draft 12 Review Hi, this is Bela from the Writer’s Territory, and guess what, Final Draft just has come out with a new version, version 12. Which means, of course, I have to test it and let you know what I think of it. And just...
Where Do You Start?
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Where Do You Start I read a newsletter from Seth Godin the other day. It had a great message that is very important to writers in my opinion. Instinctively we might know that but if we’re not conscious about it we might shy away from it. And that...
“Find and Replace” in Final Draft 12
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="66973"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] How To Use “Find And Replace” In Final Draft 12 Apart from the “Search Tool”, which is discussed in another article, Final Draft has another tool for when you just want to search for a certain word and character name. And this tool is the “Find...