The Business of Screenwriting: How to Respond When Taking Script Notes “It doesn’t matter whether you love the suggestion, hate it, or don’t know. Always give this same response.”
Page One: “Road to Perdition” (2002) Screenplay by David Self, graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner
Scene Description Spotlight: Express Your Voice On September 12, I’ll be offering a terrific one-week online class. It’s called Scene Description Spotlight which sounds super practical…
How They Write a Script: Ted Tally (“The Silence of the Lambs”) Ted Tally is yet another screenwriter who started out as a playwright. His film credits include White Palace (1990), The Juror (1996), All…
Enter Late, Exit Early “You always attack a movie scene as late as you possibly can. You always come into the scene at the last possible moment.”
Page One: “Richard Jewell” (2019) Written by Billy Ray, article by Marie Brenner, book by Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen
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Ashish, I would encourage you to use the upcoming Challenge to leap into your story, pound out… That said, I suspect the reason you got stuck was because you have not figured out what your Protagonist is ultimately about. Why do they…
Aditya, the song is written by a musician and was found during the course of the filmmaking process. Yes, you can include self-written lyrics in a spec. Just make sure they're on point thematically, work logically with the characters, and…
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Story Prep — Gender Bend A series to help prepare writers for next month’s Zero Draft Thirty writing challenge.
Great Scene: “North by Northwest” It was one of the scenes which inspired Hitchcock to make the movie.
Screenwriting 101: Lisa Joy “The most important one of the things about TV is it goes at such a pace that sometimes it can become predictable in some ways because you…
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Story Prep — Script Diary A series to help prepare writers for next month’s Zero Draft Thirty writing challenge.
What is the difference between Act One midpoint and Act One end? “Something happens. An event that precipitates a change in the Protagonist’s life circumstances.”
On Writing “When people talk, listen completely. Don’t be thinking what you’re going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe. You should…
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Story Prep — “What if…” A series to help prepare writers for next month’s Zero Draft Thirty writing challenge.
Interview (Video): Bong Joon-Ho An in-depth conversation with the writer-director of Mother, Okja, Snowpiercer, and Parasite.
Three Things About Screenplay Structure Do not let page count concerns stifle your creativity… or your story.
