Ask A Pro

Go on, ask…I’ve got a pretty good queue of Q&A’s lined up, and I’m going to get to each and every one of them. In the meantime, however, something pretty cool just started up in the Artful Forum that you really ought to check out.
In addition to listening to me blather each week about my point of view, I’ve roped some pro friends of mine into making themselves available to answer questions. It’s called “Ask A Pro”, and if you’re familiar with what John August does over at IMDB, then you get the idea.
I’m going to run this on a rotating basis, so for stretches, one pro will be answering the questions, and then when they burn out, we’ll head on to a new one.
Right now, we’ve got Cormac & Marianne Wibberley lined up to lob answers back at you.
If you haven’t joined the forum yet, it’s free and easy. Just follow this link to get there and register. The forum also features an integrated chat room (and word on the street is that actual screenplays sales have taken place in the chat room, so honestly…what the hell are you waiting for???).
I want to take this opportunity to thank the Wibberleys for being our inaugural writers in the Ask A Pro section of the forum, and I also want to thank all of you who continue to make this site a pretty popular destination. We’re up to nearly 25,000 unique visitors a month. That’s quite an impressive community.
For those of you who prefer my blatherings to anything else, there will be a fresh post in just a day or two.

Have I said “thanks” for the site any time lately?
if not, then “thanks.”
The posts out here are great, and the chatroom has been an amazing resource, giving loads of access and interaction with all sorts of talented pros (and Tim T, too). . . . B
Where’s my fresh pot of Mazin? This one’s getting stale!
Patience….it’s been a rather nutty week for me.
Sooooooon.
Spooooooon!
There is no spoon.
can we give as good as we (or others) get when it comes to tim talbott?
Greetings From Germany.
Hearing constantly the importance of “standard industry” formatting, I’m confused as to why for instance Final Draft, the industry standard, text margins and header/footer settings are variable, adjustable. If the writer is allowed to “tweak” these settings to their benefit (more, or fewer pages), how much tweaking is permitted? Is a line spacing change, Normal to Tight, allowed? That could save me ca. 8 pages. The dialogue lines on the Cole + Haag template are much longer then the Warner Bros. format. I’m confused.
Steve Trop Hamburg Germany
Steve Trop Hamburg Germany, Are you the same guy that played trombone with the “Great Crowd” long ago and far way?
Lowell Stevenson lowellstevenson@email.com
Steve Trop, are you the same guy the played Trombone in the “Great Crowd” so long ago and so far way?
Lowell Stevenson FoKus Mouthpieces