Update: 2020–2021 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 1 New Script, 24 Total It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.
Script Analysis: “I’m Your Woman” — Part 4: Themes Read the script for this gripping crime drama featuring a head-turning performance by ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ star Rachel Brosnahan.
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…
Here is the list of significant characters in the movie with my take on their respective archetype… Jean - Protagonist
Update: 2020–2021 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 1 New Script, 23 Total It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.
Script Analysis: “I’m Your Woman” — Part 3: Character Read the script for this gripping crime drama featuring a head-turning performance by ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ star Rachel Brosnahan.
Great Scene: “There Will Be Blood” The last scene of There Will Be Blood is one of the most gut-wrenching finales in recent film history. Written and directed by Paul Thomas…
Page One: ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ (2004) Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
Laura, thanks for hitting the high points of the story's plotine. It occurs to me: Is there a scene in which we do *NOT* see Jean? I would not be surprised if her character has a part in every scene. That…
Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Read your dialogue aloud This is truly one of the easiest things you can do to improve your dialogue writing: When you finish a draft of your script, read aloud…
Script Analysis: “I’m Your Woman” — Part 2: Plot Read the script for this gripping crime drama featuring a head-turning performance by ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ star Rachel Brosnahan.
Screenwriting 101: Paul Thomas Anderson “If I’ve ever had a theme in mind, usually that’s the worst. You feel yourself writing and there’s nothing worse than that, chasing after…
This is a really interesting script. I actually read the script after I saw the movie (it's on Amazon Prime and I recommend it) and I was interested to see how two dynamics…
60 Second Screenwriter: What is a ‘flashback?’ A video series addressing key screenwriting concerns in sixty seconds.
Script Analysis: ‘I’m Your Woman’ — Part 1: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Read the script for this gripping crime drama featuring a head-turning performance by ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ star Rachel Brosnahan.
On Writing “It’s a very mysterious thing — writing. It’s like acting: You can study techniques until you drop over on your face. Then there’s the X…
Page One: ‘Casablanca’ (1942) Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch, based on a play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison
Sundays with Ray Bradbury The entire series of articles featuring the writing wisdom of one of the truly great authors of our time.
Go Into The Story Interview: Beth Curry My interview with the 2020 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Spec Script Deal: “Delilah” Screen Gems acquires thriller spec script “Delilah” written by Harrison Query and Tommy Wallach. Via Deadline:
Interview (Part 6): Beth Curry My interview with the 2020 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Why You Should Write Three Pages of Garbage Every Morning “Freewriting forces you to keep moving forward, keep creating, without a thought given to quality.”
