301media.com | A mixed media blog by David Baker

Have you sent your scripts off to the Nicholl Fellowships for the year? Are you working on your next feature project? Are you trying to learn how the business works from the outside? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you’re probably still in learning mode. Most screenwriting bloggers recommend moving to [...]

How do you make money telling stories? Thousands of MFA students ask themselves that question, usually starting a few weeks after graduation when reality sets in and you find out the world isn’t really that much different than it was when you were sitting in a circle reading from a fistful of laser paper. You’ve [...]

I’ve been doing this screenplay thing for a few years, and I’ve always sworn off the whole notion of screenwriting software. I thought it would needlessly complicate things. After all, a script is just letters…black toner on white paper.  Nothing too fancy about it. I’ve written all of my scripts so far in Word.  I [...]

As I sit here in a coffee shop, ostensibly finishing my next script, I find myself pondering the dynamic of writing in public. I recall being in a cafe a few years ago. It was connected to the local brew-and-view, and it was a place where movie-types hang out. A kid was hacking away right [...]

When you first start writing scripts, one of the great liberating experiences is the ability to start a scene with something like this: EXT. PARIS STREET – AFTERNOON Smith steps to the curb and hails a cab... And then, you can follow up with the next scene, with a quantum leap: EXT. SEASIDE CAFE, HAVANA [...]

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