Reader Question: Do characters “own” a scene? Ownership is less important than underlying conflict between characters.
Update: 2022–2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 19 Total, 2 New Scripts It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.
On Writing “Greater than scene is situation. Greater than situation is implication. Greater than all of these is a single, entire human being, who…
How They Write a Script: Billy Wilder “In a serious pictures, you don’t hear them being bored, but in a comedy you can hear them not laughing. You tried so hard and the guy did…
Page One: "Wanted" (2008) Screenplay by Michael Brandt & Derek Haas and Chris Morgan, story by Michael Brandt& Derek Haas, comic book series by Mark Millar and J.G…
WM, one of my screenwriting mantras is this: "In a movie, action is meaningless without meaningful… But one thing a writer can do is create unique characters in the midst of an engaging psychological journey. If the audience connects with…
What’s The Key Ingredient To An Amazing Screenplay? Reflections by actors, directors, producers, and other industry insiders.
Interview: James Cameron Writer-director Robert Rodriguez in conversation with the filmmaker behind the Avatar movie series.
Story Type: Time Travel In Hollywood movie circles, there are genres like Horror or Science Fiction, cross genres like Action-Thriller or Drama-Comedy, and…
Writing Goals: 2023 [Part 10] — Trust the Process 10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2022 and will do in 2023.
Analysis: Annual Black Lists (2013–2022) A Go Into The Story deep dive into every annual Black List since 2013.
Writing and the Creative Life: Something is Better Than Nothing “No matter what you write, good or bad, it’s an improvement to a blank page.”
Writing Goals: 2023 [Part 9] — The Only Way Out Is Through 10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2022 and will do in 2023.
“How I Got My Script on the Black List Without Reps” A first-person account by screenwriter Jason Hellerman on how his script Himbo made it on the 2022 Black List.
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