On Writing “Is this a story I want to tell? Is this a world I want to be in? There’s got to be a reason for it beyond just getting it done.”
Script Analysis: “Spencer” — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
On Writing “All I really know about writing is that if you’re a writer, writing is what you do. The work, intellectual, emotional, physical work, is…
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:
