A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 18 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…
Script Analysis: “Luca” — Part 1: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown A week-long analysis of the 2021 Pixar movie.
On Writing “Finding the courage to write does not involve erasing or ‘conquering’ one’s fears. Working writers aren’t those who have eliminated their…
Sundays with Sidney Lumet’s “Making Movies” A weekly series featuring reflections on filmmaking by one of the truly great movie directors.
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 17 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 with…
Go Into The Story Interview: Michael Ballin and Thomas Aguilar My interview with 2021 Black List writers.
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 16 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…
Interview (Part 6): Michael Ballin and Thomas Aguilar My interview with 2021 Black List writer for their script The College Dropout.
Great Scene: “As Good As It Gets” Melvin and Carol take a pre-dawn walk leading to a compliment, a kiss … and another kiss.
Interview (Audio): Aaron Sorkin A BBC Radio conversation with the screenwriter of such movies as A Few Good Men, Moneyball and The Social Network.
Page One: “Kung Fu Panda” (2008) Screenplay by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, story by Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 15 This is the 13th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work my…
Interview (Part 5): Michael Ballin and Thomas Aguilar My interview with 2021 Black List writer for their script The College Dropout.
Writing and the Creative Life: Look… don’t overlook As writers in order for us to have any hope of securing a meaningful degree of understanding of a story universe and its characters, we…
I think what Chris Vogler did with The Writer's Journey is impressive. I also think that some writers have misapplied what Chris wrote, as if it's some sort of structural code. To the point, where I've read…
Page One: “Kubo and the Two Strings” (2016) Screenplay by Marc Haimes and Chris Butler, story by Shannon Tindle and Marc Haimes
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 14 This is the 12th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work my…
Interview (Part 4): Michael Ballin and Thomas Aguilar My interview with 2021 Black List writer for their script The College Dropout.
Reflections on Carl Jung : Become Who You Are Carl Jung’s theory of individuation is directly applicable to the Protagonist’s journey in a screenplay.
The Business of Screenwriting: Selling Scripts and Shooting Scripts There are two key stages in the life of a screenplay: There is the selling script and the shooting script.
