Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Get Out” The entire 6 part series delving into hit social thriller movie.
Great Scene: “Halloween” This is one of the iconic scenes in the history of horror movies: Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) versus Michael Myers (Tony Moran) in the Final…
Interview (Video): Guillermo del Toro, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen An awesome conversation between brilliant filmmakers.
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 9 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Writing and the Creative Life: The incurable disease of writing “In psychological terms, it seems that drive is more important than talent in producing creative work.”
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 8 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Character Type: Visionary “They can see into the future… or think they can. They perceive possibilities when others see only walls. Often the power of their…
The Business of Screenwriting: “Qualify the customer” Okay, this week’s post is a blast from the past and only comes about due to a recent revelation from a TV producer I know that she has…
Page One: “Ronin” (1998) Screenplay by J.D. Zeik and David Mamet (as Richard Weisz), story by J.D. Zeik
Blake, I am so glad you responded as this confirms — with numerous other… My answer to this issue is always the same: Read movie scripts by pro writers. Time and again, this paves the way for us to be free to tell…
Great Scene: “Big Fish” (2003) The story within the story culminates in the final scene between father and son.
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 7 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity
Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. You can learn pretty much everything you need to know about screenwriting by doing these three things:
Separation as a Theme in Pixar Movies “When we step back from the movies Pixar has produced and look at them with a meta view, it is surprisingly — and blindingly — obvious how…
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 6 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Redemption as a Movie Theme A character seeking freedom from psychological bondage to a past event is one of the most common themes in movies.
Sundays with Ray Bradbury The entire series of articles featuring the writing wisdom of one of the truly great authors of our time.
Screenwriting 101: Paul Schrader “There are a great many scripts, and only a certain number of movies get made. You just do the math. It’s like if you’re an actor. You go…
