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#shamelessselfpromo #thisisfine #Imfinewiththisandnotuncomfortableatall As some of you have kindly noticed, I recently published my first...
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How to give feedback on writing
First published to my Medium account: read the original post here When I first left college and was desperately scrambling to gain the...
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saslepian
- Nov 6, 2020
- 7 min
Constructing a Screenplay: The Outline
If you enjoyed my entry on how to start writing a screenplay, you may have devised a logline for your next piece and be looking for ways...
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saslepian
- Oct 21, 2020
- 4 min
Constructing a Screenplay: How to Start
"Cinema is a mosaic made of time." - Andrei Tarkovsky Screenplays are a strange form of writing. There is a certain utility to it that...
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saslepian
- Oct 8, 2020
- 6 min
Why You Shouldn't Reference the Camera in your Screenplay
As a script consultant, I see tons of well-constructed and interesting screenplays that simply cannot help but indulge in the cinematic...
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saslepian
- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
Does Tommy work as a Film?
No. But that doesn't mean screenwriters can't learn from it! Image from my YouTube video on the subject: catch it here Tommy, the 1969...
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saslepian
- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
How to (almost) Make a Movie
Originally published to my Medium: head there to see the original story I spent the only normal months of 2020 trying to produce a short...
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saslepian
- May 27, 2020
- 3 min
American Horror Story 1984: The True Story That Inspired Season X
A little something I wrote while the season was airing. Content warning: references to physical and sexual assault, murder and suicide....
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