Screenwriting “Hats”: Actor When we write a screenplay, I like to think of the process as one in which we wear several “hats”. Primarily, of course, we wear our Writer…
60 Second Screenwriter: Finding Your Voice A video series addressing key screenwriting concerns in one minute.
Great Scene: “All the President’s Men” Woodward meets Deep Throat for the first time. Deep Throat’s advice? “Follow the money.”
Screenwriting “Hats”: Director When we write a screenplay, I like to think of the process as one in which we wear several “hats”. Primarily, of course, we wear our Writer…
60 Second Screenwriter: What are some tips on rewriting a script? A video series addressing key screenwriting concerns in one minute.
Screenwriting 101: Jen Bailey On character development: “I’ll monologue as the character in the shower or the car when I’m by myself. It’s something that I do when I…
60 Second Screenwriter: What makes a great beginning of a script? A video series addressing key screenwriting concerns in sixty seconds.
On Writing “Who will teach me to write? a reader wanted to know. The page, the page, the blankness of eternity which you cover slowly, affirming…
Sundays with Sidney Lumet’s “Making Movies” A weekly series featuring reflections on filmmaking by one of the truly great movie directors.
Go Into The Story Interview: Laura Kosann My interview with the writer who not only was named a 2021 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting recipient, but also had two scripts make…
Character Introductions: 12 Part Series Everything you need to know about the subject… and probably more.
Interview (Written): Cooper Raiff Writer, director, and lead actor in the excellent film Cha Cha Real Smooth.
Page One: “Motherless Brooklyn” (2019) Written for the screen by Edward Norton, from the novel by Jonathan Lethem
Story Type: Buddy Picture In Hollywood movie circles, there are genres like Horror or Science Fiction, cross genres like Action-Thriller or Drama-Comedy, and…
Interview (Part 6): Laura Kosann My interview with the writer who not only was named a 2021 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting recipient, but also had two scripts make…
Character Introductions: Part 12 Think there’s nothing to introducing characters in a script? Think again!
Interview (Video): Jack Epps, Jr. A conversation with the co-writer of the original Top Gun movie and other hit movies including The Secret of My Success and Turner &…
