Views From Your Muse

Free Writing Museletter Our Twelfth Year

"There is no better teacher than you. In fact, I think you
are a male Muse!" --Julia Tsigoida

How to Make $100,000 a Year as a Writer

Hollywood's Back Door - 21 strategies for breaking in and advancing your screenwriting career.

Your One-Sheet and 7 Script-Selling Tools

Pitching, Pen Names, Structure, and Sequels

How to use Final Draft and MovieMagic Screenwriter

On treatments, agents, dialogue, and retreats -- Tips for writers

Sell What You Write in 2007 - How to make it happen.

Two Stories Are Better Than One - How to double the impact of your screenplay.

The Idea Is King - The Hollywood view is that the idea of the script is almost as important as the execution of the script.

Updates to The Screenwriter's Bible - These are additions to the latest printing of The Screenwriter's Bible.

Updates to The Freelance Writer's Bible - These are additions to the latest printing of The Freelance Writer's Bible.

How to Start or Find a Writer's Group - We all need the support and stimulation a writer's group provides.

The New Spec Style - Your guide to the latest in formatting rules and rumors.

How to Tackle Writer's Block - At last there is hope for suffering writers.

Ask Uncle Dave - A question-and-answer column with Dave Trottier. Let Dave answer your writing, formatting, or marketing question.  (Dr. Format Answers Your Questions contains every column Dave has written for scr(i)pt magazine.)

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