Screenwriting 101: David Lynch “The world to me is a mixture of the two. Intuition is thought and feeling working together. You intuit things in life, right? The language…
Tweetstorm: F. Scott Frazier on Writing Action Set-Pieces A series of tweets delving into what goes into crafting action scenarios.
On Writing “I don’t know of a greater privilege than being allowed to tell a story, except perhaps to listen to one.”
The Business of Screenwriting: Celebrate your victories Based on my experiences as a screenwriter in Hollywood, there are many things I can advise you to do that are not particularly enjoyable…
Screenwriting 101: David Lynch “It’s a simple thing… If you want to make a feature film, you get ideas for 70 scenes. Put them on 3-by-5 cards. As soon as you have 70…
Go Into The Story Interview: David Rabinowitz and Charlie Wachtel My in-depth interview with the co-writers of the movie BlacKkKlansman.
Tweetstorm: Monica Beletsky on Establishing POV in a Pilot Script “Whose POV are we in? Why do we care? Whose journey are we on?”
Screenwriting 101: Baz Luhrmann “Packing the house was the primary and foremost concern for Shakespeare.”
The Business of Screenwriting: Bidding War They don’t happen in Hollywood as often as they used to … but a hot spec script can still generate interest with multiple buyers.
On Writing “Since ‘Huckleberry Finn,’ or thereabouts, it seemed that all American literature was about the alienated hero.”
2015 Go Into The Story Screenwriters Roundtable A conversation with Jessica Bendinger, Lindsay Devlin, Stephany Folsom, Liz W. Garcia, Julia Hart, and Lisa Joy.
Page One: “The Zone of Interest” (2023) Written by Jonathan Glazer, based on the novel by Martin Amis
Screenwriting 101: Ernst Lubitsch “It is the task of the screenwriter to invent little pieces of business that are so characteristic and give so deep an insight into his…
2012 Go Into The Story Screenwriters Roundtable A conversation with Chris Borrelli, F. Scott Frazier, Chris McCoy, Justin Rhodes, Greg Russo, John Swetnam
On Writing “If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.”
Page One: “Zebra Girl” (2021) Screenplay by Derek Ahonen, screen story by Sarah Roy and Stephanie Zari, play by Derek Ahonen
Page One: “Zathura: A Space Adventure” (2005) Screenplay by David Koepp & John Kamps, book by Chris Van Allsburg
Screenwriting 101: John Logan “Very early in my career, something clicked for me. I remember writing the line in Gladiator, ‘Are you not entertained?’ that Maximus says…
