Scott Myers

Page One: “Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles” (1994)

Screenplay by Anne Rice, novel by Anne Rice

Interview (Part 4): Brian Arnold

My interview with 2021 Black List writer for his script In the End.

2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 17

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Script Analysis: “Trainwreck” — Scene By Scene Breakdown

Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:

The Business of Screenwriting: If you write a great script…

…Hollywood will find you.

Page One: “Insomnia” (2002)

screenplay by Hillary Seitz, 1997 screenplay by Nikolaj Frobenius and Erik Skjoldbjærg

Interview (Part 3): Brian Arnold

My interview with 2021 Black List writer for his script In the End.

2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 16

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Script Analysis: “Toy Story 4” — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown

Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:

So-Called Screenwriting ‘Rules’: Don’t use “we see” or “we hear”

There are conventions. There are expectations. There are patterns. But the simple fact is… THERE ARE NO SCREENWRITING RULES!

Page One: “Inside Llewyn Davis” (2013)

Written by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Interview (Part 2): Brian Arnold

My interview with 2021 Black List writer for his script In the End.

2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 15

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Script Analysis: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” — Scene By Scene Breakdown

Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:

Screenwriting 101: Haley Bartels

“I come from a prose background. I love language. I love finding the perfect verb, the punchiest verb that doesn’t just tell you what’s…

Page One: “Inherent Vice” (2014)

Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon

Interview (Part 1): Brian Arnold

My interview with 2021 Black List writer for his script In the End.

2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 14

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Script Analysis: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” —Scene-By-Scene Breakdown

Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:

On Writing

“Good writing is whatever you can get away with."

Page One: “Inglourious Basterds” (2009)

Written by Quentin Tarantino

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 13

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

The Power of Emotional Storytelling

“If I’m gonna dole out $20, I want to be transported.”

Video: 10 Screenwriting and Filmmaking Tips from Akira Kurosawa

The famed filmmaker share insights into the creative process.