Big Ideas Blog
S-E-X Tips for Screenwriters: The Free Rewrite
Dear Paige, I couldn’t be more excited! I’m finally working with a real, Hollywood professional! At first, they told me they LOVED my script. What a rush! But now they want me to make all these changes. For free. I thought that once I was a real, working writer, I’d...
Wishin’ and Hopin’ Is Not Enough – Drive Baby, Drive
I’ve just finished a ScriptMag.com article on “drive” for my column, Breaking & Entering, comparing how automotive engines work to propela car forward, to what it really takes to successfully propel yourself toward a career in screenwriting. Operating on...
S-E-X Tips for Screenwriters: Are You Writing With Beer Goggles On?
Paige, please settle this debate once and for all. I’ve had it with all the back and forth. Is it really necessary to outline a script before you begin? I adore the thrill of the moment. Creating little details is so pleasurable. It’s the tiny touches that are...
S-E-X Tips For Screenwriters: The Happy Ending
Dear Paige, I’m hoping for your advice. I've gotten my script into the hands of readers, and the feedback I’m getting is that they don’t like the ending. I don’t want to cave to peer pressure and the relentless push toward commercialized crap by grafting on a...
S-E-X Tips For Screenwriters: Ticking Off Your Reader?
Paige pops by to present Pet Peeves readers proclaim particularly pesky. Dear Doctor T, I’ve got a good script. I’ve been entering it in contests and getting nowhere. No wins, no placing, not even a “show” to show for it. I’ve shelled out big bucks for coverage and...
S-E-X Tips for Screenwriters: Rewriting – When Is Enough Enough?
Dear Doctor Paige, I feel I can turn to you for help with my problem. Everything was perfect until I started rewriting. You see, my script and I have been together for a while now. A long while. At first, the mere thought of the concept thrilled me. It was...
S-E-X Tips for Screenwriters: Is it Writer’s Block? Dr. Turner’s Diagnosis and Cure
Now here’s a sticky question from my readers that I think Dr. Paige Turner would be more qualified to deal with than I am. "Paging Dr. Turner, Dr. Paige Turner to the ER." Dear Paige, This is hard for me to talk about, I hesitate to bring it up, but I know you will...
S-E-X Tips for Screenwriters: Pitch Meetings Part 2 – Horror Stories
You may think you learned all you need to know about how to take a pitch meeting in Paige's last column. But that's just the beginning of the story. Here’s Part Two of her reply to “The Beav” about movie pitch meetings – the fantasy and the reality. Over to you Paige....
S-E-X Tips for Screenwriters – How To Get In Bed With An Agent
Dearest Dr. Turner, One thing that will make my life complete. There is only one thing in the world that I want, need, dream of night and day. One thing that will make me a success. An agent. Please tell me how I can get an agent of my very own. Help me Paige!...
Dear Dr. Paige Turner, I have this pitch meeting fantasy…
Time to address a little correspondence from that overflowing email in box of mine. You need answers. You deserve good ones. I’m handing over today’s Q & A to the scintillating and smart Dr. Paige Turner. I have every confidence she will deliver. H-e-e-e-e-r-e’s...
The Hare and The Tortoise: Who Wins the Race In the Film Industry?
In my ScriptMag.com article, “The Tortoise and The Hare: A Tale of Two Writers,” I told the story of two screenwriters, one behaving like The Tortoise in oft told proverb and the other more comparable to The Hare. But in this story, unlike the fable, The Hare seems...
How I Broke Into TV Writing – Kicking and Screaming!
TV writing is the place to be right now. Writers would do anything to break into TV writing with exceptional new series gaining popularity, top talent signing on, and new content providers popping up right and left. Plus there's the opportunity to create sweeping...