On Writing “Sometimes people say to me, ‘I want to write, but I have five kids, a full-time job, a wife who beats me, a tremendous debt to my…
Screenwriting 101: Scott Frank “The best writing is also subconscious where you don’t know that you’re doing it, and you don’t realize you’ve done it. That’s a few…
Dialogue-Writing Workshop My one-week online workshop focusing on writing dialogue begins September 22.
Page One: “Prey” (2022) Screenplay by Patrick Aison, story by Patrick Aison & Dan Trachtenberg, based on characters by Jim Thomas & John Thomas
Script Analysis: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
On Writing “A writer who has never explored words, who has never searched, seeded, sieved, sifted through his knowledge and memory, dictionaries…
Page One: “Predators” (2010) Written by Alex Litvak & Michael Finch, characters by Jim Thomas & John Thomas
Screenwriting 101: Scott Frank “What I do is read and re-read the book [he’s adapting], then read it again, only this time marking it out with thoughts as to what I want…
Go Into The Story Interview: Renee Pillai Renee Pillai wrote the original screenplay “Boy With Kite” which won a 2019 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. I had the opportunity to…
Page One: “The Predator” (2018) Written by Fred Dekker & Shane Black, based on characters created by Jim Thomas & John Thomas
Script Analysis: “Flight” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
On Writing “To gain your own voice, forget about having it heard. Become a saint of your own province and your own consciousness.”
Screenwriting 101: Joe Forte “There’s a phrase you hear in Hollywood: ‘It’s a movie.’ I didn’t really understand that phrase when I first came into the business. It’s…
Go Into The Story Interview: Wenonah Wilms Wenonah Wilms wrote the original screenplay “Horsehead Girls” which won a 2018 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. I had the opportunity…
Script Analysis: “Destroyer” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Go Into The Story Interview: Grace Sherman Grace Sherman wrote the original screenplay “Numbers and Words” which won a 2018 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. I had the opportunity…
What to do when you feel out of touch with your creative energy When a creative spark seems so very far, far… FAR… away…
Script Analysis: “The Invitation” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
