0 Items in Cart
Sign up for our Script Weekly newsletter and receive the latest in screenwriting news, plus a copy of
"The 25 Habits of Highly Successful Writers" eBook - A Free Gift.

William M Akers

Products by William M Akers

Articles by William M Akers

Excerpt from "Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make it Great"

I've been doing exactly what you do, writing, for a long, long time. I've taught and critiqued screenwriters for almost that long, and, lo and behold, I discovered that all beginning writers make the same mistakes. So I wrote a book, a checklist of stuff to do to your script before you send it out.

Here's an excerpt from Your Screenpl... (read more)

Your Rewrite: 3 Angles of Attack

"The first draft of everything is shit."
-Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway, charming as ever, was correct. Everybody's first draft is shit. Even his. Yours too! You have to rewrite and rewrite and rewrite until you nail it. Then you stop. The good news is, you can fix just about anything. It only takes elbow grease and time.

"I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an exce... (read more)