Lennie, since Pages I is almost entirely an asynchronous class, participants can pretty much do… Good point about being a Medium subscriber. I hadn’t thought of that, but I tell you what: I believe the annual subscription rate at Medium…
Thanks for the link. I read your article. Well written. And in general I agree with your takeaways. However, I always caution writers who are not yet working in…
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge! One month. Fade In. Fade Out. Write an entire zero draft.
Interview (Part 2): Tara Tomicevic My interview with 2021 Black List writer for her script “Thicker Than Ice.”
Reader Question: How do you know when your script is ready to send out? Tough question, especially for writers who may NEVER think a story is “done.”
Page One: “Cabaret” (1972) Screenplay by Jay Presson Allen, based on the play by John Van Druten, stories by Christopher Isherwood
You should enjoy today's Meg LeFauve (Screenwriting 101) post: "So the next step is I open a new document and do what I call a barf draft. I just puke it all out. I don’t stop. I don’t worry if it’s…
Pound Out That First Draft! Go from FADE IN to FADE OUT in my upcoming online writing workshop. Starts August 29!
Interview (Part 1): Tara Tomicevic My interview with 2021 Black List writer for her script “Thicker Than Ice.”
How to Decide Which Story to Write Are you trying to figure out which of one or more stories to write next?
Screenwriting 101: Meg LeFauve “I just open a document and start brain dumping anything I can think of, all my questions, all my inspiration, all my ideas. Then I go back…
Jeff, so great to hear from you! Consider how much joy you’ve experienced in your writing. Cannot quantify the personal value of those moments of creative inspiration.
This tweestorm by screenwriter Justin Marks is about as good a thing on this very subject as I've… https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/tweetstorm-justin-marks-on-exposition-26caf4ad2d6b
Michelle, I highly recommend A Year With Rilke. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-year-with-rilke-anita-barrowsjoanna-macy?variant=32207475572770
How to Break Into the Film Industry Without Any Connections The screenwriters of the smash hit movie A Quiet Place share the ins and outs of their journey to Hollywood.
Go Into The Story Interview: Murder Ink My interview with Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage, the writing team behind the 2021 Black List script “Homecoming.”
Why You Should Write Three Pages of Garbage Every Morning “Freewriting forces you to keep moving forward, keep creating, without a thought given to quality.”
On Writing “I think humans are the most interesting thing I know about. They’re inexhaustibly interesting. And I think one of the great beauties of…
Sundays with Sidney Lumet’s “Making Movies” A weekly series featuring reflections on filmmaking by one of the truly great movie directors.
Interview (Part 6): Murder Ink My interview with Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage, the writing team behind the 2021 Black List script “Homecoming.”
Great scene: “The Usual Suspects” The ‘big twist!’ Is there any movie ending more satisfying than a scene sequence where you realize the writer has totally played you, set…
Interview: Alli Haapasalo A conversation with the director of Girl Picture, winner of the Audience Award for World Dramatic Competition at the 2022 Sundance Film…
