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INSIGHTS – Sociopaths: What really makes people (and characters) ‘bad’ or ‘evil’ (or sometimes just brilliant) – PART TWO

INSIGHTS – Sociopaths: What really makes people (and characters) ‘bad’ or ‘evil’ (or sometimes just brilliant) – PART TWO

by | Nov 11, 2016 | Ian Kennedy, Writing Insights

Part Two: Understanding sociopaths and their role in our writing and lives

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In my first article about this, I looked at what a sociopath is, what distinguishes them from a “psychopath” (sometimes!), and some of the real-world implications of these differences. Now I’m going to explore deeper into what difference these insights can bring to our lives and particularly our writing. (more…)

Insights: ‘Twinning’ your Protagonist and Antagonist

by | Sep 9, 2016 | Highlights, Ian Kennedy, Writing Insights

Writers need to feel this connection to these characters too – it is only through your characters that audiences can connect with your story and theme.

“Writers need to feel this connection to these characters too – it is only through your characters that audiences can connect with your story and theme.” – The follow up article to “Insights: Character Driven Storytelling” by Ian Kennedy, WriteMovies Director of World Wide Development. (more…)

Monthly Contest closed until 2017… Introducing our “Featured Script of the Month”!

Monthly Contest closed until 2017… Introducing our “Featured Script of the Month”!

by | Sep 1, 2016 | Monthly Contest Winners, Updates, WMCm

Monthly Contest (WMCm)

With two cycles of our main competition clashing almost directly with the deadline dates of our Monthly Contest, we’ve decided to delay relaunching our Monthly Contest again until at least January 2017. Anyone who has submitted to our Monthly contest since the start of August will be offered a free entry to the main contest (representing a significant discount on its current entry price), which currently closes at the same time as the September competition would have done anyway!

In place of the Monthly Contest, we’d like to introduce our new FEATURED SCRIPT OF THE MONTH. This prize – for which all submissions to our contests are automatically entered for free – is awarded to the most interesting script we process during that month. The winner receives free Judging Feedback worth $99 plus a free resubmission for their redrafted script to whichever contest it has entered! On top of that, we will give the writer and script the kind of publicity that our previous Monthly Contest winners have received. Not a bad bonus to be offering all of our entrants for free! Right?

Congratulations once again to everyone who has won, or otherwise benefited, from the Monthly contest so far: we’ve been delighted with the standard of the best entries. We hope you’ll agree that the enhanced competition cycles and writer development of the FEATURED SCRIPT OF THE MONTH will be a great – and free – substitute for the opportunity you’ve benefited from so far.

We look forward to announcing our first winning FEATURED SCRIPT OF THE MONTH for August and September submissions early in October. Watch this space!

Resultate des Wettbewerbes Frühling 2016

Resultate des Wettbewerbes Frühling 2016

by | Aug 12, 2016 | Deutsch (Neuigkeiten)

Resultate des Wettbewerbes Frühling 2016

WriteMovies - Dienstleistungen für Schriftsteller in Deutsch

WriteMovies.com: Der internationale Schriftstellerwettbewerb: Frühling 2016

Der gesamte Standard war hoch, darum die grosse Anzahl von Autoren, die für die abschließende Runde ausgewählt wurden. Wenn Sie nicht Ihren Namen auf dieser Liste finden, bedeutet es nicht, daß Sie ein ” unbegabter ” Schriftsteller sind. Wir glauben aufrichtig, daß jeder, der Nächte, Wochenende und häufig viel mehr, für den Traum Schrifsteller zu werden aufopferte, Respekt verdient hat.

