February 2012
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Update alert: Celtx Script for Android 1.1...
Update here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.celtx.script
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Screnzy Pages: What are the challenges and... →
Hey, thanks @Screnzypages! Heart.
screnzypages:
Castles, Quills and Cameras breaks down the pros and cons of participating in Screnzy.
PROS
Let me say: Script Frenzy is, as a general rule, far easier than NaNoWriMo for multiple reasons:
a) It is not judged by word count, thus…
b) you write far less words than a 50k novel
c) you don’t have to worry about the rhythm of your words like you...
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Anonymous asked: Your mobile script app has been absolutely giddy, but unfortunately I can not participate. Any plans to move it onto WP7, too?
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Repetitious Punchline: On Writing. (A bit long.... →
neil-gaiman:
I got up this morning, and read the thirty or so questions that people had left in the last 8 hours. And apart from the few that wanted to tell me that, honestly, there’s nothing in the whole world like a photo of a gentleman holding a small yellow chainsaw, most of the rest of…
Anonymous asked: I keep trying to register to download the newest version of Celtx but I never get the verification email. I've tried to register twice, checked my spam folder, and still nothing.
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Any Borderlands Readers?
Almost 20 years ago, I read the (then) four-volume anthology Borderlands by White wolf Publishing.
There are many extraordinary writers and stories in those pages but one of them had the sentence:
“I wanted to bite into minutes and feel the seconds trickling down my chin.”
I wish I could remember the author and the story’s title. My Google-Fu is failing me, so I turn to The...
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Anonymous asked: I dont see the point in having paid $50 for the Celtx Studio service recently to now be migrated to the cloud service that does what I required in the first place. The studio is now referred to as legacy so I presume it is being phased out. Can I get a refund on the balance of my annual payment?
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Anonymous asked: I keep trying to register to download celtx - but it never sends me the verification email! (yes I've checked the email address is correct). what's going on there?
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“Write an awful lot, and always write. Don’t go round whining that your stuff is...”
– Steven Moffat giving advice to writers (via repetitiouspunchline)
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“They were kissing. Put like that, and you could be forgiven for presuming that...”
– Neil Gaiman (Anansi Boys)
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Screenwriting Tip #916
screenwritingtips:
Don’t set up an urgent goal, then show us the protagonist doing ordinary things for the remainder of Act One. Doing her laundry/taxes/regular job before the inciting incident is fine, and may help reveal character. After the inciting incident, it’s a waste of the audience’s time.
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eoswept asked: Are there any plans to extend the ipad version to include master catalogue editing?
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Anonymous asked: Please, On iPad, is there possibility to write a novel like on my mac version?
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Anonymous asked: What's the point of Greek version of Celtx when you cannot create PDF from the script written in Greek?
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Anonymous asked: Is it possible to add a new screenplay within a project, *on the web*, without having to open it in desktop, add it, and save it back?
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Heads-up for Celtx Users!
We’re just over 24 hours into our massive new update and we have one immediate alert that has been brought to our attention by some of our (thankfully, polite and patient) non-English writers.
There is a bug in the server where the use of non-English accented characters may cause Celtx Script to crash under specific circumstances. (So specific that it eluded us during testing.)
An...
Thanks everyone for all your kind RTs & reblogs!
You are the ice in our glass. :-)
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I Have the Best Idea for a Script!....Err, So Now... →
screnzypages:
Straight from our Cameo Archive, Beth Brandon shares her tips on how to outline your script!
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Anonymous asked: Can I edit Cloud documents directly on my Mac Celtx software? How do I do it?
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fat-al asked: A quick extra point - when opening files from Studio/CeltxOnline, the standard double-click method doesn't work for selecting/opening the file.You have to click-to-select, then click OK. Nothing major, but it's a pain in the bum.
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Celtx Seeds Grant Fund
In addition to our new website, updates to iOS apps, launch of our Android app and free 2GB cloud service, we’re giving away 10 x $2000 grants for short narrative videos and 5 x $1000 grants to schools.
Our first crop introduced us to some amazing filmmakers and we’re keen to meet some more. Check out this video for more info.
Good luck and we’re looking forward to seeing your submissions!
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Welcome to the new Celtx!
Our biggest update ever! Updates to both Celtx Script and Celtx Shots for iOS, new website, new FREE 2GB cloud storage, online screenwriting editor, updated desktop editor with seamless cloud synching, unlimited controlled sharing and (cue drumroll!) the much-demanded Celtx Script for Android!
It’s all your at www.celtx.com. Come on in — the water’s nice!
