fiction – Page 2 – Chip Street

Writing, Marketing, The Curiosity Gap, and Art School

A while back a friend and I were talking about The Curiosity Gap, and how it works in art and marketing.

And I made this connection.

From Screenplay to Novel – How One Short Scene Became A Whole Chapter

Here’s the story behind what turned a simple cutaway scene in the screenplay’s third act into a whole new chapter in the novel – and why I think it works.

Why We Rewrote a Perfectly Good Screenplay – and Why You Should Too

What happens when you reread what you thought was a perfectly good screenplay and discover it’s not?

Writing Screenplay Description With Personal Style

All the stuff that made your fiction writing awesome, all the flowery language, the detailed descriptions, and lengthy internal dialogues are anathema to the script. So where’s your voice?