Writing and the Creative Life: Dark Places “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
“When you make a movie, always try to discover what the theme of the movie is in one or two words. — Francis Ford Coppola
2021 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 4 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script Analysis: ‘Palm Springs’ — Part 4: Themes Read the script for this indie comedy starring Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, and J.K. Simmons.
The Business of Screenwriting: Who does what in a writer-representative relationship? Let’s assume you get a manager and/or agent to represent you. Then what? What are their responsibilities as a representative? What are…
Rather than getting into an analysis of the characters relative to their respective archetypes (the… It's not like Nyles is a remarkably different character. Indeed, he feels like a first cousin to Phil in Groundhog Day. Cocky, smarmy…
2021 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 3 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script Analysis: ‘Palm Springs’ — Part 3: Characters Read the script for this indie comedy starring Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, and J.K. Simmons.
Tweetstorm: Bryan Edward Hill on a Key to Writing Genre Stories Advice on writing genre scripts from author, screenwriter, musician, comic book writer, and graphic designer.
In many respects, the plot of Palm Springs echoes that of Groundhog Day: Character(s) stuck in an… There is a key difference in how the plot lays out, but it's completely tied to the characters, and I'll get into that in tomorrow's…
2021 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 2 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script Analysis: ‘Palm Springs’ — Part 2: Plot Read the script for this indie comedy starring Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, and J.K. Simmons.
Screenwriting 101: Aaron Tracy “I once had a playwriting teacher who told a fun story about character. She said the director of Midnight Cowboy simply decided that Jon…
Groundhog Day. How do these projects keep getting produced if they have pretty much the same central conceit? The Edge of Tomorrow is science fiction and…
2021 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 1 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script Analysis: ‘Palm Springs’ — Part 1: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Read the script for this indie comedy starring Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, and J.K. Simmons.
On Writing “All of these declarations of what writing ought to be, which I had myself — though, thank God I had never committed them to paper — I…
Page One: ‘Cloud Atlas’ (2012) Written for the screen by Lana Wachowski & Tom Tykwer & Lilly Wachowski, novel by David Mitchell
