Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- May 23, 2023
- 2 min
What the F*#! is World-Building?
It's your job as the writer to create the world we're in. It's the production team's job to put it into action. So how do you build this...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Apr 4, 2023
- 2 min
Is it a TV Show, a Limited Series, or a Movie?
Is your story a TV show or a movie? This article dives into the answer to this frequently asked question.
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Mar 28, 2023
- 2 min
Professor Plum in the Lavatory with the Purple Plastic Toy
They say it's not the big tragedies that break us, but it's the leaky faucet. Show how your protagonist feels when they run out of ketchup
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Mar 21, 2023
- 2 min
Don't Choke on that Humble Pie
The topic of "Humility" keeps coming up today. In a book I'm reading, the author writes, humility is being "as good as anyone; better...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Mar 7, 2023
- 1 min
What's So Special About Your Story?
So you want to write a movie about Marilyn Monroe. Great. But why should they make this version of her story? You want to write a new...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Feb 14, 2023
- 1 min
Your Opening Scene Effing Matters
They don't care how good you think you are. Don't say "But my next scene is where it gets really good!" They don't care. You need to be...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Feb 7, 2023
- 3 min
Write What You Love - The Basketball Edition
Basketball is on my mind today. All three of my young daughters play basketball. It's always been my favorite sport to watch and play....
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Jan 31, 2023
- 2 min
Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys
Sometimes we internalize what goes on in other people's heads. This is definitely not a useful way to spend our time. If you own a...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Jan 17, 2023
- 2 min
It's Your Job. Get Back to Work.
Inspired by my own post last week about staying in love with your script, I decided to make this week's post a tough love reminder. Don't...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Jan 10, 2023
- 2 min
How to Not Hate Your Project Again
If you dissect a flower to see all its inner workings, it may not look as beautiful to you anymore. If you spend all day, every day, with...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Jan 3, 2023
- 2 min
Don't Sell Your Script- Sell Yourself
Spec scripts don't sell like they used to. What's a spec script? Basically, it's a script that's sold, not requested. In other words, if...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Dec 12, 2022
- 4 min
Watch More Movies! 2023 Golden Globes Nominees
If you want to work in the film industry, watch what's being made. Know who's making it, and who's buying it. That's not to say you have...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
Feel Grateful
In physics, frequency is the rate at which vibrations occur in the forms of sound waves, radio waves or light waves. As Nikola Tesla...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Nov 29, 2022
- 4 min
How to Get an Agent (and agency!)
Understandably, the biggest question I get from clients is "How do I get an agent?" That's because, like the rental market in Manhattan,...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
Entering Screenplay Competitions
There are a buh-zillion screenplay competitions out there, and most of them charge a fee. Unless you have a money tree in your backyard,...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
How to Write a Query Letter
What is a query letter? The word "Query" comes from the Latin "Quaere," which means to "ask" or "inquire." So when you're writing a query...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
How to Get Contact Info for Agents, Managers, and Producers
Hello! In order to send anything to very important peeps in the industry, you'll need to have their contact info. Here's how you get it:...
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