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fat-al asked: How do I merge my account from Studio to the new celtx system?
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Anonymous asked: Hi, I have not written for awhile, so I was not aware of the 2.9.5 update. I am a subscriber to Celtx Studios, but is the new Services the same thing? I just bought the ipad app but can't access my Studio. Do I need to migrate to the new services?
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Celtx Seeds Grant Fund
In addition to our new website, updates to iOS apps, launch of our Android app and free 2GB cloud service, we’re giving away 10 x $2000 grants for short narrative videos and 5 x $1000 grants to schools.
Our first crop introduced us to some amazing filmmakers and we’re keen to meet some more. Check out this video for more info.
Good luck and we’re looking forward to seeing your...
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Anonymous asked: hey celtx every time i write on my laptop, i somehow press something that makes the screen go from normal til i'm zooming and the letters are very tiny, it's not my laptop but it's annoying me as i have to start the script all over again, any idea's on how i could avoid this? thanks
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Celtx Script for Android now available in the...
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Lady & gentleguerrillas — NEW Celtx and free cloud... →
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Hiatus
glee fandom: ugh glee is on a two month hiatus AGAIN
doctor who fandom: lol
sherlock fandom: ha ha
sherlock fandom: ha
sherlock fandom: ha
sherlock fandom: cute
Firefly fandom: Yeah, laugh it up, fuzzball.
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The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English →
It’s a little off-putting to scroll through this list and realize how many of them I learned from old 1950s Charlie Brown books I found in a trunk at my grandma’s house when I was six.
Did these make me a writer..?
viciouskind:
Ailurophile A cat-lover. Assemblage A gathering. Becoming Attractive. Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks. Brood To think alone. Bucolic In a lovely rural...
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Screenwriting Tip #911
screenwritingtips:
If given a choice of characters to identify with, the audience will choose the one who acts the most like them — at least, the way they believe themselves to be. That means the character that’s vulnerable, fair, humble, caring, hiding a secret or making the best of a bad situation. The most human character.
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Screenwriting Tip #910
screenwritingtips:
The only cure for feeling bad about not writing is, well, writing. So sit down and do it.
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“I do things like get in a taxi and say, “The library, and step on it.”
– David Foster Wallace (via 4mbivalent)
I miss DFW. I’ve had “The Pale King” sitting by my bedside since Christmas but I’m (a) afraid a posthumous work won’t do him justice and (b) once I read that, that’s it. Guess I’ll just go read “Infinite...
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Ah, PWEI...
repetitiouspunchline:
I’m making Showgirls references in this script.
This is both the most glorious and most pathetic instance of cultural reference in a script I’ve written to date.
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Home Alone - Diehard for Children
repetitiouspunchline:
Home Alone is Die Hard for children spiel is actually catching on…I wanted to deconstruct that theory into a script one day damnit :P
Oh well, I’m glad more people are seeing the light to my whole theory :D
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A Collection of Rare and Obscure Words →
Words. Words. Wordswordswordswords.
Rats — now I’m thinking “swords.”
jazzsaves:
Cheiloproclitic - Being attracted to someones lips. Quidnunc - One who always has to know what is going on. Ultracrepidarian - Of one who speaks or offers opinions on matters beyond their knowledge. Apodyopis - The act of mentally undressing someone. Gymnophoria - The sensation that...
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Andrew Scott should win a BAFTA for playing...
acciobenedictcumberbatch:
iwillturnyouintoshoes:
iwantmyhogwartsletter:
And then Moriarty should win a BAFTA for playing Richard Brook.
And then Richard Brook should get a BAFTA for playing Moriarty.
MORIARTYCEPTION AGAIN
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thirddegree asked: I know there's an iPhone/iPad Celtx app out at the moment, but I was wondering whether there are any plans to develop/release Android/Windows Phone apps in the future?
Anonymous asked: I am writing a short film. I have asked some feedback on the summary. I was told that it was disgusting. I have changed one of two parts that were said to be disgusting. However, I am unsure of what to do with the other part. This is the part that I want to change. I hope I do not bother or offend anyone: A teen girl wants revenge on her younger brother used her favorite sock to masturbate...
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dwightbryan-deactivated20120301 asked: I was using Screenwriting Pro for a Screenplay and the files broken. Can you import XML files to Celtx without messing up the original format?
ellisanthonyandysuttonjr asked: In a serious attempt to become film-literate, how can I find all of the important films to watch when I am unsure of how to find them, or have limited fund to purchase/rent them? How can I get access to films so that I can be film-literate?
