On Writing “If we’re lucky, writer and reader alike, we’ll finish the last line or two of a short story and then just sit for a minute, quietly…
Page One: “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (2007) Screenplay by Andrew Dominik, novel by Ron Hansen
Sundays with Sidney Lumet’s “Making Movies” A series featuring reflections on filmmaking by one of the truly great movie directors.
Great Scene: “Bottle Rocket” It’s a heist gone awry in this funny scene from the 1996 movie co-written Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson, who also directed the film.
Interview (Video): Zach Cregger An hour-long conversation with the writer-director of the surprise horror hit film Barbarian.
Celebrate Your Victories Based on my experiences as a screenwriter in Hollywood, there are many things I can advise you to do that are not particularly enjoyable…
Page One: “The Aeronauts” (2019) Screenplay by Jack Thorne, story by Tom Harperand Jack Thorne, inspired by the book by Richard Holmes
How to Use Go Into The Story Blog resources to support your growth as a screenwriter in five areas: Watch Movies. Read Scripts. Write Pages. Study the Craft. Learn the…
TED Talk: J.J. Abrams In 2007, J.J. Abrams (Alias, Lost, Super 8) gave a TED Talk. I’m sure some of you have seen it. However, like many great presentations…
Writing and the Creative Life: Boundaries of Space, Boundaries of Time “What if in the face of our hectic lives, we claimed our creative time to be our own ‘sacred space’?”
Spec Script Formatting Primers An amazing resource for TV writers provided by the Writers Guild Foundation.
The Business of Screenwriting: OWA Three little letters: OWA. But they mean big things for Hollywood screenwriters. What do these letter stand for?
Writing a Story = Wrangling Magic The very fact writers create something seemingly out of nothing is a special kind of magic.
An Argument Against Screenplay Formulas (Part 1): They are selling you a lie “Instead of thinking about Story as a sort of paint-by-numbers formula, we are best served by starting here: Characters.”
