Interview (Part 5): Vanar Jaddou My interview with the 2020 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
The Incurable Disease of Writing “In psychological terms, it seems that drive is more important than talent in producing creative work.”
2020 Spec Script Deals Analysis: Agents & Managers We continue our week-long analysis of spec script deals in 2020. Today: Agents and Managers.
Interview (Part 4): Vanar Jaddou My interview with the 2020 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
The Business of Screenwriting: Do you know your stuff? It’s one thing to write a script. It’s another thing to understand the craft.
2020 Spec Script Sales Analysis: Buyers Yesterday, we looked at 2020 spec script deals by genre. Today, we break down the numbers per major studios, mini-majors, subsidiaries…
Interview (Part 3): Vanar Jaddou My interview with the 2020 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Update: 2020–2021 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 4 New Scripts, 39 Total It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.
2020 Spec Script Deals Analysis: Genres By my count, Hollywood studios, production companies, and financiers acquired 25 spec scripts in 2020. During this week, I’ll be breaking…
Interview (Part 2): Vanar Jaddou My interview with the 2020 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Screenwriting 101: Stirling Silliphant “I believe there is a certain preparation the writer should make before he goes each morning or afternoon or evening to his computer or…
2020 Spec Script Market Analysis Every year since I launched the blog in 2008, I do a week-long analysis of the recent year in terms of spec script deals. This week, we…
Interview (Part 1): Vanar Jaddou My interview with the 2020 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
On Writing “Above all, give us characters we will carry with us after meeting them. Give us people we will remember as if they were real. The books…
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Sound of Metal” The entire 6 part series delving into the award-winning drama set in the world heavy metal music.
Spec Script Deal: “Void” Netflix acquires science fiction spec script “Void” written by Chris Borrelli. Via Deadline:
Page One: ‘Batman Begins’ (2005) Screenplay by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer, story by David S. Goyer, characters by Bob Kane
Takeaways for screenwriters: -- As one of my DePaul film colleagues puts it, "Scripts are actor bait." This is especially critical for lower budget films because…
60 Second Screenwriter: Should I make a short film? A video series addressing key screenwriting concerns in sixty seconds.
