Despite its name, it is important to realize that choosing terminal degrees does not necessarily mean the end of your academic career and there will be the option of completing a doctoral degree or continuing education courses in the future.
Anyone and everyone can be seen by our casting directors in exchange for a few cans of food. Actors are given two-minute time slots, during which they can perform one or two monologues of their choosing.
According to William Goldman, it's the first fifteen minutes, and/or the first fifteen pages. Screenplays should snap, crackle, and pop on page one! Start with the story in motion, and that scene should foreshadow the story and the ending. And the most important part of a movie is the last fifteen minutes, as noted by the actor, Paul Newman. First, write a high-concept logline, telling the story concept in no more than two sentences. Next, write a one-page synopsis, which is a selling tool, not a telling tool. Now write a treatment, three to ten pages, double-spaced, present tense, telling each and every scene, little or no dialog. Whose story is it? What happens?