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Writing Exercise: Create a story with random images
Here’s an exercise for you. Take a bunch of random images that you find online or in a magazine and write a story about them. Give the people in your images names and personalities. Use the items in the images as props that they interact with. Create a conflict.
For example: Say you randomly choose the following 4 images — 1) A lady under an umbrella, waiting for the bus. 2) An image of a candy store. 3) An image of an empty house. 4) An image of a big building.
Improve your writing with practice.
If you want to become a better writer, there’s no better way than to constantly write. You, no doubt, have heard of the old saying, “Practice makes pefect,” and not surprisingly, it’s true! There are many different kinds of writing you can practice. You can practice by writing dailogue, writing good action lines, or by simply writing about your everyday life.
Cinematical’s The Write Stuff
The folks over at Cinematical, one of my favorite movie blogs, feature a weekly column called “The Write Stuff” in which Patrick Walsh interviews screenwriters and answers viewer submitted screenwriting questions. The column goes live every Wednesday and is worth a read.
http://www.cinematical.com/category/the-write-stuff/
Free screenwriting software
If you’re a student on a budget then you probably don’t have money to purchase software. Worry not as you can download CELTX, a 100% free screenwriting program for Windows, Mac and even Linux! I have personally used the software and I highly recommend it. Along with the screenwriting aspect it also includes storyboard and scheduling support, among other things. Definitely check it out, you won’t be dissapointed.
