Insights: ‘Twinning’ your Protagonist and Antagonist

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…)

What your scripts have been telling us: January to June 2016

By Ian Kennedy, WriteMovies Director of World Wide Development: “You should never treat ‘non-selection’ as being ‘rejection’, only as a kind of feedback about how your script currently compares and competes against its rivals (on balance of risk, for producers)…” Ian’s tips and feedback on six months of scripts submitted to WriteMovies.

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Insights: Genre and what it really tells us

By Ian Kennedy, WriteMovies Director of World Wide Development: Genre is so often key to convincing producers, and audiences, to take an interest in your story. Yet at the same time, I hear lots of writers and viewers complaining about formulaic, predictable, derivative stories that lack originality and interest precisely because of their adherence to a genre. So why does genre matter so much, for better and worse? (more…)

Industry Insight with Alex Ross

Learn how Hollywood and the film industry works from a writer’s perspective from WriteMovies’ CEO, Alex Ross.

Find out what really goes on behind the scenes so you can circumnavigate all the politics and  development people, to not only get your script sold, but made.Knowing what you’re doing is vital in this industry, and this is something the well-established writers know, take advantage of and practice daily. (more…)