Page One: “It Happened One Night” (1934) Screen play by Robert Riskin, short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Writers Guild Negotiations Conclude Friday Without Deal A marathon day-long session with a Saturday session in the works.
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 23 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Freestyle Digital Media acquires ‘Waiting for the Light to Change’ The feature film won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival.
Can New Talks End the Writers Strike Fast? Optimism, the Sequel! “Hopes have been dashed many times before, but: ‘There’s a sense around town that they’re going to get it done.’”
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 22 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Create a Compelling Protagonist Workshop and develop your story’s Protagonist in my one-week online class which begins Monday, October 2nd.
Script To Screen: “Magnolia” From the 1999 movie Magnolia written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, a multilinear story involving multiple characters.
With free screenwriting workshops, striking Hollywood writers look to raise spirits and funds This L.A. Times articles spotlights a wonderful initiative by screenwriter Ed Solomon in partnership with the Black List.
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 21 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
How to Respond When Taking Script Notes “It doesn’t matter whether you love the suggestion, hate it, or don’t know. Always give this same response.”
Thanks to Drew Barrymore, striking writers are in their most powerful position yet “Far from languishing after four-plus months on strike as the AMPTP hoped, writers appear even more united, resolved and, with the aid of…
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 20 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Writing Tip: Enter Late, Exit Early “You always attack a movie scene as late as you possibly can. You always come into the scene at the last possible moment.”
Writing Tip: “Earn this.” When it comes to a scene where a character makes a critical choice, it’s imperative that you — as the writer — have earned that moment.
WGA Showrunners’ Strike Fund Donations Near $500K “Cutting to t|he heart of the sentiment out on the picket lines, Wachowski added, ‘Let’s beat these f-ing mf-ers!’”
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 19 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
