Update: 2022–2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 37 Total, 3 New Scripts It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.
Great Scene: “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” A cinematic moment in Spielberg’s classic science fiction movie.
Page One: “Zootopia” (2016) Screenplay by Jared Bush & Phil Johnston, story by Byron Howard & Rich Moore & Jared Bush & Jim Reardon & Josie Trinidad & Phil Johnstonand…
Perspiration and Inspiration Sometimes it’s all about the work. Sometimes it’s all about the un-work.
The Incurable Disease of Writing “In psychological terms, it seems that drive is more important than talent in producing creative work.”
60 Second Screenwriter: Should I make a short film? A video series addressing key screenwriting concerns in one minute.
Screenwriting 101: Daniel Hanna “I will be writing, exploring to see how characters respond to situations, who are the other people in their lives, and how do they bump up…
Update: 2022–2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 34 Total, 3 New Scripts It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.
Great Scene: “Cast Away” In a fundamental way, screenwriting is scene-writing, so the more we learn about this aspect of the craft, the better. One way to do that…
On Writing “It is fatal to be safe in the pursuit of the arts…. You look at who and what you are, where and how you live, where and how you work, and…
Page One: “You Were Never Really Here” (2017) Screenplay by Lynne Ramsay, based on the book by Jonathan Ames
Screenwriting Mantra: Minimum Words, Maximum Impact The origin and importance of one of the best screenwriting mantras… ever!
Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Transcribe Screenplays If it worked for Felix Mendelssohn and F. Scott Fitzgerald…
Page One: “Wreck-It Ralph” (2012) Screenplay by Phil Johnston& Jennifer Lee, story by Rich Moore & Phil Johnston & Jim Reardon
Why You Should Write Three Pages of Garbage Every Morning “Freewriting forces you to keep moving forward, keep creating, without a thought given to quality.”
