Interview (Video): David Seidler

Another in an excellent Creative Spark series of videos from Academy Originals, this one with David Seidler whose screenwriting credits include Tucker: The Man and His Dream and The King’s Speech, the latter for which he won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

A wonderful few minutes with Seidler who uses a great metaphor for the writing process: Fishing. Also interesting to note that he not only uses 3x5 inch index cards, but then after he’s broken the story, Seidler writes up an extensive treatment from which he pounds out a first draft. I know many writers who prefer that to an outline.

The fishing thing reminds me of a Business of Screenwriting post I wrote years ago here.

For other Academy Originals videos, go here.