I’ve been reading Final Draft blogs and am sharing the things I’ve learnt that I find most helpful and refer to them often. Since I write character driven screenplays the material emphasizes tips regarding character. In future blogs I will share how I have applied these guidelines to my work. 1. Describe how your characters are reacting to things and create atmosphere and mood. Space out your action and make your words leap from the page! 2. make the reader feel something; ta

After a career as a psychiatrist, ten years as alecturer on Presidential history, I have become a fulltime screenplay writer; and I love it! I have had an editor and what I call a script enhancer. I found Jayme McCmillan on Upwork and we have been working together from the get go! Having been a psychiatrist who immersed himself in trying to “within the perception and experience of my patients”, I do the same with my character driven writing.

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