Screenwriting 101: Philip Dunne “I hate to admit this, but we got nothing but the worst stuff; all the good books and plays went through the New York readers’ department…
Page One: “Hellboy” (2004) Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, screen story by Guillermo del Toro and Peter Briggs, comic books by Mike Mignola
Deadline’s Strike Talk Podcast Episode 15: On “Ethical AI” & what to expect when WGA-AMPTP talks resume.
Interview (Part 1): Kristen Tepper My interview with 2022 Black List writer for her script Better Luck Next Time.
On Writing “There is, I hope, a thesis in my work: we may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody-two-shoes, I know…
How writers’, SAG strikes inspired global worker solidarity Hollywood saw global TV as strike insurance. Workers of the world have other plans.
Writing Tip: The First Draft is a Journey of Discovery “As a writer, when you put something down, you make something happen.”
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Women Talking” The entire 6-part series delving into the Oscar-winning screenplay.
Video: Philip K. Dick His famous 1977 Metz, France speech in which the author claimed “We are living in a computer-programmed reality.”
Script Analysis: “Women Talking” — Part 6: Takeaways A week-long analysis of the Oscar-winning screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.
There are so many great sides of dialogue in the script and movie, several of them in the form of… However, what dialogue I will focus on here is one side, two lines spoken by the character I consider to be the primary Protagonist in the…
Negotiations Update 8–11–23 “Your Negotiating Committee received a counterproposal from the AMPTP today. We will evaluate their offer and, after deliberation, go back…
Script To Screen: “Planet of the Apes” (1968) The famous ending of the original version of the movie Planet of the Apes, screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling, based on a novel…
Interview: Bragi F. Schut A conversation with the co-screenwriter of the horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter.
One of the most effective aspects of Sarah Polley’s screenplay is how each of the women characters… That said, I think there is one character who feels like the central Protagonist: Ona, played by Rooney Mara. In the group interactions…
There are several themes woven throughout the narrative. When I hosted a post-screening Q&A with Sarah Polley, I asked her about this dynamic. She said that she thought of the movie more as a…
Script Analysis: “Women Talking” — Part 5: Dialogue A week-long analysis of the Oscar-winning screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.
Script To Screen: “Platoon” A brutal, but memorable scene from the 1986 movie Platoon, written by Oliver Stone.
Writing Tip: To Write, Stop Thinking Think character. Think plot. Think theme. But when you sit down to write, don’t think… feel.
