Interview (Video): Sarah Polley The writer-director of Women Talking along with cast members discuss the powerful new film.
Page One: “Thirteen Lives” (2022) Screenplay by William Nicholson, story by Don MacPherson & William Nicholson
Reader Question: What if you fall out of love with a script? “What about a script you fall out of love with after 2–3 drafts, and just can’t finish? Put it aside for now or just push through?”
Story Type: Briefcase Full Of Cash There are genres (e.g., Action, Comedy, Drama). Cross genres (e.g., Action-Thriller, Comedy-Science Fiction). Sub-genres (e.g., Romantic…
Writing and the Creative Life: Here’s to Us Night Owls! “The conventional wisdom is that morning people are high achievers, go-getters, while late risers are lazy. But what if going to bed in the…
The Importance of Persistence in a Writer’s Life “PERSIST on telling your story. PERSIST on reaching your audience. PERSIST on staying true to your vision.”
Story Type: Body Switch Recently a project called “Opposites Attract” got set up. Here’s the premise:
The Business of Screenwriting: Imagine the movie One test of a story concept: Can you imagine it as a movie?
Page One: “The Girl on the Train” (2016) Screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson, based on the novel by Paula Hawkins
Make Words Your Friend “Putting one right word after another” — that is so right. When you bust it all down, writing is about choosing words. A writer can choose…
The Coen Brothers and the Long Shadow of Authority Figures If there is one thing about the craft writers hear ad nauseam, it’s this: There is no drama without conflict. And there is no story without…
Story Types: Biopic “The process of adapting a real person’s life into a movie is one of the trickiest writing jobs around. The wealth of historical anecdotes…
Screenwriting 101: Byron Hamel “If I have a good idea, I try to write a brief summary of what that story would look like. We’re talking five paragraphs, maybe. If I can…
Page One: “The Croods” (2013) Screenplay by Chris Sanders & Kirk DeMicco, story by John Cleese & Kirk DeMicco & Chris Sanders
Story Type: Assumed Identity “At the deepest level of meaning for assumed identity stories, there are two questions: Who am I? Do I really know what another person is…
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