Home Kitchen Cooks and Stay at Home Moms know how to read and write. That's why copywriting is so attractive to those who want to stuff more dollars and cents into the family cookie jar. Here are a few writing tips good to know.
Are you hoping to be a scriptwriter? Do you want to write a screenplay? Is that what you dream about every day?
Perhaps you're working on a major motion picture script now. Have you already finished your work of art? Do you envision the Academy nominating your script for an Oscar? Do you see an Emmy in your future?
Scriptwriting is an exciting career, isn't it? You see your words spoken by celebrities. Your descriptions become sets, settings, scenes.
It's the words you write that drive the action. The vision you dream about every night and most of the day comes to life. Your story becomes reality.
It's the most exhilarating feeling in the entire world, isn't it? At least that's how you think it feels.
Business scripts such as infomercials and broadcast advertising, may not be as glamorous, but this type of scriptwriting is profitable. I've written a few scripts myself, even radio commercial scripts set to music in two languages. That was fun.
Movie scripts are pretty basic when you think about it. When you write a screenplay, it resembles other forms of writing. For example, writing for print media, you're like a mini-director. You tell a story for a certain audience with prompts and pauses. You motivate action. The copy direction you write forms a theme and describes what images the graphic designer needs to create the finished work. Design descriptions act like the set for scenes.
The comparison may seem over simplified, but some of the top awarding-winning script writers started their careers as professional copywriters.
I'm a copywriter, so to me, the transition from business writing to story telling is as natural a caterpillar that morphs into a butterfly.
It stems from an understanding of the writing craft. Stringing words together. Prose. Paragraphs. People.
Alliteration. Adumbration. Communication. Storytelling that speaks whether the words draw you to own it -- or hide from it. Love it. Hate it. Mirror it.
Imagination, vision, creativity. Persuasion. This way or that. Words mystify, frighten, shock you, make you laugh or break your heart. Give hope. Confront. Say hello and goodbye.
Words at the fingertips of a writer can whisk you away to wonderland, teach, create thought, change the world.
These are the coins in the writer's purse. The satisfaction for doing what a writer loves is simply seeing the work complete. But that's not all.
There are rewards for writers and awards for writing work: The monetary reward is getting paid for writing your stories; as well as the recognition for your work that may lead to fame and more fortune.
The Academy Awards is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that's better known by its nickname "Oscar."
The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Best Adapted Screenplay has been awarded since 1928, and the Best Original Screenplay, since 1940.
Emmy Award recognizes excellence in the television industry, and corresponds to the Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theatre).
The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® got their start in 1947 when the Wing established an awards program to celebrate excellence in the theatre. Legitimate theatrical productions may be eligible for Tony Awards.
Write your screenplay. The day will come when the "right someone" reads your script, and all your dreams come true.
Whatever field you're interested in from the big screen to the home screen, from TV to stage plays, there are many resources. Read 10 books on how to write scripts, invest in the applicable screen writing software, and you will save yourself eons of time and disappointment.