Screenwriting : The Aspiring Screenwriter's Guide to Page One by Linda Hullinger

Thanks for sharing!

Nice share...not sure about his idea that if screenwriting feels like work, you're not doing it right - for me, the old internet adage that "Writing is HARD" is more accurate. Regardless, if you're looking for feedback on your first page (and the nine after that), check out our First Ten Pages program, where you can get feedback on the start of your screenplay or TV pilot from working executives: https://www.stage32.com/happy-writers/coverage/buy?id=20&affid=MHW.

Writing is work! I don't know why anyone would think otherwise? Sure your passion for writing may drive you to sit down every day but researching, outlining, editing, trashing a whole sequence because it doesn't cut it ... You're truly a special soul if you can get through all that without it feeling like a chore at times!

Erik, you're welcome :-) Matt and Kevin, if I had first started out writing screenplays, I may think that writing them is hard. But I started out writing 350+ page novels and to me that was hard. Looking for the exact word to describe something that hadn't been used several times already. And describing scenery using all the five senses so that the reader could feel as if they were there. And not getting totally burned out by page 175 because I have a short attention span. (along with researching, outlining, editing and trashing chapters that don't work) To me, all that was hard. But, when I switched over to writing 90-120 page screenplays, it was big time fun. And it still is. I love telling stories with action scenes and dialogue. So, I guess it all depends on perspective. :-)