By Ron Suppa. As promised in the first part of this article, here are a dozen basic strategies for creating good screen dialogue: Characters don’t talk to each other, they argue. No pleasant chitchat, please, and don’t have yo...

By Ron Suppa. Forgive the cliché, but a picture is worth a thousand words. Unlike stage plays, movies don’t have to rely on words to tell the story. In fact, the first movies were silent. If today’s action blockbusters are any ind...

Real Screenwriting: Strategies and Stories from the Trenches, by Ron Suppa When I published the following strategies in my book, Real Screenwriting: Strategies and Stories from the Trenches, I received a ton of email thanking me f...