2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 31 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
The Business of Screenwriting: It’s not just about the script Yes, you should focus on your spec script, but there’s much more to learn.
Page One: “The Jerk” (1979) Screenplay by Steve Martin & Carl Gottlieb & Michael Elias, story by Steve Martin & Carl Gottlieb
2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 30 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script Analysis: “The Wolf of Wall Street” —Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Page One: “Jeremiah Johnson” (1972) Screenplay by John Milius and Edward Anhalt, story “Crow Killer” by Raymond W. Thorp and Robert Bunker, novel by Vardis Fisher
2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 29 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Screenwriting 101: Bruce Joel Rubin “The film [Jacob’s Ladder] was beginning to feel shallow, stagnant. I felt trapped. Something was missing. For nearly three days I stopped…
2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 28 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
On Writing “We are a people who are massaged by fictions; we grow up in a sea of narratives and myths, the perpetual invention of stories.… Your…
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.
2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 27 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
More Writing Time by Organizing Work Time Five tips to work smarter and create more time for your writing life.
Video: 10 Screenwriting Tips from Best Screenplay Oscar Nominees 2022 Another compilation from Outstanding Screenplays.
Julian, I don't think it's fair to refer to as "pilferage" in this respect: Hollywood writers… No one puts a gun to our head forcing us to sell a literary produce we've written. We could choose to retain IP ownership, then go off and…