SHORT STORIES VS. NOVELS

• Breaking into print (what length sells best? write short stories or novels?) [Melissa Michaels]
  

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NOVELS

• researching for novels, I. [The Write Page]
• researching for novels, II. [The Write Page]
• Over worked story types: what doesn't sell [Harold Underdown]
• The Process of Publishing a Novel [Crawford Kilian]

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NOVELIZATIONS

• Novelizations: Putting Someone Else's Words Into Your Mouth (romance especially) [Nancy Gideon]
  

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PICTURE BOOKS/ILLUSTRATORS

• How to find an illustrator for your picture book [Jane Kurtz]
• How to find an illustrator for your picture book [Kimberley Dahl]
• ritten a picture book; how do I get it illustrated? [WENDY GREEN (misc.writing faq)]
• Really Basic Info. for Writers and Illustrators [Harold Underdown]
• Sample Writer's Guidelines [Harold Underdown]
• Sample Artist's Guidelines [Harold Underdown]
• Getting Out of the Art File [Harold Underdown] More detailed advice for illustrators.
• Writing Multicultural Children's Books [Harold Underdown]
• Trends in Children's Books: The Business Side [Harold Underdown]
• Why Does a Picture Book Cost $16? [Harold Underdown]
• Trade vs. Mass Market vs. School 'n Library: Basics of the Biz [Harold Underdown]
  

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CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULTS' BOOKS

• Importance of reading recent children's books [Laura Backes]
• Learning about children's trade book publishing [Children's Book Council]
• Looking for Waldo: Perspectives on Children's Books [Frances Kuffel]
  

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SCREENWRITING [see also SCREENPLAY FORMATTING under FORMAT]

• So You Wanna Be A Screenwriter?: INTRODUCTION [Brad Mirman]
• Getting started as a screenwriter [ScriptTutor]
• Should you move to L.A. to be a screenwriter? [Ken Colburn - from Screenwriters & Playwrights Home Page]
• Realities of the Trade [Playwriting Seminars]
• Tips on Screenwriting [Playwriting Seminars]
• Women, screenwriting, and Hollywood [Linda Seger]
• The First Reel Contract (the movie's "contract" with its audience) [Alex Epstein]
• writing is a Craft, not Art [Alex Epstein]
• What makes a great movie? [Cyber Film School]
• Can't I Just Stay Home and Write My Script? [Linda Seger]
• Entertaining the Audience [Richard Michaels]
• Cinematic-Visual Material [Richard Michaels]
• Common Problems [SCRNWRIT FAQ]
  

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WRITING MOVIES (INDEPENDENTS)

• Robert Redford [WGA]
  (On scripts and independent filmmaking)
  
• "Introduction to the Indie Film" [Jim Bihari]
• "Financing a Feature Film with Credit Cards" [Jim Bihari]
• The Lottery Incident" [Jeff Eline - from Screenwriters Utopia]

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WRITING MOVIES, LOW-BUDGET

• Scriptwriting for low-budget films [Colin Brunton]
• Writing for the low-budget movie [Lou Grantt]
  

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SCRIPTS BASED ON TRUE STORIES

• How to write a script based on a true story (screenplays especially) [Alex Epstein]
  

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ADAPTING A BOOK TO SCRIPT

• How to adapt a book (Hitchcock Method) [Alex Epstein]
• Extensive seminar on turning a novel into a screenplay [Jack R. Stanley - Novel Into Film seminar]
  (Includes: rights; differences between movies and novels; finding the hero; finding the antagonist; identifying the Major Dramatic Question; establishing the theme; incorporating narration; use of flashbacks; importance of symbols)
• Novel Into Scripts, I. [SCRNWRIT FAQ]
• Novel Into Scripts, II. [SCRNWRIT FAQ]
  

