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Out of either lack of knowledge, lack of experience, lack of confidence, or (sometimes) laziness, they will take a shortcut to create an effect rather than do the work to create the real thing. Ray Morton highlights some of those screenwriting gimmicks you should avoid.
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MEET THE READER: Into the Sunset - Screenwriting Gimmicks

Aug 2, 2019
Before you submit your script for coverage or critique, make sure your work is void of things that annoy script readers! Professional script reader, Brian O'Malley, shares insights into things script readers hate to see in a screenplay.
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20 Little Things That Make Script Readers Hate Your Screenplay

Feb 28, 2018
Ray Morton's process of screenplay analysis involves examining five key story components. In part two, he discusses the final key components.
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MEET THE READER: The Six Axes of Screenplay Analysis, Part 2

Feb 2, 2018
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MEET THE READER: "The End" - Importance of the Right Story Ending

Nov 2, 2017
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CRAIGSGRIST: Why Pay an Anonymous Script Reader When a Mentor Will Help Build a Career?

Jun 28, 2017
MEET THE READER: Why Can't You Be Nice? by Ray Morton | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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MEET THE READER: Why Can't You Be Nice?

Feb 3, 2017
WHY SPEC SCRIPTS FAIL: Antagonista Incognita* by Stewart Farquhar | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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WHY SPEC SCRIPTS FAIL: Antagonista Incognita*

Dec 15, 2016
STORY BROADS: 36 Practical Tips on How Not to Irritate Your Script Reader by Asmara Bhattacharya | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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STORY BROADS: 36 Practical Tips on How Not to Irritate Your Script Reader

Nov 16, 2016
MEET THE READER: 11 Reasons Why I Pass on a Screenplay by Ray Morton | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenplay
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MEET THE READER: 11 Reasons Why I Pass on a Screenplay

Oct 7, 2016
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WHY SPEC SCRIPTS FAIL: No Hook, Part 2

Jul 16, 2015
THE CRAFT : Considering Screenplay Coverage by Lee Jessup | Script Magazine #scriptchat
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MEET THE READER: Lessons Learned from Reading Too Many Spec Scripts

Jul 3, 2015
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WHY SPEC SCRIPTS FAIL: No Hooks

Jun 18, 2015
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SUBMISSIONS INSANITY: 8 Surefire Ways To STOP Them Reading On Page 1

Jun 3, 2015
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How to Please a Story Analyst

May 29, 2015
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WHY SPEC SCRIPTS FAIL: Adapt-A-Phobia – Part 3

May 21, 2015
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The Wide Margin: My First Writing Course (A Fairy Story)

May 29, 2014
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MEET THE READER: What I Look For

May 2, 2014
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Why Spec Scripts Fail: Relationships Not Consummated, PART 2

Feb 20, 2014
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MEET THE READER: Screenplay Premises - 'It's Complicated'

Feb 7, 2014
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Meet the Reader: "Warning, Warning"

Jan 3, 2014
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My Favorite Baker's Dozen of Balls of Steel

Jan 2, 2014
Give them what they want ... in the way they want it. Boom.
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Submissions Insanity #1: The Basics of Online Script Submissions

Jun 5, 2013
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Notes From The Margins: Meet Danny Manus... Again

Jun 4, 2013
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Meet the Reader: Ten Points to Ponder When You Write

Mar 8, 2013