by Diane Drake | Oct 15, 2012 | Blog, News
This is an interesting development. Franklin Leonard, (a fellow Sydney Pollack alum), has opened his famous Black List to unrepresented writers– for a fee. Yep, there’s money involved, a monthly $25 fee to have your script hosted on their website. But...
by Diane Drake | Oct 2, 2012 | Blog, News, Writing Tips
I recently sat down with my good friend, the talented Kim Krizan, co-writer of BEFORE SUNRISE and BEFORE SUNSET to discuss writing, creativity and her hilarious and insightful new book, “Original Sins: Trade Secrets of the Femme Fatale” for Scriptmag.com....
by Diane Drake | Aug 29, 2012 | Blog, News, Writing Tips
I recently had the pleasure of doing an interview with Ann Baldwin for Scriptmag.com on “Mapping the Journey for Professional Screenwriters”. Republished from Script Magazine August 17, 2012 by Ann Baldwin Diane Drake is a professional screenwriter,...
by Diane Drake | Jul 16, 2012 | Blog, News, Writing Tips
A FEW THOUGHTS ON INCREASING THE ODDS: I have a theory– if you want a best screenplay Oscar, (and who doesn’t?), one way to stack the odds more in your favor is to write a script about a particularly unlikely, yet not fantastical, event or relationship. ...
by Diane Drake | Jul 9, 2012 | News, Writing Tips
HOW TO CREATE A SYMPATHETIC CHARACTER A common note which writers frequently hear is that they need to make their lead character more ‘sympathetic’. Which begs the question of how, exactly? Blake Snyder’s answer to this question even engendered the title of his...
