Donald L. Vasicek on Writing and Screenwriting

Writing screenplays and getting them sold and produced are highly competitive. One must write screenplays that are market ready. To do anything less will result in failure. A market ready screenplay requires dialogue, characterization, format, plot, subplot(s), action, narrative, description, etc. that must execute genres which people will go see at the movie theater. To [...]

Writing of any form requires study and research.  The strength of any type of writing resides in the application of what one learns and research, and then, applies it by writing, writing, and more writing. Each time one writes something, they become a better writer. For you, you might want to think about writing and [...]

by Donald L. Vasicek So, you began your screenplay with a visual metaphor. You’ve introduced your main character, the setting, the time, the theme, and you’re introducing other major and periphery characters. You’re getting to like your story pretty well, when all of sudden you hit a block. What is your story about? This question [...]