The Business of Screenwriting: What to do if your movie sucks “I don’t care how expensive your shrink is or how good they are, when confronted with a story — your story — as a movie and it both sucks…
2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 2 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Interview (Part 3): Karin delaPeña Collison My interview with the 2021 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Script Analysis: ‘Rocketman’ — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Great Scene: “A Quiet Place” In a brief respite from the monster’s violence, Evelyn and Lee confront the pain of the past as it exists in the present… and their…
2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 1 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Interview (Part 2): Karin delaPeña Collison My interview with the 2021 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Script Analysis: “Promising Young Woman” —Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Screenwriting 101: Terrence Rattigan “The screenplay is the child not only of its mother, the silent film, but also of its father, the drama.”
Page One: “The Hunt for Red October” (1990) Screenplay by Larry Ferguson and Donald E. Stewart, novel by Tom Clancy
Sydney, first off, kudos to your professor because I share their passion for character-driven… In that regard, here is the definition of story that I came up with: A character we care about confronts complex challenges created by a…
Michael, “avoid boring prose” is a good rule of thumb. But yes, overuse is a potential danger. And so much of scene description should be tied to the writer’s choice of Narrative Voice.
Ria, I tell my students much the same thing: First draft, write it however it comes out. Thanks for your feedback and best of luck with your writing!
Gabriel, Actually, one of the articles I quote is my own interview with Robin Swicord. If this particular piece didn’t inspire you, there are 30K+…
Interview (Part 1): Karin delaPeña Collison My interview with the 2021 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Script Analysis: “Prisoners” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
On Writing “One of my all-time favorite jazz pianists is Thelonious Monk. Once, when someone asked him how he managed to get a certain special sound…
Page One: “Hudson Hawk” (1991) Screenplay by Steven E. de Souzaand Daniel Waters, story by Bruce Willis & Robert Kraft
Sundays with Sidney Lumet’s “Making Movies” A weekly series featuring reflections on filmmaking by one of the truly great movie directors.
