Page One: “2010: The Year We Make Contact” (1984) Screenplay by Peter Hyams, novel by Arthur C. Clarke
2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Story Prep — Genre Bend A series to help prepare writers for next month’s Zero Draft Thirty writing challenge.
Reader Question: Should I write a science fiction script on spec or not? I get this question occasionally, something like this:
Script To Screen: “Excalibur” A key early scene in the 1981 movie Excalibur, screenplay by Rospo Pallenberg and John Boorman, book by Thomas Malory.
2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Story Prep — Gender Bend A series to help prepare writers for next month’s Zero Draft Thirty writing challenge.
Read all 10 WGA Award Nominated Scripts Original Screenplays: Air, Barbie, The Holdovers, May December, Past Lives. Adapted Screenplays: American Fiction, Are You There God? It’s…
Writing Tip: Adverbs = Bad Writing? A seemingly innocuous Stephen King quote provokes online controversy.
2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Story Prep — Script Diary A series to help prepare writers for next month’s Zero Draft Thirty writing challenge.
Script To Screen: “The Fabulous Baker Boys” The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) is a wonderful romantic comedy, written and directed by Steve Kloves who later went on to write 7 out of the…
Reader Question: Do characters “own” a scene? Ownership is less important than underlying conflict between characters.
2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Story Prep — Index Cards! A series to help prepare writers for next month’s Zero Draft Thirty writing challenge.
Screenwriting 101: Darren Aronofsky “First, you start with an idea, then you start to flesh out the structure, and that’s a long process. I think that’s where we spend a lot…
Script To Screen: “Fargo” Here is a terrific scene from a terrific movie, the 1996 film Fargo, screenplay by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen for which they won an Academy…
Page One: “Five Easy Pieces” (1970) Screenplay by Carole Eastman, story by Bob Rafelson and Carole Eastman
2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Story Prep — “What if…” A series to help prepare writers for next month’s Zero Draft Thirty writing challenge.
Screenwriting Tip: “When something happens… something ELSE happens” The dynamic dual nature of a screenplay universe.
On Writing “Anton Chekhov gave some advice about revising a story: first, he said, throw out the first three pages. As a young writer I figured that…
My Favorite Five Films at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Amidst a strong slate of movies, these five films stood out.
Script To Screen: “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” A memorable scene from the 1982 comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High, written by Cameron Crowe.
Page One: “Altered States” (1980) Written for the screen by Paddy Chayefsky as Sidney Aaron, based on the novel by Paddy Chayefsky
