A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 27 This is the 13th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up…
Is My Screenplay Big Enough to Be a Movie? This is a fundamental question screenwriters must ask themselves at all stages of a screenplay’s development and writing. Why? Because it’s…
5 Keys to the Screenwriting Craft Think Concepts. Watch Movies. Read Scripts. Write Pages. Live Life.
Great Scene: “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” Butch and Sundance return to the Hole in the Wall Gang… and a challenge.
Page One: “Let Me In” (2010) Screenplay by Matt Reeves, based on the screenplay “Låt den rätte komma in” by John Ajvide Lindqvist, novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 26 This is the 13th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up…
Spec Script Deal: “Below” Netflix acquires thriller spec script “Below” written by Gregory Weidman and Geoff Tock. Via Deadline:
Screenwriting 101: Joseph L. Makiewicz “Every screenwriter worthy of the name has already directed their film when they have written their script.”
Page One: “Les Misérables” (2012) Screenplay by William Nicholson & Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg & Herbert Kretzmer, based on: the original stage musical “Les…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 25 This is the 13th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up…
On Writing “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 24 This is the 13th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up…
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Luca” A week-long analysis of the Pixar family script and movie. Download. Read. Discuss.
Video: 10 Screenwriting Tips from Taika Waititi Interview with the screenwriter and director of Jojo Rabbit.
Page One: “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” (2019) Written by Joe Talbot & Rob Richert, story by Jimmie Fails & Joe Talbot
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 23 This is the 13th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up…
One of the most prominent themes is Transformation. We see this dynamic in several different ways and it is introduced quite early in the story when Alberto pulls Luca above the surface and…
I have this theory that there is something going on in terms of character archetypes in stories. The Protagonist represents a forward-moving dynamic, a character or characters most often driven by a conscious goal.
