First off, congratulations on your writing success. As your comments suggest, established working screenwriters don’t have to worry about this. Great! Indeed, maybe that attitude is drifting…
Character Development Keys Starting March 1, my 1-week online class not only immerses you in five key archetypes, you also use them to workshop one of your stories.
Interview (Part 1): James Acker My interview with the 2020 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
On Writing “I think it’s important to talk about the reality of being a writer. The glossy author photos don’t really speak to that. To the…
Rose, you cap off a week's worth of great analysis with an excellent one. As you note, viewers have expectations, so going *against* convention can actually contribute to the entertainment value of the story by…
Update: 2020–2021 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 1 New Script, 40 Total It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Antebellum” The entire 6 part series on the horror mystery from the producer of ‘Get Out.’
THR Screenwriter Roundtable A conversation with Radha Blank, Emerald Fennell, Sam Levinson, Kemp Powers, and Aaron Sorkin.
Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Unplug your Internet! And if you don’t have the self-control to do it, I’ve got a tip for you!
Script Analysis: ‘Antebellum’ — Part 6: Takeaways Read the script for this horror mystery from the producer of ‘Get Out.’
Yes, it is a story. As far as breaking in, I knew one person with a connection to Hollywood, the guy to whom I said, “I can do that.”
Paul, glad you will join us. I’ll be working on doing a polish of my book with a March 31 deadline to deliver the first draft of my manuscript.
Nice catch, Rose. I picked up on this line from Sarah: "The unresolved past can certainly wreak havoc on the present. " That echoes the William Faulkner…
Once again, Rose, you've done an excellent job with your analysis. As far as that TED Talk quote, that has strong echoes of Carl Jung. Indeed, Veronica has her own heroine's journey and discovers she has…
Script Analysis: ‘Antebellum’ — Part 5: Dialogue Read the script for this horror mystery from the producer of ‘Get Out.’
Spec Script Deal: ‘Wine & Crime’ Lionsgate acquires comedy spec script ‘Wine & Crime’ written by Cassie Daniels, Mark Bartosic and Beth Behrs. Via Deadline:
Tweetstorm: Monica Beletsky on How to Be a Star on a TV Writing Staff “If you want to be valued, highly, hone the two areas of pitching and page.”
Script Analysis: ‘Antebellum’ — Part 4: Themes Read the script for this horror mystery from the producer of ‘Get Out.’
The Business of Screenwriting: “God gave you two ears and one mouth for a reason” I’m at lunch with our agents in Beverly Hills. It’s February, 1987. The deal where Universal Pictures bought our spec script K-9 is…
