Mark Sanderson
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Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics Vol. 108, "Enjoy the successes along the way."
It’s the little successes that keep us going through the rough times. I know for me personally, what gets me through is seeing results from my forward movement-and creating new material. Every screenplay opens up new opportunities. Always be moving forward, even if it’s a few steps at a time. Sure, you’ll stumble and experience failure during your journey, but avoid falling into the self-doubt pit where the darkness of fear overshadows your burning desire to make it as a screenwriter in Hollywood.
Mark Sanderson (aka @Scriptcat) is a UCLA Film School alumni, working screenwriter, author, script consultant, and lecturer blessed to be living his childhood dream of making movies. His work ranges from his sketch comedy writing and performing as a founding member of The Amazing Onionheads, writing for MTV, to his spec sale, pitch sales, and his twenty-four screenwriting assignments with television premieres and worldwide distribution of his eighteen produced films.
Check out his book "A Screenwriter's Journey to Success: Tips, tricks, and tactics to survive as a working screenwriter in Hollywood" now available on Amazon: amzn.to/2net1sy
Website & screenwriting consultation services:
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Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 107, "Prepare for disappointments."1:55Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 107, "Prepare for disappointments."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 107, "Prepare for disappointments."
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We've all been disappointed at times because we place sometimes unreal expectations on outcomes. Be open to the entire process of writing - the notes, criticism, rejections, rewrites and all. Always be writing to gain that precious experience. Detachment from the work is hard, but it helps so you’re not crushed every time you receive disappointing feedback. There will always be creative highs a...
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 106: "Try to avoid negativity."1:24Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 106: "Try to avoid negativity."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 106: "Try to avoid negativity."
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Try your best to not torture yourself with negative self-doubt and fear-based thoughts. Stay positive, always keep writing and contemplating your next move. Be aware of your negative thoughts about your self-worth as it relates to your screenwriting success or failure. The more negative thoughts you have, the more it becomes an emotion, and then it’s hard to separate your thoughts from your emo...
Scriptcat's screenwriting survival tips, tricks, and tactics Vol. 105: "The importance of humility."1:52Scriptcat's screenwriting survival tips, tricks, and tactics Vol. 105: "The importance of humility."
Scriptcat's screenwriting survival tips, tricks, and tactics Vol. 105: "The importance of humility."
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Humility? It’s respecting the reality of your journey and the mountain we all climb daily to reach any level of success as screenwriters. It’s knowing you’ll never be bigger than your craft, as screenwriting is a lifelong learning process. It’s accepting there will be massive sacrifices to get even one movie produced and distributed. It’s accepting the journey is not a sprint with shortcuts, bu...
Scriptcat's screenwriting survival tips, tricks, and tactics Vol. 104, "Avoid doing free work."1:58Scriptcat's screenwriting survival tips, tricks, and tactics Vol. 104, "Avoid doing free work."
Scriptcat's screenwriting survival tips, tricks, and tactics Vol. 104, "Avoid doing free work."
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It is certainly okay to work for free when you are writing your own specs, but do your best to avoid any free work for a producer, executive, or production company. Some will dangle a carrot at every step and try to entice you to work for no pay upfront and have you carry all of the risk. They may offer you grandiose promises of a distant production date. If they are truly serious, they will of...
Scriptcat screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics Vol. 103, "The importance of your downtime."1:27Scriptcat screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics Vol. 103, "The importance of your downtime."
Scriptcat screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics Vol. 103, "The importance of your downtime."
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Downtime is another important component to your long haul journey. While you take your much needed break from writing, you should do something completely different to stimulate your mind and recharge your creative batteries. Make sure not to allow your downtime to become a way to procrastinate from writing. Mark Sanderson (aka @Scriptcat) is a UCLA Film School alumni, working screenwriter, auth...
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics Vol. 102, "Always be filling your creative well."1:44Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics Vol. 102, "Always be filling your creative well."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics Vol. 102, "Always be filling your creative well."
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“The well is where your “juice” is. Nobody knows what it is made of, least of all yourself. What you know is if you have it, or you have to wait for it to come back.”-Ernest Hemingway It's vital to always be filling your creative well. It is your arsenal to draw from when you create any new project. You can fill it up with creativity by visiting nature, enjoying a stage play or film, listening ...
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 101, "Knowing when you are written out."2:12Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 101, "Knowing when you are written out."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 101, "Knowing when you are written out."
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Try to achieve the place of being "written out" with your screenplays. It means you have incorporated all the notes from those you trust, and you have crafted the script into a solid place to best represent the story you want to tell. It does not involve chasing notes with endless rewrites trying to please every reader. At some point you need to let go and unleash your project upon the world. M...
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics Vol. 100:, "The Realities of the Film Business."1:54Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics Vol. 100:, "The Realities of the Film Business."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics Vol. 100:, "The Realities of the Film Business."
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Mark Sanderson (aka @Scriptcat) is a UCLA Film School alumni, working screenwriter, author, script consultant, and lecturer blessed to be living his childhood dream of making movies. His work ranges from his sketch comedy writing and performing as a founding member of The Amazing Onionheads, writing for MTV, to his spec sale, pitch sales, and his twenty-four screenwriting assignments with telev...
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 99, "The importance of keeping the faith."1:49Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 99, "The importance of keeping the faith."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 99, "The importance of keeping the faith."
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Mark Sanderson (aka @Scriptcat) is a UCLA Film School alumni, working screenwriter, author, script consultant, and lecturer blessed to be living his childhood dream of making movies. His work ranges from his sketch comedy writing and performing as a founding member of The Amazing Onionheads, writing for MTV, to his spec sale, pitch sales, and his twenty-four screenwriting assignments with telev...
