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…
Spec Script Deal: “Wayland” Lionsgate acquires drama thriller spec script “Wayland” written by Simon Kinberg. Via Deadline:
Great Scene: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” Many of the best movie scenes are payoffs to plot elements that have been set up earlier in the story. Often the set-up and payoff involves…
Screenwriting 101: Billy Wilder “Make it clear to them, but don’t spell it out like the audience are just a bunch of idiots. Just aim it slightly above their station and…
Page One: “An Affair to Remember” (1957) Screenplay by Delmer Daves and Leo McCarey, story by Leo McCarey and Mildred Cram
The scene description is a great example of narrative voice. https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/narrative-voice-f0601fd4b65b
Don’t stand in water where you should be fishing I use fishing as a metaphor for one’s approach to screenwriting. Seriously.
So-Called Screenwriting Rule: Do not use ‘we see / we hear’ The narrative form we call a screenplay is an organic entity, changing radically over the years. As we have discussed, during the era of…
On Writing “It’s that being open, not scratching for it, not digging for it, not constructing something, but being open to the situation and trusting…
Page One: “American Psycho” (2000) Screenplay by Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner, novel by Bret Easton Ellis
Sundays with Stephen King’s “On Writing” A series featuring reflections on writing from the famed author’s memoir.
The Theology of Cinema: Righteousness “If we take this concept and consider it in a secular manner, we see it is a common theme in movies: whenever one or more characters does…
Spec Script Deal: “No Way in Hell” One Community and Gunpowder & Sky option action thriller spec script written by Chase Millsap and Charley Dane. Via Deadline:
Superheroes: Genre or Medium? A 90-minute roundtable with writers from several superhero film and television projects.
60 Second Screenwriter: How to come up with story ideas? A video series addressing key screenwriting concerns in one minute.
The Incurable Disease of Writing “In psychological terms, it seems that drive is more important than talent in producing creative work.”
