On Writing “When I lace my boots, before stepping out for my walk, I’m entering a ritual. I’m mindful of the notepaper and the small yellow pencil in…
Sundays with Stephen King’s “On Writing” A series featuring reflections on writing from the famed author’s memoir.
Script Analysis: “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” —Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 7(B): Beauty, Magnitude and Order As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…
Video: 20 Writing and Screenwriting Tips from Stephen King Advice from the noted author whose writing movie credits include Carrie, The Green Mile, and The Shawshank Redemption.
Update: 2021–2022 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 2 New Scripts, 10 Total It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.
Script Analysis: “Barney’s View” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 7(A): Beginning, Middle, End As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…
Interview (Video): Steven Spielberg A rare 1982 interview with the filmmaker of Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Page One: “Brokeback Mountain” (2005) Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, short story by Annie Proulx
Tweetstorm: Selwyn Seyfu Hinds on the Ups and Downs of a Hollywood Writer “One of my favorite songs is by Donnie McClurkin: ‘We fall down but we get up.’ We ‘fail.’ We fall. We get up. In life, & in this madcap…
Script Analysis: “Avengers: Endgame” —Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 6(G): Spectacle Sixth As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…
Writing and the Creative Life: “Come to the edge” Going beyond the edge of the Old World into the New World can be a terrifying experience, but a necessary one for the transformation…
Patty, I tend to look at “fate” a bit differently in terms of the story-crafting process. Why does this story have to happen to this character at this time?
Tweetstorm: Ed Zwick on Screenwriting “Periods of great creativity are often punctuated by barren stretches. The worst thing is to stop writing. Keep plugging away: it may be…
Script Analysis: “The Artist” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 6(F): Diction Fourth, Song Fifth As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…
Update: 2021–2022 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 2 New Scripts, 8 Total It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.
Script Analysis: “Arrival” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
