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    Logline Examples and Guides
    • Oct 28, 2020
    • 4 min

    Logline Examples and Guides

    Logline examples and guides to help you attract managers and producers.
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    Casting for CATSAWAY Begins!
    • Sep 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    Casting for CATSAWAY Begins!

    CATSAWAY, the animated feature film I was hired to develop, is finally a GO! Voice casting for the Arabic and English versions has begun!...
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    Screenwriting Tips: Scene Checklist Part 3
    • Jun 30, 2020
    • 4 min

    Screenwriting Tips: Scene Checklist Part 3

    In this final instalment of my Scene Checklist series (see Part 1 and Part 2), I want to talk about goals, and the strategies and tactics...
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    Screenwriting Tips: Toy Story 3 Writer
    • Jun 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    Screenwriting Tips: Toy Story 3 Writer

    Michael Arndt, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Little Miss Sunshine, has put together an incredible video to give us a deep-dive look i...
    45 views
    Screenwriting Tips: Scene Checklist Part 2
    • Jun 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    Screenwriting Tips: Scene Checklist Part 2

    In my previous blog, Screenwriting Tips: Scene Checklist Part 1, I discussed some of the essential elements of scene construction. If you...
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    Creating Unique Characters
    • May 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    Creating Unique Characters

    When writing a screenplay, or a novel, you should have two objectives as you create characters: 1. Make them different to what we've seen...
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    Screenwriting Tips: Scene Checklist Part 1
    • May 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    Screenwriting Tips: Scene Checklist Part 1

    I was going through my old screenwriting files the other day when I came across this 'scene checklist'. I remember compiling these tips f...
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    Script Delivered. Client Thrilled!
    • Apr 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Script Delivered. Client Thrilled!

    In January 2020, I completed FORTE, a writing assignment for a production company in the UK. The story was inspired by a real event in th...
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    More Great Reviews for 'Fly Girls' Script
    • Feb 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    More Great Reviews for 'Fly Girls' Script

    FLY GIRLS, the "rip-roaring" action & adventure screenplay Phil Parker was hired to write, continues to garner great reviews from industr...
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    Screenwriter Phil Parker Hired to Write Feature 'Forte'
    • Oct 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    Screenwriter Phil Parker Hired to Write Feature 'Forte'

    Australian/American screenwriter Phil Parker has been hired again to write a feature script based on a true story. This live-action tale ...
    66 views
    Hired Again By Toil Films!
    • Aug 27, 2019
    • 2 min

    Hired Again By Toil Films!

    I'm delighted to announce that producer Elliott D. Yancey. at Toil Films has hired me again to work on FLY GIRLS, a WWII live-action feat...
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    Client's Script Reaches Competition Finals
    • Aug 19, 2019
    • 1 min

    Client's Script Reaches Competition Finals

    This week I found out that a script I was hired to rewrite for a client placed as a Top 10 Finalist in the Stage 32 Sci-fi & Fantasy Scre...
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    Upcoming animated feature CATSAWAY. Storyboards vs Trailer
    • Jun 25, 2019
    • 2 min

    Upcoming animated feature CATSAWAY. Storyboards vs Trailer

    The soon-to-be released animated film CATSAWAY by Emirati director Fadel Al Mehiri (story by Phil Parker and Fadel Al Mehiri) has created...
    29 views
    5 Projects, 5 Producers!
    • Jun 17, 2019
    • 2 min

    5 Projects, 5 Producers!

    Every screenwriter knows how hard it is to get attention for your own work, let alone finding someone willing to pay you to write for the...
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    Aussie screenwriters sign agreement for superhero story!
    • Jun 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    Aussie screenwriters sign agreement for superhero story!

    Screenwriter Phil Parker and director/screenwriter Josh Bryer are pleased to announce they've signed a non-exclusive shopping agreement w...
    58 views
    Looking Forward To The Downton Abbey Movie?
    • May 29, 2019
    • 2 min

    Looking Forward To The Downton Abbey Movie?

    I love that trailer for the Downton Abbey movie. The editing, the music, the choices of dialogue - it all combines to press the right emo...
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    "A WWII Script Unlike Any!"
    • Feb 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    "A WWII Script Unlike Any!"

    Since finishing the first draft of a paid writing assignment for a producer here in Australia, the feedback on the script has been tremen...
    29 views
    Top 25 Screenwriter in 2018? The Results.
    • Jan 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    Top 25 Screenwriter in 2018? The Results.

    At the beginning of last year, I was honored and humbled when the International Screenwriters’ Association chose me as one of their Top 2...
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    Phil Parker Hired to Write WWII Film!
    • Jul 20, 2018
    • 1 min

    Phil Parker Hired to Write WWII Film!

    Phil's success with securing screenwriting assignments continues! This time, Toil Films in #Australia has hired him to write a very timel...
    8 views
    'Catsaway' - Official Teaser Released.
    • May 8, 2018
    • 1 min

    'Catsaway' - Official Teaser Released.

    CATSAWAY – THE MOVIE #Screenwriter Phil Parker was hired to develop the animated feature film #CATSAWAY from a bare-bones idea to a fully...
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