2023 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 4 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Interview (Part 6): Ian Shorr My interview with 2022 Black List writer for his script The House in the Crooked Forest.
Video: Script Breakdown with Everything Everywhere All At Once’s Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert Courtesy of the Writers Guild Foundation.
Great Scene: “The Wizard of Oz” A tornado transports Dorothy from her Old World to the New World of Oz. Compare script to screen.
Page One: “Analyze This” (1999) Screenplay by Peter Tolan and Harold Ramis and Kenneth Lonergan, story by Kenneth Lonergan and Peter Tolan
Interview (Part 5): Ian Shorr My interview with 2022 Black List writer for his script The House in the Crooked Forest.
2023 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 3 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Reflections on Carl Jung (Part 3): Make the Darkness Conscious Carl Jung’s theory of individuation is directly applicable to the Protagonist’s journey in a screenplay.
Writing and the Creative Life: Creativity-In-Action “Creativity requires more than a dream. In many cases, people struggle to turn their dreams into a reality not because they lack ambition…
2023 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 2 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Interview (Part 4): Ian Shorr My interview with 2022 Black List writer for his script The House in the Crooked Forest.
Reflections on Carl Jung (Part 2): Make the Unconscious Conscious Carl Jung’s theory of individuation is directly applicable to the Protagonist’s journey in a screenplay.
The Business of Screenwriting: Commencement of Principal Photography When your movie officially starts production, that can trigger a writer’s payday.
2023 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 1 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Interview (Part 3): Ian Shorr My interview with 2022 Black List writer for his script The House in the Crooked Forest.
Reflections on Carl Jung (Part 1): Are We Related to the Infinite or Not? The more I study Carl Jung, the more I discover his ideas about psychology have a direct relevance to screenwriting (specifically) and…
Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Free Association Sometimes if you’re stuck in your writing, it’s best just to cut loose.
Writing Dialogue Nothing catches the eye of a script reader or actor more than distinctive, entertaining dialogue. Up your dialogue-writing chops in this…
Interview (Part 2): Ian Shorr My interview with 2022 Black List writer for his script The House in the Crooked Forest.
Page One: “American Sniper” (2014) Written by Jason Hall, book by Chris Kyle and Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