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WRITING FOR TELEVISION

• Writing for Television [Playwriting Seminars]
• Writing for TV sitcom [Steven Marshall]
• nd TV sitcom format [Chuck Atkins]
• How did you get started as a television writer? [Larry Brody]
• I get started as a television writer? [Larry Brody]
  

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WRITING SOAP OPERAS

• Long Night's Journey Into Daytime [Karen Harris]
  (Becoming a writer for the soaps)
  

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WRITING MOVIES OF THE WEEK FOR TELEVISION

• What's the total page count for a MOW script? Where do the act breaks fall? [Ken Raskoff]
• As a MOW producer, do you care whether a script comes to you in feature film (i.e., 3 act) or MOW form? Can a screenplay structured as a feature be successfully turned into a MOW? [Ken Raskoff]
• What makes one story right for TV and another right for feature film? Or do you draw such distinctions? [Ken Raskoff]
• MOWs seem to have changed over the years. You don't see many "Execution of Pvt. Slovik" or "Bang the Drum Slowly" kinds of films now; they seem to be more "reality-based" and even tabloidy. Do you agree? If so, what accounts for the change? [Ken Raskoff]
• What about book adaptations for something like Hallmark Hall of Fame? Do you look at those as MOWs or something else? Does your work include mini-series? [Ken Raskoff]
  

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SCREENWRITING VS. PLAYWRITING

• Screenwriting vs. Playwriting [Playwriting Seminars]
• - Storytelling in Theatre & Film [Playwriting Seminars]
• - - Visual vs. Verbal Storytelling [Playwriting Seminars]
• - - - Opening of Death and the Maiden [Playwriting Seminars]
• Opening of the screenplay, The Passenger [Playwriting Seminars]
  

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PLAYWRITING

• Act Titles [Playwriting Seminars]
• Tips on Writing One-Acts [Playwriting Seminars]
• Style & Theatrical Devices [Playwriting Seminars]
  

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PLAYWRITING--ADAPTATIONS

• Subjects [Playwriting Seminars]
• - Truth in The Theatre [Playwriting Seminars]
• - - Docudramas [Playwriting Seminars]
• - Using Other Writers' Work (plays especially) [Playwriting Seminars]
• tations of Novels (plays especially) [Playwriting Seminars]
• ations of Older Plays [Playwriting Seminars]
• plays especially) [Playwriting Seminars]
• - - Using Popular Songs (plays especially) [Playwriting Seminars]
• - - - Permissions for Using Popular Songs (plays especially) [Playwriting Seminars]
  

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PLAYS--LENGTH

• Length [Playwriting Seminars]
• - The Hamlet Question: Technical vs. Psychological Motivation [Playwriting Seminars]
• - - The Hamlet Answer [Playwriting Seminars]
• - Acts & Intermissions [Playwriting Seminars]
• - - One Act Plays [Playwriting Seminars]
  

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MULTI-MEDIA

• The multi-media process [Learning Laboratory]
• Tips for writing for New (interactive) multi-Media, from getting into the business to negotiating with publishers [Sally Richards]
• "Realities of Writing for the Interactive Multimedia Market," [Anne Hart]
  

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INTERACTIVE WRITING [see also INTERVIEWS (INTERACTIVE WRITERS)]

• Introduction to Interactive Writing [Michael Utvich]
• A Different Point of View [Michael Utvich]
• The Paradox of the Page [Michael Utvich]
• Interactive Content Development [Michael Utvich]
• Terry Borst Takes Flight [WGA]
  (On interactive writing, from the writer of "Wing Commander III")
  

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DIGITAL STORYTELLING ("a new medium of communication, learning, and self-expression that mixes the age-old art of telling stories with the new possibilities of worldwide digital communication and interactivity. It uses the 'language of film' with its visual style, its sense of pace, and its key design principles. But the subject of these film essays is the life experience of each of the storytellers.")

• What is digital storytelling? [Joe Lambert]
  

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HYPERTEXT (general how-tos and discussions about it) [authors' surnames are linked in brackets)