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 5, 2012 | Blog, News, Writing Tips
THREE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU START WRITING YOUR NEXT SCRIPT In today’s marketplace, the critical importance of a strong log line cannot be over-emphasized. You need to be able to boil your idea down to its essence, i.e., two to three...
by Diane Drake | Jun 29, 2012 | Blog, News
“Above all, be the heroine of your own life, not the victim.” Of all the moving things written and quoted in the wake of her far too early passing, the line above touched me the most. What wonderful, wise advice, and how clearly she seems to have lived it. She’s been...
by Diane Drake | Jun 26, 2012 | Blog, News
from: adelaidescreenwriter.blogspot.com.au Diane Drake is a screenwriter based in Los Angeles. She is best known for writing Only You (1994) and What Women Want (2000), and also teaches screenwriting at the UCLA Extension Writers’ program. I first came across...
by Diane Drake | Jun 26, 2012 | Blog, News
I love me some Ernest. Okay, sure, there’s the philandering and the alcoholism, the excessive machismo and animal slaughter, (special condolences to the bulls of Spain, the elephants of Africa and the marlins in the Gulf Stream. Though, on balance, he did seem to...
