Scott Myers

Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “The Menu”

The entire 6-part series delving into the critically acclaimed horror-thriller. Download. Read. Discuss.

Great Scene: “Goodfellas”

“Funny how? What’s funny about it?”

Video: Anthony McCarten

A BAFTA screenwriting lecture presentation with the screenwriter of such movies as The Theory of Everything and Bohemian Rhapsody.

Page One: “The Northman” (2022)

Written by Sjón & Robert Eggers

Brian, I teach a week-long class online called The Coen Brothers and the Craft of Storytelling.

https://screenwritingmasterclass.com/product/craft-coen-brothers-and-the-craft-of-storytelling/

“Don’t think… feel”

With writing, there are times to think… and times to feel.

Script Analysis: “The Menu” — Part 6: Takeaways

A week-long analysis of the screenplay for the critically acclaimed horror-thriller. Download. Read. Discuss.

2023 Scene-Writing Challenge: Week 3

Here are all of Week 3’s prompts for this year’s Scene-Writing Challenge.

Video: David Koepp in conversation with Lawrence Kasdan

The two notable screenwriters talk about the craft of writing, Hollywood, and Koepp’s novel Aurora.

Page One: “Nope” (2022)

Written by Jordan Peele

My favorite side of dialogue is when the Chef introduces his “masterpiece”:

CHEF SLOWIK

That's a great exchange, Brian, and well worth citing here.

Thanks for that take!

I watched the movie.

To me, the central theme is vapidity. Apart from Margot, each of the diners puts on airs and is self-absorbed, but there’s nothing of…

So I took a few minutes to go through the script to track the timing of the various courses of the…

P. 22

2023 Scene-Writing Challenge: Day 15

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.

Script Analysis: “The Menu” — Part 5: Dialogue

A week-long analysis of the screenplay for the critically acclaimed horror-thriller. Download. Read. Discuss.

Great Scene: “The Full Monty”

While the instinct might be to put the spotlight on this scene from the 1997 comedy The Full Monty:

Writing and the Creative Life: 4 Sure-Fire Ways to Stimulate Creativity

Sadly, bourbon is not one of them.

Page One: “The Menu” (2022)

Written by Seth Reiss & Will Tracy

2023 Scene-Writing Challenge: Day 14

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.

Script Analysis: “The Menu” — Part 4: Themes

A week-long analysis of the screenplay for the critically acclaimed horror-thriller. Download. Read. Discuss.

Great Scene: “Full Metal Jacket”

Private Pyle declares “I am in a world of shit” and his subsequent actions prove the point.

The Business of Screenwriting: The Phone Call

“They want your script.”

Page One: “Glass Onion” (2022)

Written by Rian Johnson

In reading the script for The Menu, I am struck by the relevance of what producer Larry Gordon told…

I call it: The Whammo Theory.