Interview: Jesse Armstrong An hour-long conversation with the showrunner of the HBO hit series Succession.
Script Analysis: “Living” — Part 6: Takeaways A week-long analysis of the screenplay for the award-winning drama. Download. Read. Discuss.
I have featured other important sides of dialogue in previous comments, either from Williams or… As before. Peter and Police Constable looking down on the
Like all good stories, there are multiple themes at work in Living. There is also the theme of Regret. It’s likely that Williams only begins to embrace regrets about how he has lived his life after he learns…
Go Into The Story Resource: Sixty Second Screenwriter A video series addressing key screenwriting concerns in one minute.
“It Begins With The Words. Nothing Happens Without Them” James Cromwell Writes In Support Of WGA Strike
How an Episode of Succession is Written A new Behind the Curtain video explores how the writing team operates behind the hit HBO series Succession.
Once again, we find the five primary character archetypes at work in a movie. Protagonist: Williams. Even though the narrative is framed through the POV of Peter, Williams’ storyline drives the plot. His character is…
As noted, the plot is simple. In short order, however, we are introduced to Williams, the head of the Department where Peter is newly employed. He is a distant figure…
Monday this week, when I flew back to Chicago from Los Angeles where I’d been overseeing the… If you had told me a decade ago, I would watch a movie on my phone … and enjoy it … I would have shooed you away.
Go Into The Story Resource: Screenwriting Advice From The Past A series analyzing screenwriting advice from the book “How to Write Photoplays” written in 1920 by Anita Loos and her husband John Emerson.
Script Analysis: “Living” — Part 5: Dialogue A week-long analysis of the screenplay for the award-winning drama. Download. Read. Discuss.
MCU In Trouble — WGA Writer’s Strike EXPLAINED A half-hour ScreenCrush video goes in depth about the strike
Writing sprint? How about a writing walk! Or as we do in the zero draft writing community — a writing scamper.
Page One: “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” (2002) Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, book by Chuck Barris
Go Into The Story Resource: Great Scenes When you boil it down, screenwriting is scene-writing. Hone your scene-writing ability by studying these scenes.
Script Analysis: “Living” — Part 4: Themes A week-long analysis of the screenplay for the award-winning drama. Download. Read. Discuss.
Inside the writers’ ‘guerrilla tactics’ to shut down live productions “On a frigid early morning in Chicago last week, screenwriter Michael Gilio bundled into a car in the city’s West Side with other writers…
“Everyone is here because of us” It is late spring 1988. I am in San Diego where K-9 is being shot. It’s my first day on a movie set. Ever. The scene the crew is shooting…
Page One: “Conan the Barbarian” (1982) Written by John Milius and Oliver Stone, based on the character created by Robert E. Howard
Go Into The Story Resource: Screenwriting 101 Hundreds of observations about the craft of screenwriting from professional writers.
Script Analysis: “Living” — Part 3: Characters A week-long analysis of the screenplay for the award-winning drama. Download. Read. Discuss.
