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Writing Yourself Out of a Hole
By Danny Manus There’s an old story I’m tweaking slightly for our purposes that goes… A screenwriter is walking down the street and falls into a deep hole and can’t get out. A Director comes by and the...
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The Biggest Threat to Screenwriters in the Digital Age
By Danny Manus It used to be that a screenwriter’s biggest fear was pitching or sending a script to a producer and them stealing their idea and making a billion dollars without them. But in the new...
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5 Ways to Pitch for Success
By Danny Manus This weekend, there are two big screenwriting events – the Screenwriters World East Conference in NY and the Toronto Screenwriting Conference in Canada. And both afford writers the...
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The Right and Wrong Way to Enter Contests!
By Danny Manus The next couple of weeks impose some hefty deadlines for screenwriters. Both the Nicholls Fellowship and Page Awards have their final deadlines coming up on May 1, Final Draft Big Break...
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Close A Door, Open A Window: My Fond Goodbye to BOSI
By Danny Manus All good things come to an end, as they say. After just about 4 years and 180 articles, my column at BOSI has officially come to an end. There will be no final article, so I’m posting...
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Finding Inspiration, Motivation and Opportunity in Austin
By Danny Manus Sometimes all you need to keep going is a little creative rejuvenation. A little brainstorm Botox. A writer’s reset button. That’s exactly what I found in Texas last week at the Austin...
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Me and Mr. Gilligan (at Austin Film Fest)
By Danny Manus “I am not in Danger…I am the danger….I am the one who knocks.” After hearing the powerful, blistering, graveled, cold-hearted speeches of Walter White, you might think the man behind the...
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What Happens in Vegas Ends Up On the Page
By Danny Manus One of the greatest themes explored in film is SIN. One of the tenets of a cinematic story is making it VISUAL and keeping the ACTION going. And one of the greatest things a writer can...
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50 Reasons Why Your Query Letter Sucks
By Danny Manus Have you sent out dozens of query letters? Hundreds? Thousands? And no response? No reads? No meetings? Not even a polite rejection letter telling you why they won’t read your material?...
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How to Know If You’re Leading A Cult
There are so many opinions out there for writers to listen to these days. So many voices trying to tell writers what to do, what not to do, how to do it, how not to do it, who they should hate, who...
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12 Important Takeaways from Austin Film Festival 2015
By Danny Manus There’s always a sharp adjustment period after I return from Austin Film Fest every year. And not just for my liver. It’s a constant whirlwind event for 5 days – and not just because of...
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Watch That Next Step!
By Danny Manus I’m sure you’ve heard it said that screenwriting is a marathon, not a sprint. But in truth…it’s both. And sometimes it’s not the first step OR the last step that’s most important, but...
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Creating the Pitch-Perfect One Sheet
By Danny Manus One important part of the pitch that writers constantly forget is the One-Sheet. I know many of you are preparing your pitch, getting your script in shape, and figuring out what your...
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