Script Analysis: “Nightcrawler” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
On Writing “Listen, Stephen King used to write in the washroom of his trailer after his kids went to sleep. Harlan Ellison wrote in the stall of a…
2021 Spec Script Market Analysis Comprehensive analysis of all the reported spec script deals in 2021.
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “The Tomorrow War” A week-long analysis of the science fiction script and movie. Download. Read. Discuss.
Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. You can learn pretty much everything you need to know about screenwriting by doing these three things:
Video: Between the Lines 2022: Comedy Panel Conversation with writers from notable TV series including Superstore, Reservation Dogs, Only Murders in the Building, Dave, The Great, and…
2021 Spec Script Deals Analysis: First-Timers We continue our week-long analysis of spec script deals in 2021. Today: Writers who broke in by selling a spec script.
Script Analysis: “The Tomorrow War” — Part 6: Takeaways A week-long analysis of the science fiction script and movie. Download. Read. Discuss.
Video: Between the Lines 2022: Episodic Drama Panel Conversation with writers from notable TV series including The Morning Show, This Is Us, New Amsterdam, 1883, and The Handmaid’s Tale.
As much as I may be tempted to highlight, “SPRAY AND PRAY,” or the more inspirational, “Be willing… MURI (CONT’D)
My theory is that good stories have multiple themes. In The Tomorrow War, here are some of the key themes:
I have this theory that there is something going on in terms of character archetypes in stories. The Protagonist represents a forward-moving dynamic, a character or characters most often driven by a conscious goal.
In many respects, the plot structure for The Tomorrow War echoes the tripartite structure of The… Separation. Initiation. Return.
Spec Script Deals Analysis 2021: Top Sales Continuing our week long analysis of spec script deals from 2021, today we look at the biggest payoffs (at least as reported by various…
Script Analysis: “The Tomorrow War” — Part 5: Dialogue A week-long analysis of the science fiction script and movie. Download. Read. Discuss.
Screenplays are stories, not formulas William Goldman has famously written, “Screenplays are structure.” That is true in a tangible sense because at some point, a script becomes…
Writing and the Creative Life: Why Staring Into Space Is an Important Strategy for Success “In the shower we are simply staring into space, washing our hair on autopilot. We aren’t checking our messages or Twitter feed, or writing…
2021 Spec Script Deals Analysis: Agents & Managers We continue our week-long analysis of spec script deals in 2021. Today: Agents and Managers.
Script Analysis: “The Tomorrow War” — Part 4: Themes A week-long analysis of the science fiction script and movie. Download. Read. Discuss.
There is no right way to write Learn all you can, but ultimately it’s about your Stories and your Creative Self.
