2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 29 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script To Screen: “Lost In Translation” The ending scene from the 2003 movie Lost In Translation, written by Sofia Coppola.
Writing Tip: Redemption as a Movie Theme A character seeking freedom from psychological bondage to a past event is one of the most common themes in movies.
Page One: “Jurassic Park” (1994) Screenplay by Michael Crichton and David Koepp, novel by Michael Crichton
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…