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Quarter finalists: Semi finalists: OVERALL WINNER
 Aebersold, DAS BLOCKHAUS Urs Aebersold, DAS BLOCKHAUS Rob Laffin, THE PEOPLE VS. GOLDMAN SACHS
Urs Aebersold, LINDAS RACHE Urs Aebersold, LINDAS RACHE
Jean-Pierre Audebert, BRADDY WEBBY Jean-Pierre Audebert, BRADDY WEBBY Second Place: 
James Bingham, THE DAWN OF EVE James Bingham, THE DAWN OF EVE Paul Gross, DIMINUENDO
Ian Bonser, TARGET: BERLIN! Christian Bourgeois, LA VENGEANCE DU COBRA
Christian Bourgeois, LA VENGEANCE DU COBRA Rohna Buehler, DER VORHANG Third Place:
Harold L. Brown, DEVIL’S VALLEY JUSTICE Michael D. Dalzell, BOLLES Johnny Sanchez, AMBER (AKA COLOURS OF REBELLION)
Rohna Buehler, DER VORHANG Linda Falcão, OUT FLYING PAST MY BEDTIME
Patrick Byrne, FLY GIRL Mark Flood, BITING THE BULLET Honorable Mentions:
David Cupples, SAN FRANCISCO SANDINISTA Paul Gross, DIMINUENDO James Bingham, THE DAWN OF EVE
David Cupples, SARIN AND THE MOON PRINCESS Edyta Juzyk, NINJA WARRIORS Christian Bourgeois, LA VENGEANCE DU COBRA
Michael D. Dalzell, BOLLES Astrid Korten, FROM LILY WITH LOVE Edyta Juzyk, NINJA WARRIORS
Matthew Duffen, DAY ONE THIRTY-ONE Jacques Koskas, LE SAC DE VOYAGEEN CUIR FAUVE Jacques Koskas, LE SAC DE VOYAGEEN CUIR FAUVE
Linda Falcão, OUT FLYING PAST MY BEDTIME Rob Laffin, THE PEOPLE VS. GOLDMAN SACHS Christophe Lourenço, MYSPACE LOVE – UN SENS A TA VIE!
Mark Flood, BITING THE BULLET Aleksandra Muni Leykauf, DIE PHÖNIX DIÄT Timothy Jay Smith, FIRE ON THE ISLAND
Prince Gomolvila, MORPH Paul Littell, BREAKTHROUGH Tyler True, LOVE IS SOMEWHERE ELSE
Paul Gross, DIMINUENDO Christophe Lourenço, MYSPACE LOVE – UN SENS A TA VIE!
Richard Guimond, MELVILLE’S WINDMILL Matthew McHugh, THE AUTEUR
Edyta Juzyk, NINJA WARRIORS Graham Parke, PANDORIUM – SEQUENCE #1: HOW TO CATCH A TIME TRAVELER
Amy L. Kinzer, CAN’T TURN BACK Parthena Pavlidou, IN DER STILLE DER NACHT
Astrid Korten, FROM LILY WITH LOVE Johnny Sanchez, AMBER (AKA COLOURS OF REBELLION)
Jacques Koskas, LE SAC DE VOYAGEEN CUIR FAUVE Timothy Jay Smith, A VISION OF ANGELS
Rob Laffin, THE PEOPLE VS. GOLDMAN SACHS Timothy Jay Smith, FIRE ON THE ISLAND
Eyal Lavi, HAIFA Tyler True, LOVE IS SOMEWHERE ELSE
Aleksandra Muni Leykauf, DIE PHÖNIX DIÄT Tessa Wenslany, OLD
Paul Littell, BREAKTHROUGH
Paul Littell, GET CARLY
Christophe Lourenço, MYSPACE LOVE – UN SENS A TA VIE!
Matthew McHugh, THE AUTEUR
Hamilton Mitchell, THE BIG BANG THEORY: THE STICK FACTORY
Jeffrey Ryan Morales, THE LOCKSMITH: A PAST FATE
Linda Morganstein, MY LIFE WITH STELLA KANE: “UNDER YOUR SKIN”
Jens-Frederik Otto, D-DAY
Tony Pana, TRAMP CITY
Graham Parke, DEBBIE THE VIKING
Graham Parke, NO HOPE FOR GOMEZ! – Pilot
Graham Parke, PANDORIUM – SEQUENCE #1: HOW TO CATCH A TIME TRAVELER
Parthena Pavlidou, IN DER STILLE DER NACHT
Clint Pearson, SHINE YOUR EYES
Russell A. Reball, THE SAPPHIRE KING
Math Saliva, THE SANDBOX
Johnny Sanchez, AMBER (AKA COLOURS OF REBELLION)
Paul Sargia, THE MAN WHO STOPS TIME
Timothy Jay Smith, A VISION OF ANGELS
Timothy Jay Smith, FIRE ON THE ISLAND
Timothy Jay Smith, RED BANDANA
Andrew Thompson and Tim Thompson, THE LIMELIGHT
Tyler True, ABIGAIL AND KOBO
Tyler True, LOVE IS SOMEWHERE ELSE
David Warnock, BY THE HANDS OF WALLY VINE
Tessa Wenslany, OLD
John Woodard, THE BOY FROM THE SEA