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	<description>Professional Major Movie Studio Story Analyst and Screenwriting Coach teaches you how to write a screenplay.</description>
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		<title>Seven screenplay analysis and free download offer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Screenwriting Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Fincher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to write a screenplay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thriller screenplay]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s in the box?!
Seven, written by Andrew Kevin Walker and directed by David Fincher, is one of the great thrillers of the 1990s, a decade with several exceptional thrillers. Walker&#8217;s screenplay for Seven shot him to the Script Doctor A-list, establishing him as a hot writer of dark material on spec, like 1999&#8217;s 8mm, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Black List 2011 highlights the best spec screenplays of the year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Screenwriting Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[script sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spec scripts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Biz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Black List]]></category>

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The 2011 Black List is here! Congratulations to all of the writers who made the list.
For those who don&#8217;t know, the Black List compiles the &#8220;most liked&#8221; unproduced (as of voting time) screenplays of the year, as voted on by studio, agency and production company executives in Hollywood. What began as an underground project has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Download free Oscar screenplays</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Screenwriting Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Academy Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downloads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free screenplays]]></category>

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The major studios are once again posting their &#8220;For Consideration&#8221; screenplays online for Academy Award season. Some of these titles may become Oscar nominated screenplays, for Best Original Screenplay or Best Adapted Screenplay. So far, we&#8217;ve got free pdf script downloads from Universal, Fox Searchlight, Focus and Lionsgate.
Here&#8217;s links to these (potential) Oscar screenplays, publicly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of 3D with Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, Martin Scorsese and Hugo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Screenwriting Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3D movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scorsese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hobbit]]></category>

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This behind-the-scenes video on the set of The Hobbit in New Zealand is a must-see for 3D lovers and haters, alike. If you&#8217;re doubting the need for 3D (like Roger Ebert) or if you&#8217;re a Tolkien purist who thinks the two-part Hobbit saga is a calculated cash grab, I ask you to watch this video [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spec Script Market is booming!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Screenwriting Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to sell a script]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spec screenplays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spec scripts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like I can&#8217;t turn around lately without seeing an article about how the spec screenplay market in Hollywood is at its highest level in 5 years!
October 2011 saw 18 sales, [correction: 20 sales!] the biggest month for sales in years, including three from relative  newcomers.
Check out these snippets from a recent article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gladiator screenplay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Screenwriting Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gladiator screenplay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gladiator script]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Story Maps]]></category>

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Gladiator (screenplay by David Franzoni and John Logan and William Nicholson; story by David Franzoni) is a true Hollywood epic that breathed new life into the swords-and-sandals genre, made Russel Crowe a star and gave director Ridley Scott another opportunity to make a brilliant, large scale Hollywood masterpiece.
The film runs at just under 2.5 hours [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Story Maps book review on Slingwords.com</title>
		<link>http://actfourscreenplays.com/screenwriting-blog/story-maps-book-review-on-slingwords/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Screenwriting Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best screenwriting books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Story Maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[story maps book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[story maps book review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Story Maps: How to Write a Screenplay has received another glowing review, from best-selling author Joan Reeves on her site, Slingwords.com. Here&#8217;s some excerpts from the review&#8230;
&#8220;In truth, I found this book to be brilliant.&#8221;
-Joan Reeves

Keep reading, and, by the end of the book, it&#8217;s as if you absorbed the  structure. There&#8217;s a harmonic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Actor Elijah Wood tells Dan Calvisi what he looks for in a script</title>
		<link>http://actfourscreenplays.com/video/actor-elijah-wood-tells-dan-calvisi-what-he-looks-for-in-a-script/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Screenwriting Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to write a screenplay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lord of the Rings screenplays]]></category>

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I&#8217;m more interested in being a part of an entire piece that I think is brilliant, even if it&#8217;s a small part to play.

	
	
		
			
			
			
			
			
		
	www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYVpWMKUi-I
Elijah Wood tells me how he looks for a script that would make a great movie rather than just an interesting character. His resume bears  this out, as he&#8217;s taken roles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dexter Season 6</title>
		<link>http://actfourscreenplays.com/screenwriting-blog/dexter-season-6/</link>
		<comments>http://actfourscreenplays.com/screenwriting-blog/dexter-season-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 06:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Screenwriting Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cable TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dexter screenplay analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dexter scripts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV screenplay]]></category>

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Dexter season six premieres on Sunday, October 2 on Showtime. Once again, we will get the opportunity to watch some strong dramatic writing at work. Dexter has always been a good example of the use of a dynamic character and the technique of dramatic inevitability. Both devices contribute to dramatic character and plot arcs over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>script screenplay</title>
		<link>http://actfourscreenplays.com/screenwriting-blog/script-screenplay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Screenwriting Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screenwriting terms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[script vs. screenplay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Biz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are you writing a &#8220;script&#8221; or a &#8220;screenplay?&#8221; Is there a difference between the terms script and screenplay?
Screenplay vs. script. Which is it?
The short answer is that they usually mean the same thing and are interchangeable, but it can get confusing when you&#8217;re talking about different mediums. It&#8217;s always best to be as specific as [...]]]></description>
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