Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Jan 17, 20232 min read
It's Your Job. Get Back to Work.
Inspired by my own post last week about staying in love with your script, I decided to make this week's post a tough love reminder. Don't...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Jan 10, 20232 min read
How to Not Hate Your Project Again
If you dissect a flower to see all its inner workings, it may not look as beautiful to you anymore. If you spend all day, every day, with...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Don't Sell Your Script- Sell Yourself
Spec scripts don't sell like they used to. What's a spec script? Basically, it's a script that's sold, not requested. In other words, if...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Dec 27, 20223 min read
Holiday Mailbag!
Some podcasts have prerecorded "holiday mailbag" episodes this week, as they're on vacation. So I thought I would do something similar!...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Dec 20, 20223 min read
Let that Sh*t Go
Which qualities of yours no longer serve you? Were you picked on in school, so you had to become detached in order to shield yourself?...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Dec 12, 20224 min read
Watch More Movies! 2023 Golden Globes Nominees
If you want to work in the film industry, watch what's being made. Know who's making it, and who's buying it. That's not to say you have...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Dec 6, 20222 min read
Feel Grateful
In physics, frequency is the rate at which vibrations occur in the forms of sound waves, radio waves or light waves. As Nikola Tesla...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Nov 29, 20224 min read
How to Get an Agent (and agency!)
Understandably, the biggest question I get from clients is "How do I get an agent?" That's because, like the rental market in Manhattan,...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Nov 28, 20221 min read
Entering Screenplay Competitions
There are a buh-zillion screenplay competitions out there, and most of them charge a fee. Unless you have a money tree in your backyard,...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Nov 28, 20222 min read
How to Write a Query Letter
What is a query letter? The word "Query" comes from the Latin "Quaere," which means to "ask" or "inquire." So when you're writing a query...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Nov 28, 20221 min read
How to Get Contact Info for Agents, Managers, and Producers
Hello! In order to send anything to very important peeps in the industry, you'll need to have their contact info. Here's how you get it:...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Nov 22, 20222 min read
Perfect is the Enemy of Good
Have you ever decided to make a change in your life like "I'm going to start exercising," or "I'm going to be a better parent," or "I'm...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Nov 15, 20222 min read
Follow that Spark Under Your Butt
Julie Powell became a published writer by tasking herself with the self-inflicted challenge of cooking every recipe in Julia Child's book...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Nov 8, 20222 min read
Don't Take the Ball and Go Home
It's one thing to say, "Hey, I'm tired of playing basketball. I'm going home." It's another thing to say, "I'm tired of playing...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Nov 1, 20222 min read
Dysfunctional Women
I love dysfunctional female characters. Perhaps it's my ego- I like seeing the personality defects I don't have. Or perhaps I enjoy...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Oct 25, 20222 min read
You Can't Plant Seeds in July
If you wait until you're almost done writing your script to decide your protagonist's main flaw, then I hope you enjoy cutting your...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Oct 18, 20223 min read
Creative Blockage? Call the Plumber
I heard from someone today who has an unwelcome mouse in their house. They told me they've seen a few holes where a mouse could be...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Oct 10, 20224 min read
Show Some Leg, but Stop at Femur
They won't buy the milk if they can get the cow for free, right? But they also won't buy the milk if all you do is show them a blank...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Oct 4, 20224 min read
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Medium for Storytelling!
Story is story, but the medium is everything. You have a great story, right? It's about a girl who gets swept up in a tornado and taken...
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Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Sep 20, 20222 min read
How to Make Your Own Movie
I started to write this blog post yesterday. I spelled out step-by-step how to make your own movie. And then I felt like a big fat...
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