Everyone and their parents know that the film business is notorious for being a difficult and cruel place to work.
It’s both hard to break in and hard to stay in.
So much in fact, screenwriters have been seasoned to be ready for those golden moments when they might be able to connect with someone or send someone their work – because it’s a chance to slip into Hollywoodland through the side gates … not to imply that there are front gates where most people gain access, because there aren’t.
This moment usually involves …

I’m pretty sure most of you have either seen or heard about the exciting new community of screenwriters and producers building over Greenwriter.org – why so sure? Because not only has the org been featured on the first page of the latest issues of Script Magazine, Creative Screenwriting and a dozen other outlets, but it’s also featured right here at Scriptxray.com … right over there ->

Greenwriter.org -why is it featured here at Scriptxray?
When the folks over at Greenwriter expressed interest in working with Scriptxray last summer, I knew I had to get …

Yesterday I was browsing through the hundreds of comments over at copyblogger and noticed two pretty common words appearing …

“I’m afraid”
Some screenwriters are at the point where they’re so afraid that they’ll suck at writing that they can’t even bring themselves to write. These screenwriters most likely experience number 7 of the 10 early warning signs of writer’s block when talking with other screenwriters, friends, and family.

As most of you already know, Blake Snyder provided the screenwriting community with one of the most influential, non-fiction books of all time.

Why so influential?
Not only did Blake Snyder make the, oh so famous, “Blake Snyder Beat Sheet,” he also dedicated the entire book to breaking down the outlining process for screenwriters. I don’t know about everyone else, but for me personally, this was one area that always seemed to be skimmed over with other books on screenwriting.
What’s the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet?
The beat sheet in general is a shorthand …

If you’re anything like me, then you’re probably the type of writer that wouldn’t mind living in the any of the imaginary worlds you’ve created for the rest of your life – free to explore the world, and make it up as you go, without a care in the world!

Unfortunately, reality gets the best of us, so while we might spend the majority of our time up in our heads imagining what might lurk within the dark corners of our latest world of story, we still have to deal with …