How To Read A Screenplay (Part 7): Style and Language There are multiple layers to any story. The more you dig, the deeper your understanding.
Interview (Video): Guillermo del Toro and Mike Flanagan A conversation between two masters of the horror genre.
Page One: “The Stranger” (1946) Screenplay by Anthony Veiller, adaptation by Victor Trivas and Decla Dunning
How To Read A Screenplay (Part 6): Themes There are multiple layers to any story. The more you dig, the deeper your understanding.
Great Scene: “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” A contentious exchange between Riggan and his daughter Sam turns into an acerbic truth-telling moment.
Brian, there's no right or wrong with this issue. As always, read movie scripts written by professional writers, see what they do, and emulate the ones you feel best reflect your style and…
Reflections of 2022 Black List Feature Writer’s Lab Participants Writers who participated in this year’s Black List Feature Writer’s Lab reflect on their experience.
How To Read A Screenplay (Part 5): Metamorphosis There are multiple layers to any story. The more you dig, the deeper your understanding.
There are no screenwriting rules There are guidelines, conventional wisdom, patterns, and principles… but no rules.
Writing and the Creative Life: 19 Daily Habits Of Artists… Let go of your idea of “perfect”… Allow yourself to have fun… When in doubt, ask for help… Be prepared to find inspiration in mundane…
Page One: “Stepmom” (1998) Screenplay by Gigi Levangie and Jessie Nelson & Steven Rogers & Karen Leigh Hopkins and Ron Bass, story by Gigi Levangie
How To Read A Screenplay (Part 4): Subplots, Relationships and Character Functions There are multiple layers to any story. The more you dig, the deeper your understanding.
The Business of Screenwriting: Cynicism “In a town built on dreams, all too often they turn into nightmares. Somebody gets screwed. Just the way it is. And that’s why cynicism is…
60 Second Screenwriter: What’s a subplot? A video series addressing key screenwriting concerns in one minute.
Scene Description Spotlight: “Unforgiven” The ‘folksy’ narrative voice in synch with the movie’s Western genre and a clean read with strong bursts of imagematic writing.
Page One: “Still Alice” (2014) Written for the screen by Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland, novel by Lisa Genova
How To Read A Screenplay (Part 3): Plotline Points and Sequences There are multiple layers to any story. The more you dig, the deeper your understanding.
How They Write A Script: Alvin Sargent “I think too many people are too organized; they’ve got it all worked out, instead of hearing their characters first. Get the goop out…
On Writing “Perhaps writing opens up a parallel universe into which, one by one, we’ll move all of our dearest memories and rearrange them as we…
