More Writing Time by Organizing Work Time Five tips to work smarter and create more time for your writing life.
I'll go with the most obvious one: Injustice. In sum, the whole damn thing as perpetrated by The Powers That Be was unjust.
2021 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 18 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script Analysis: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ — Part 4: Themes Read the script written by Aaron Sorkin which won the Golden Globe and is nominated for the WGA and Academy Awards for Best Original…
The Business of Screenwriting: When you don’t get the gig We are seated in the expansive office of a top Hollywood director and we are having a great time. I mean a really great time. We talk about…
Yes, Aditya, this is a production draft (shooting script). https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/how-to-handle-blocks-of-scene-description-1a5d22da2f0c
To wrap up my thoughts, I suspect Sorkin would admit that this project is one of the trickiest… The two characters who come off as the most stereotypical are Mitchell and Judge Hoffman. They really are evil bastards and that's pretty…
Thanks for this take, Laura. With regard to the first two (Trial, Riots), as you point out, there is a clear line of demarcation: The Chicago 7 (plus Bobby Seale) are…
2021 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 17 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script Analysis: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ — Part 3: Characters Read the script written by Aaron Sorkin which won the Golden Globe and is nominated for the WGA and Academy Awards for Best Original…
Page One: ‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’ (2007) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood, book by Jean-Dominique Bauby
I watched the movie while reading the script. That means that the first 98 pages take about 70 minutes of movie time... while the last 62 pages take up about 55 minutes of movie time…
Laura, I agree: This is a traditional three-act structure. One interesting aspect of the script is how Sorkin manages time. He not only uses flashbacks to visualize court testimony - which opens up…
2021 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 16 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script Analysis: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ — Part 2: Plot Read the script written by Aaron Sorkin which won the Golden Globe and is nominated for the WGA and Academy Awards for Best Original…
Page One: ‘Disturbia’ (2007) Screenplay by Christopher Landon and Carl Ellsworth, story by Christopher Landon
2021 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 15 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script Analysis: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ — Part 1: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Read the script written by Aaron Sorkin which won the Golden Globe and is nominated for the WGA Award for Best Original Screenplay.
On Writing “Saying ‘write what you know’ limits us from the outset — we only ‘know’ a limited number of things, after all. I know the smell of…
