Script Analysis: “Women Talking” — Part 4: Themes A week-long analysis of the Oscar-winning screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.
Script To Screen: “The Princess Bride” A memorable scene from the 1987 movie The Princess Bride, screenplay by William Goldman based on his novel.
Writing Tip: Discovery Writing and Efficient Writing Another way of thinking about writing and rewriting.
The Hollywood Strike Drags on Because of One Stumbling Block: Studio Greed The median pay for a weekly writer-producer has declined 23% over the past decade and half of all TV writers are paid WGA minimum.
Script Analysis: “Women Talking” — Part 3: Characters A week-long analysis of the Oscar-winning screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.
Writing Tip: Confession as Narrative Device Comparing confessions of the Protagonists in The King’s Speech and The Silence of the Lambs reveals how important they can be.
Screenwriting 101: Diablo Cody “The idea for Juno was really a random spontaneous thing. I guess I’m inspired by awkward situations. I love awkward silences, I love…
Page One: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (2017) Written by James Gunn, based on the Marvel comics by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
The plotline of Women Talking is an example of three-act structure which can be broken down into… Act One: Upon discovering the men have been using horse tranquilizer to make women unconscious in order to them, some of the assailants are…
Death Spiral of Hollywood Monopolies “Without regulation of these monopolies, Hollywood will succumb to a death spiral, planting a stake in the heart of the entertainment…
Script Analysis: “Women Talking” — Part 2: Plot A week-long analysis of the Oscar-winning screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.
“In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail” When legendary football coach Vince Lombardi would speak in public, he rarely strayed far from two closely related subjects: success and…
How much dialogue versus description in a screenplay? Is there some sort of key to finding a balance in a script?
Page One: “The Green Knight” (2021) Written for the screen by David Lowery, based on the poem by The Gawain Poet
I had the honor and pleasure to host a Q&A with Sarah Polley after a screening of Women Talking… What I found remarkable about the script is how it takes what essentially is a stage play setting, a barn loft, and a group of women who…
Deadline’s Strike Talk Podcast Episode 14: Billy Ray talks with Craig Mazin, Lilly Wachowski & Jason Blum On Hollywood’s post-strike path forward
Script Analysis: “Women Talking” — Part 1: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown A week-long analysis of the Oscar-winning screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.
The Metamorphosis of Darth Vader A video by The Italian Screenwriter explores my theory about how Darth Vader’s narrative function shifts from Star Wars: Episodes IV, V…
On Writing “You have to live with the notion of, ‘If I don’t write this, no one’s going to write it. If I die, this idea dies with me.’”
WGA and studio reps meet, but no signs of strike ending Proof that any meeting in Sherman Oaks at 4PM on a Friday after slogging up the 405 is DOA from the outset.
Go Into The Story Interview: Max Taxe My interview with 2022 Black List writer for his script Ripple.
Script To Screen: “Pretty Woman” Perhaps no movie demonstrates the power of ‘Disneyfication’ than the 1990 movie Pretty Woman, written by J.F. Lawton. Here is what the…
