Screenwriting 101: Amy Berg “At the end of the day, the only thing that really defines a person is the choices they make. The characters in your scripts should be no…
Script Analysis: “The Menu” — Part 1: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown A week-long analysis of the screenplay for the critically acclaimed horror-thriller. Download. Read. Discuss.
Great Scene: “The Fabulous Baker Boys” Here’s a great scene involving music: In the 1989 movie The Fabulous Baker Boys, Susie (Michelle Pfeiffer) vamping it up atop a Steinway…
On Writing “Comedy is the riskiest form, the riskiest genre. There’s a simple logic to comedy, especially when it comes to film or literature: if…
Page One: “Elvis” (2022) Screenplay by Baz Luhrmann & Sam Bromell and Craig Pearce and Jeremy Doner, story by Baz Luhrmann and Jeremy Doner
Three Keys to Writing in a Distracting World I become fully engaged in my writing when I am fully engaged with my characters.
“There are no screenwriting rules” No matter what you have read or may have heard. Perhaps the source is a so-called screenwriting “guru.” Maybe it’s a friend. A member of…
Great Scene: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” One of the most memorable scenes in one of the most memorable John Hughes movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986).
Interview (Video): Rian Johnson & The Daniels The writer-directors of Glass Onion and Everything Everywhere All at Once in conversation about their story-crafting process.
Reader Question: What are three good ‘how to’ scripts to read? Three essential scripts for learning the craft.
Great Scene: “The Deer Hunter” This has to rank as one of the most riveting scenes in movie history: The Russian roulette sequence in The Deer Hunter (1978).
2023 Scene-Writing Challenge: Week 2 Here are all of Week 2’s prompts for this year’s Scene-Writing Challenge.
Interview (Audio): Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich 3 1/2 hours of an extended conversation between the two filmmakers.
Update: 2022–2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 41 Total, 4 New Scripts It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.
Desiree, when I was a mentor at a Black List/Women In Film feature writers lab, one of our guest… I’ll try to remember to write an article on this, but one thing you can do is read a bunch of contemporary movie scripts and pay attention…
