Screenwriting 101: Peter Hyams “A man much smarter than I once described this venture [screenwriting] as a horse race without a finish line. Just because you wanna do it…
Go Into The Story Interview: Alan Roth Alan Roth’s original screenplay “Jersey City Story” won him one of five 2013 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.
Page One: “Sleepy Hollow” (1999) Screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker, screen story by Kevin Yagher & Andrew Kevin Walker
On Writing “I don’t think that writers or painters or film-makers function because they have something they particularly want to say. They have…
Script Analysis: “Red Rocket” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
On Writing “Respect the genre you’re writing in. In an effort to put your own stamp on it, don’t ignore the established conventions of that genre — or…
Page One: “Skyfall” (2012) Written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and John Logan, characters by Ian Fleming
Screenwriting 101: Roy Huggins “A screenplay is a series of interesting scenes. Too often scenes are boring in order to head to an unusual ending. This defeats the…
Script Analysis: “Roma” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Page One: “The Sisters Brothers” (2018) Screenplay by Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain, based on the book by Patrick DeWitt
On Writing “Everyday, it’s about building a practice that enables you to try and forget that you’re afraid.”
Script Analysis: “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Page One: “The Life of Chuck” (2024) Written for the screen by Mike Flanagan, short story by Stephen King
On Writing “Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.”
Page One: “Train Dreams” (2025) Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, based on the novella by Denis Johnson
Script Analysis: “One Night in Miami” Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Screenwriting 101: Velina Hasu Houston “As an artist, I feel it is important to take what I have learned and feed my energies back into new writers, to encourage their creative…
Go Into The Story Interview: Allan Durand Allan Durand’s original screenplay “Willie Francis Must Die Again” is an amazing real-life story and a script that won Allan a 2012 Nicholl…
