To Write, Stop Thinking Think character. Think plot. Think theme. But when you sit down to write, don’t think… feel.
Interview (Part 5): 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 11 Think there’s nothing to introducing characters in a script? Think again!
Writing and the Creative Life: Your characters want you to tell their story Lean into your characters. After all, it’s their story.
Page One: “Monsters, Inc.” (2001) Screenplay by Andrew Stanton & Daniel Gerson, original story by Pete Docter & Jill Culto & Jeff Pidgeon & Ralph Eggleston
Interview (Part 4): 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 10 Think there’s nothing to introducing characters in a script? Think again!
The Business of Screenwriting: Trailer Moments, Set Pieces and Bits Of Business (BOBs) You may have read countless screenwriting books. Attended seminars. Taken courses. But I doubt if you have stumbled across these three…
Page One: “Moneyball” (2011) Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, story by Stan Chervin, book by Michael Lewis
The Protagonist’s Journey: Narrative Imperative An excerpt from my book The Protagonist’s Journey: An Introduction to Character-Driven Screenwriting and Storytelling.
Interview (Part 3): 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 9 Think there’s nothing to introducing characters in a script? Think again!
Page One: “Molly’s Game” (2017) Written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin, based on the book by Molly Bloom
Interview (Part 2): 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 8 Think there’s nothing to introducing characters in a script? Think again!
Screenwriting 101: Shane Black “The feeling of finishing the script, the first draft, was the high. Everything that followed — though of interest, and sometimes slightly…
Interview (Part 1): 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…
“You are writing the story of your life” The central theme of the invocation I delivered last Saturday to a graduating class of university students.
Character Introductions: Part 7 Think there’s nothing to introducing characters in a script? Think again!
On Writing “People say, I write for myself, and it sounds so awful and so narcissistic, but in a sense if you know how to read your own work — that…
Page One: “Missing” (1982) Screenplay by Costa-Gavras & Donald E. Stewart, based on the book “Missing” by Thomas Hauser
