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Meet the Reader by Ray Morton
Meet the Reader by Ray Morton
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Freebie Jeebies—What Reading Your Script Really Entails
By Ray Morton
Nov 6, 2020
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: A Look Back at the Oscar-Winning Screenplay for Breaking Away
By Ray Morton
Oct 4, 2019
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Trendy Thinking - Should You Follow the Movie Trends?
By Ray Morton
Sep 17, 2019
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Into the Sunset - Screenwriting Gimmicks
By Ray Morton
Aug 2, 2019
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Screenwriter Peter Morgan Discusses the Frost/Nixon Showdown in San Clemente
By Ray Morton
May 3, 2019
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Act I — Getting Your Protagonist Off to a Good Start
By Ray Morton
Apr 5, 2019
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: What Makes an Oscar-Worthy Movie? Don’t be a Snob
By Ray Morton
Mar 1, 2019
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: My Defense of the Three-Act Structure
By Ray Morton
Feb 1, 2019
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Indiana Jones and the Curse of Too Much Action
By Ray Morton
Jan 4, 2019
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Wanted – More Movie Moments
By Ray Morton
Dec 7, 2018
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Generic Thinking - Why Story Genre Matters
By Ray Morton
Nov 7, 2018
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Storytelling Essentials—The Build
By Ray Morton
Oct 5, 2018
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: My Friend Richard H. Kline - A Look Back at the Legendary Cinematographer
By Ray Morton
Sep 7, 2018
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: The (Only) Four Elements of Screenwriting
By Ray Morton
Aug 3, 2018
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Everything But the Script
By Ray Morton
Jul 6, 2018
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: 5 Types of Movie Ideas You Shouldn't Bother to Write
By Ray Morton
May 31, 2018
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Order of Operations for Script Revision - Sally Will Call Doug For Tea
By Ray Morton
May 2, 2018
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Drama, Not Twinkies
By Ray Morton
Apr 6, 2018
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Something to Learn - The Craft of Screenwriting
By Ray Morton
Mar 2, 2018
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: The Six Axes of Screenplay Analysis, Part 2
By Ray Morton
Feb 2, 2018
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: The Six Axes of Screenplay Analysis, Part 1
By Ray Morton
Jan 5, 2018
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: What Do You Expect?
By Ray Morton
Dec 1, 2017
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: "The End" - Importance of the Right Story Ending
By Ray Morton
Nov 2, 2017
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: If You’re Going to Write a Script, Then You’re Actually Going to Have to Write a Script
By Ray Morton
Oct 5, 2017
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Close Encounters of the Writing Kind
By Ray Morton
Sep 1, 2017
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: The Beaver and the Importance of Deciding (and the Pitfalls of Not)
By Ray Morton
Aug 4, 2017
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Importance of Logical Conclusions in Storytelling
By Ray Morton
Jul 7, 2017
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Journey of E.T. - Phoning Home
By Ray Morton
Jun 2, 2017
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: This and That - Observations on Spec Scripts
By Ray Morton
May 4, 2017
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: How to Sell a Script (Sort of)
By Ray Morton
Apr 7, 2017
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Problem 'Passengers'
By Ray Morton
Mar 2, 2017
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Why Can't You Be Nice?
By Ray Morton
Feb 3, 2017
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: What’s the (Back)Story?
By Ray Morton
Jan 6, 2017
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: It’s Got to Be a Movie
By Ray Morton
Dec 2, 2016
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Film Franchises - Go Ape!
By Ray Morton
Nov 4, 2016
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: 11 Reasons Why I Pass on a Screenplay
By Ray Morton
Oct 7, 2016
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Darkness Falls (Soon, I Hope)
By Ray Morton
Sep 1, 2016
Screenwriting How-To Articles
THE CRAFT: Lessons from The Best and Worst Super Hero Films
By Ray Morton
Aug 30, 2016
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Screenplays. Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me! (No, Really - Don’t Tell Me)
By Ray Morton
Aug 5, 2016
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Sir Peter Shaffer - Everything You've Heard is True
By Ray Morton
Jul 1, 2016
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Films - Writing the Script Fantastic
By Ray Morton
Jun 3, 2016
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Positively Super - Where 'Batman v Superman' Went Wrong
By Ray Morton
May 6, 2016
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Are You Done?
By Ray Morton
Apr 1, 2016
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Eight Screenwriting Scams to Avoid
By Ray Morton
Mar 4, 2016
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: What I Will Do For You (and What I Will Not Do for You)
By Ray Morton
Feb 5, 2016
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Some New Year Resolutions for Screenwriters
By Ray Morton
Jan 4, 2016
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Ten Spec Script Musts
By Ray Morton
Dec 4, 2015
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Components of Screen Storytelling - The Protagonist
By Ray Morton
Nov 6, 2015
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Writing Your First Screenplay
By Ray Morton
Oct 2, 2015
Screenwriting How-To Articles
MEET THE READER: Spec Script No Nos
By Ray Morton
Sep 4, 2015
