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Screenwriting for Authors — How to Keep from Looking Like a Novice

Danek S. Kaus — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:51:21 +0000

Although you may be new to screenwriting, you don't want it known that you are an amateur. It automatically prejudices the Hollywood Reader against your script. Their reasoning is, a pro writer wouldn't make these kind of mistakes, therefore, you must be an amateur. Very few amateur screenwriters create good screenplays, so yours is not likely to be good. You're already starting with two strikes against you.

Screenwriting for Authors — How to Keep from Looking Like a Novice

Screenwriting for Authors — How Use Archetypes for Powerful Stories

Danek S. Kaus — Sun, 08 May 2011 12:56:13 +0000

In your screenwriting efforts, make use of Archetypes. These are not to be confused with Stereotypes, which are one-dimensional characters we've seen in too many movies.

Screenwriting for Authors — How Use Archetypes for Powerful Stories

Free Publicity — How to Promote Your Blog

Danek S. Kaus — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:25:38 +0000

If you write blog to promote your business with free publicity, you want more subscribers. Right? There are several steps you can take to attract and keep a high number of readers:

Free Publicity — How to Promote Your Blog

Screenwriting for Authors — Newbie Mistakes You Must Avoid Part 3

Danek S. Kaus — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:36:20 +0000

This is the third in a series of articles on the most common mistakes that beginning screenwriters make, even if they are skilled novelists. If you haven't read my other two articles, this one can stand alone. Here are some more screenwriting mistakes for you to avoid.

Screenwriting for Authors — Newbie Mistakes You Must Avoid Part 3

Screenwriting for Authors — Don’t Make These Top Mistakes Part 2

Danek S. Kaus — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:07:37 +0000

Hopefully you've had a chance to read my first article on the common mistakes that authors make in their early, and often later, attempts at screenwriting to adapt their book. If not, that's okay. Each of these articles can stand alone. So let's get started.

Screenwriting for Authors — Don’t Make These Top Mistakes Part 2

Screenwriting for Authors — Avoid These Newbie Mistakes

Danek S. Kaus — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:06:12 +0000

Screenwriting is vastly different from writing a true-story book or a novel. It is a different medium and needs to be treated as such. It is a difficult form that even few authors are able to master.

Screenwriting for Authors — Avoid These Newbie Mistakes

Free Publicity — Newsletters are Powerful and Free

Danek S. Kaus — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:28:40 +0000

One way to continue to get free publicity is to send out a newsletter to your customers and contacts. Thanks to the Internet and email, you can write and send a newsletter essentially for free. Newsletters not only promote your products and services, they can establish and build trust and rapport.

Free Publicity — Newsletters are Powerful and Free

Screenwriting — Don’t Believe the All Those Myths

Danek S. Kaus — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:57:39 +0000

There are a lot of myths circulating about the nature of screenwriting, most of them perpetuated by people who don't have any experience with the processes of the movie-making industry. Here are a few that you can toss away.

Screenwriting — Don’t Believe the All Those Myths

Book into a Movie — Some Hollywood Jargon You Need to Know

Danek S. Kaus — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:49:44 +0000

Biopic -- a biographical movie.

Book into a Movie — Some Hollywood Jargon You Need to Know

Free Publicity — A Powerful Success Tool

Danek S. Kaus — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:13:06 +0000

If you want to get ahead in life, it's important to be good at what you do. But often that's not enough. There a lot of talented, hard-working people who never achieve the success they deserve. They simply don't have the connections and don't know how to get them.

Free Publicity — A Powerful Success Tool