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Here are my top 5 brutally honest screenwriting insights. 1.) Nobody really cares about formatting, but producers always harp on it. Why? Because it's easier than saying your story just isn't that good. It's the note that gets you off their back. 2.) Dialogue cut-offs for interruptions should be used sparingly. Write full lines and trust actors to find their own natural timing. 3.) Extending page margins to lower your page count does more harm than good. Immediately, we know

Hey everyone, let's do screenwriting pet peeves! As someone who analyzes scripts for a living, these are some fun (and annoying) things that drive me up the wall. 1.) A middle-aged character described as having “salt and pepper” hair. Biggest trope in all of screenwriting. 2.) The classic "over black, heavy breathing, shadowy figure, voice over" cold open. Legit half of scripts start this way. 3.) Large sounds denoted as a “cacophony of” whatever. Happens too much. 4.) When w

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