2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 22 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Spec Script Deal: “Fantasy Camp” Occasionally, a writer will contact me about a spec script deal which took place in the past and is not included in my files. Here is a…
Screenwriting 101: Guillermo del Toro “If you’re not operating on an instinctive level, you’re not an artist. Reason over emotion is bullshit, absolute bullshit. We suffocate…
Page One: “The Italian Job” (2003) Screenplay by Donna Powers & Wayne Powers, 1969 screenplay by Troy Kennedy-Martin
2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 21 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Spec Script Deal: “Day Drinker” 30West acquires supernatural thriller spec script “Day Drinker” written by Zach Dean. Via Deadline:
On Writing “I’ve never written a book, except my first, without at some point considering that I might die before it was completed. This is all part…
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 20 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Video: 20 Screenwriting Tips from Aaron Sorkin The acclaimed screenwriter of A Few Good Men, Malice, The American President, The Social Network, Moneyball, Steve Jobs, Sports Night, The…
2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 19 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Great Scene: “Fight Club” One of the most effective ways to begin a script is to start at the ending. And one of the best scenes that opens with the ending is in the…
Granted, “enter late” isn’t new, but sure feels like a prominent tactic in today’s storytelling… https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/rod-serling-on-writing-b9654bfd3783
2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 18 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script Analysis: “The Trial of the Chicago 7 —Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Writing and the Creative Life: Writing as Pilgrimage I am a pilgrim and a stranger Traveling through this wearisome land I’ve got a home in that yonder city, good Lord And it’s not, not…