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 98, "The importance of your homework."1:06Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 98, "The importance of your homework."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 98, "The importance of your homework."
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Mark Sanderson (aka @Scriptcat) is a UCLA Film School alumni, working screenwriter, author, script consultant, and lecturer blessed to be living his childhood dream of making movies. His work ranges from his sketch comedy writing and performing as a founding member of The Amazing Onionheads, writing for MTV, to his spec sale, pitch sales, and his twenty-four screenwriting assignments with telev...
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 97, "The importance of your outline."3:29Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 97, "The importance of your outline."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 97, "The importance of your outline."
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Mark Sanderson (aka @Scriptcat) is a UCLA Film School alumni, working screenwriter, author, script consultant, and lecturer blessed to be living his childhood dream of making movies. His work ranges from his sketch comedy writing and performing as a founding member of The Amazing Onionheads, writing for MTV, to his spec sale, pitch sales, and his twenty-four screenwriting assignments with telev...
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 96, "The importance of relationships."1:46Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 96, "The importance of relationships."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 96, "The importance of relationships."
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Mark Sanderson (aka @Scriptcat) is a UCLA Film School alumni, working screenwriter, author, script consultant, and lecturer blessed to be living his childhood dream of making movies. His work ranges from his sketch comedy writing and performing as a founding member of The Amazing Onionheads, writing for MTV, to his spec sale, pitch sales, and his twenty-four screenwriting assignments with telev...
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 95, "Beware the specter of similar ideas."1:34Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 95, "Beware the specter of similar ideas."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 95, "Beware the specter of similar ideas."
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Mark Sanderson (aka @Scriptcat) is a UCLA Film School alumni, working screenwriter, author, script consultant, and lecturer blessed to be living his childhood dream of making movies. His work ranges from his sketch comedy writing and performing as a founding member of The Amazing Onionheads, writing for MTV, to his spec sale, pitch sales, and his twenty-four screenwriting assignments with telev...
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 94, "Always use a lawyer on your contract."1:40Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 94, "Always use a lawyer on your contract."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 94, "Always use a lawyer on your contract."
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Mark Sanderson (aka @Scriptcat) is a UCLA Film School alumni, working screenwriter, author, script consultant, and lecturer blessed to be living his childhood dream of making movies. His work ranges from his sketch comedy writing and performing as a founding member of The Amazing Onionheads, writing for MTV, to his spec sale, pitch sales, and his twenty-four screenwriting assignments with telev...
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 93, "Remember, there are no guarantees."1:53Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 93, "Remember, there are no guarantees."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 93, "Remember, there are no guarantees."
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Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 93, "Remember, there are no guarantees."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 92, "The importance of research."2:11Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 92, "The importance of research."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 92, "The importance of research."
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Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 92, "The importance of research."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 91, "Take responsibility for your career."1:01Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 91, "Take responsibility for your career."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 91, "Take responsibility for your career."
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Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 91, "Take responsibility for your career."
Scriptcat's screenwriting survival tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 90, "Enjoy the little successes."1:42Scriptcat's screenwriting survival tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 90, "Enjoy the little successes."
Scriptcat's screenwriting survival tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 90, "Enjoy the little successes."
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Scriptcat's screenwriting survival tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 90, "Enjoy the little successes."
Scriptcat's tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 89, "It's okay to say, "No thank you" and move on."2:07Scriptcat's tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 89, "It's okay to say, "No thank you" and move on."
Scriptcat's tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 89, "It's okay to say, "No thank you" and move on."
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Scriptcat's tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 89, "It's okay to say, "No thank you" and move on."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 88, "How to deal with screenplay notes."2:04Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 88, "How to deal with screenplay notes."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 88, "How to deal with screenplay notes."
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Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 88, "How to deal with screenplay notes."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics Vol. 87, "Are you ready for representation?"3:05Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics Vol. 87, "Are you ready for representation?"
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics Vol. 87, "Are you ready for representation?"
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Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics Vol. 87, "Are you ready for representation?"
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Scriptcat's tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 86, "Never underestimate the importance of details."1:38Scriptcat's tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 86, "Never underestimate the importance of details."
Scriptcat's tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 86, "Never underestimate the importance of details."
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Scriptcat's tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 86, "Never underestimate the importance of details."
Scriptcat's tips, tricks and tactics Vol. 85, "Consider screenplay contests a tool in your arsenal."3:01Scriptcat's tips, tricks and tactics Vol. 85, "Consider screenplay contests a tool in your arsenal."
Scriptcat's tips, tricks and tactics Vol. 85, "Consider screenplay contests a tool in your arsenal."
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Scriptcat's tips, tricks and tactics Vol. 85, "Consider screenplay contests a tool in your arsenal."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 84, "Embrace failure as a learning tool."1:34Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 84, "Embrace failure as a learning tool."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 84, "Embrace failure as a learning tool."
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Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 84, "Embrace failure as a learning tool."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 83, "No reads before your script is ready."1:13Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 83, "No reads before your script is ready."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 83, "No reads before your script is ready."
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Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks and tactics, Vol. 83, "No reads before your script is ready."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 82, "Filmmaking is about collaboration."1:30Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 82, "Filmmaking is about collaboration."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 82, "Filmmaking is about collaboration."
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Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 82, "Filmmaking is about collaboration."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 81, "To spec or not to spec?"1:53Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 81, "To spec or not to spec?"
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 81, "To spec or not to spec?"
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Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics, Vol. 81, "To spec or not to spec?"
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics Vol. 80, "Competition is only with yourself."1:21Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics Vol. 80, "Competition is only with yourself."
Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics Vol. 80, "Competition is only with yourself."
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Scriptcat's screenwriting tips, tricks, and tactics Vol. 80, "Competition is only with yourself."