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  • noun Plural form of screenplay.

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Examples

  • I have watched some of the videos and while they are very informative, it all depends on what style works for you ... because for instance Sheldon Turner said he read all the screenplays he could get his hands on to help him hone his craft, whereas Scott Rosenberg says reading screenplays is the worse thing a new writer could do and he took classes to help him with structure.

    Cool Stuff: The Dialogue Series - “Like Inside The Actors Studio For Screenwriters” | /Film 2010

  • He taught how to write screenplays that sold, not how to be an auteur (and since two of my four screenplays from the period were optioned, I'd say he taught it well).

    Whereas Iron Man Was Right on the Money Lou Anders 2008

  • The rule of thumb for screenplays is that one page equals about one minute of screen time.

    Is HBO Doing It Right? (A Song Of Ice And Fire) 2007

  • One of the reasons I love talking about screenplays is that the story must be tight in a movie – characters and plot must be developed in ~2 hours – and so screenplays can yield easily highlighted lessons for the writer.

    Writer Unboxed » 2006 » March 2006

  • One of the reasons I love talking about screenplays is that the story must be tight in a movie – characters and plot must be developed in ~2 hours – and so screenplays can yield easily highlighted lessons for the writer.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Secrets of the Silver Screen: Escalating Tension 2006

  • I admit, with some guilt, that I even read the killer's dreadful, twisted "screenplays" - chock full of sociopathic red flags to be sure, but probably no more vile and poorly written than much of the sub-Tarantino dreck through which Hollywood script readers must wade on a daily basis.

    Eric Williams: Murder in QuickTime 2008

  • One of the things that I love about his screenplays are the way the story is told and this film continues that wonderful trend.

    Archive 2004-04-01 John 2004

  • "He can never transcend his screenplays, which is too bad because he seems to have no discrimination in picking them out."

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • The screenplays are a boldly imaginative adaptation of the books, which I've read many times.

    MarketingShift: Daily Crash Course in Marketing Technology & Brand Management 2009

  • "He can never transcend his screenplays, which is too bad because he seems to have no discrimination in picking them out."

    GreenCine Daily 2009

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