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Keeping Promises
In my previous blog, posted on July 8, 2024, I promised to return at the end of August with the rough draft of an idea that has been...

David Hal Chester
Sep 2, 20242 min read
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VALUE YOUR VOICE
Sounds simple enough, doesn't it? But for me, it took me decades to accept that I even had a voice. I spent the majority of my life...

David Hal Chester
Aug 28, 20223 min read
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OUTLINE, OUTLINE, OUTLINE!
Did I say "outline"? I recently handed in a first draft of a feature screenplay that I was hired to write by a production company that...

David Hal Chester
Jun 16, 20213 min read
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The Value of Notes
November 20, 2020 When you ask for (or pay for) someone to give you notes on your screenplay, you must accept that the reader may offer...

David Hal Chester
Nov 20, 20202 min read
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HOW TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY IN 10 DAYS OR LESS
NOVEMBER 1, 2020 If you are a screenwriter, produced or not, you will know those moments… those moments when you start to question… WTF...

David Hal Chester
Nov 1, 20203 min read
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