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Never Lose Your Story: A Simple System for Organizing Scripts
Every great script has a life cycle starting with the spark of the idea, to its development on the page, to being produced and finally...
Susanna Bezooyen
7 days ago4 min read


Topics versus Events: avoid flatlining your story-dramatize it.
Sometimes you are incredibly passionate about a particular topic. Like rainforests, for instance. You see them getting destroyed and know...
Susanna Bezooyen
Sep 153 min read


Giving and Getting Feedback: The Complete Etiquette Guide for Script Writers and Readers
You’ve done the work. You’ve poured your soul onto the page and taken the scary leap to share your script. Now, someone has read it! This...
Susanna Bezooyen
Aug 305 min read


Act 2 Sagging? A Guide to Tightening the Tension
We’ve all been there. You have a great first act, you know where you want to end up, but the middle of your story feels like a long, slow...
Susanna Bezooyen
Aug 264 min read


The Art of Future Journaling: A Path to Your Dreams
Unlocking Your Creative Potential You are busy writing. You get notes, you rewrite. You enjoy it, or perhaps not. You are either in your...
Susanna Bezooyen
Aug 232 min read


How to Craft a Killer One-Sheet: Nailing your most vital sales doc
You've spent months, maybe years, perfecting your script. But how do you get a busy industry professional to actually read it? You need...
Susanna Bezooyen
Aug 203 min read


Choice of Formatting: Key to presenting your story or adaptation
Unlike your story structure that has everything to do with plotting your story line, formatting has everything to do with placing all...
Susanna Bezooyen
Aug 188 min read


Choice of Structure: A Yellow Brick Road for Your Story or Adaptation
So, you’ve chosen your medium and genre. You know if you’re writing a sci-fi blockbuster, a half-hour sitcom, or a gritty stage play. Now...
Susanna Bezooyen
Aug 114 min read


Choice of Genre: A Guide to Audience, Marketing, and Success
Choosing the right medium for your story is only one of several important choices to make before writing. An equally critical decision is...
Susanna Bezooyen
Aug 94 min read


Choice of Medium: A Key Decision For Your Story or Adaption
How do you choose your medium? Every story or great adaptation, whether from a novel, short story, or personal history, has a crucial...
Susanna Bezooyen
Aug 86 min read


History of the Writer’s Circle
Writer's Circle Logo The First Need That Sparked It All In the fall of 2019, I was a student at Brigham Young University, in Provo Utah,...
Susanna Bezooyen
Jul 284 min read


The Power of Active Verbs in Scriptwriting
Elevate Your Storytelling with Active Verbs You've poured your heart into crafting a compelling story, but do the arrangements of your...
Susanna Bezooyen
Jul 253 min read


"Log lines" versus "Taglines": Understanding the difference
QUESTION: What is the difference between a "log line" and a "tagline?" Simply put: A log line tells your story. A tagline sells your...
Susanna Bezooyen
Jul 223 min read


Discovering Your North Star in the Creative Writing Journey
Anyone who has attended the Writer's Circle I facilitate each week will tell you that one of the first things we discuss when looking at...
Susanna Bezooyen
Jul 192 min read
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