Script To Screen: “Get Shorty” A scene from the 1995 movie Get Shorty, screenplay by Scott Frank, book by Elmore Leonard.
Page One: “Red Heat” (1988) Screenplay by Harry Kleiner & Walter Hill and Troy Kennedy Martin, story by Walter Hill
Five Primary Character Archetypes Learn about a story’s Family of Characters in my upcoming one-week online course which begins Monday, February 13th.
Screenwriting and Historical Accuracy When writing a movie based on actual historical events, how accurate does a screenwriter have to be?
Page One: “Mean Streets” (1973) Written by Martin Scorsese and Mardik Martin, story by Martin Scorsese
160 Scene-Writing Prompts At a fundamental level, screenwriting is scene-writing. Use these prompts to improve your scene-writing chops.
Screenwriting 101: Daniel Kunka Screenwriter Daniel Kunka wrote a spec script called “Lift” which sold to Netflix and made the 2021 Black List.
Screenwriting 101: Scott Frank “It has to come from character. I’m always going back to the people. Why character? It’s about what makes a person a person. What do they…
On Writing “When we’re under the spell of a compelling story, we undergo internal changes along with the protagonist, and her insights become part of…
Script to Screen: “Poor Things” This week, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science announced its nominations for this year’s Oscar ceremony and Poor Things was…
Script To Screen: “The Godfather” Compare screenplay to movie: The famous horse head scene in The Godfather, written by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo, based on Puzo’s…
Writing Tip: 6 Old Grammar Rules That Are Finally Going Out of Style Writers should feel free to write stories how the stories need to be told.
