False starts, secret talks: Insiders tell how the writers’ strike ended with ‘Let’s make a deal’ From the Los Angeles Times:
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 28 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
The Problem with Script Literalists “Stories are not a series of widgets. This fact disquiets a certain portion of writers who wish they could reduce writing a story to some…
THE WRITERS’ STRIKE IS OVER! As of 12:01 AM on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, the WGA strike is now officially over!
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 27 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script To Screen: “M*A*S*H” From the 1970 movie M*A*S*H, screenplay by Ring Lardner, Jr., based on a novel by Richard Hooker.
Is the key to creativity “unlearning”? What if everything we have learned in our lives has actually diminished our creativity?
Frank, I'm no political theorist, but I believe what you are describing falls into what is known as… As far as Hollywood goes, as bad as the studio system was in 30s-50s, and even how the studios operated in the 80s, 90s, and 00s, the…
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 26 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Interview: Stephen Camelio A conversation with the screenwriter of the indie drama Mending the Line starring Brian Cox.
Screenwriting 101: J.F. Lawton “Writing is something that’s very inner. You examine your own feelings. In martial arts, you’re examining your own body. You’re examining…
WGA & AMPTP Reach Tentative Agreement To End Writers Strike “We can say, with great pride, that this deal is exceptional — with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the…
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 25 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Trust the Process “There is a magic to this process that cannot be controlled by the ego. Somehow it always finds the way to the place where you need to be…
On Writing “The most important thing is confidence. You have to believe you have the ability to tell the story, to strike the vein of water, to make…
Thanks, Steven. I am surprisingly optimistic about the future of the film and TV business, but it's going to be a rough 3-5 years for the whole streaming…
WGA Reviewing Deal That Studios Call Their “Best & Final Offer” Problem is, there is no such thing as a “best & final offer.” The only offer that’s final is the one the WGA votes to accept.
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 24 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Writing Tip: Screenplay Structure Simplified “Plot is critical, but how a writer gets to plot is even more critical.”
