Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Create an argument Let’s say you’re stuck writing a flat scene. No matter how you’ve approached it, the scene just lays there.
Screenwriting 101: Chris McCoy “Normally, your first scripts are there to establish what your voice is, what you actually want to write and what you want to bring to the…
On Writing “Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. It’s all about taking in as much of what’s out there as you can, and not letting the…
Page One: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ (1946) Screenplay by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett and Frank Capra, additional scenes by Jo Swerling, story by Philip Van Doren Stern
Spec Script Deal: “The Princess” Hulu acquires action spec script “The Princess” written by Ben Lustig and Jake Thornton. Via Deadline:
Page One: ‘The Iron Giant’ (1999) Screenplay by Tim McCanlies, screen story by Brad Bird, based on the book “The Iron Man” by Ted Hughes
Thanks for your thoughts, Frank. Writing in the AM before you get locked into left brain activity - sounds like a good idea.
Is the key to creativity “unlearning”? What if everything we have learned in our lives has actually diminished our creativity?
What makes a movie a big budget and a small budget? There are critical choices a writer can make at the script stage which directly influence a project’s budget… and its potential viability…
Spec Script Deal: “Ruby” Amazon Studios acquires action spec script “Ruby” written by Kat Wood. Via Deadline:
Page One: ‘Inside Out’ (2015) Screenplay by Pete Docter & Meg LeFauve & Josh Cooley, story by Pete Docter & Ronnie Del Carmen
Is My Screenplay Big Enough to Be a Movie? This is a fundamental question screenwriters must ask themselves at all stages of a screenplay’s development and writing. Why? Because…
The Curse of Shiny Object Syndrome “It’s not quite ADD/ADHD. It’s more that a new idea captures your imagination and attention in such a way that you get distracted from the…
Page One: ‘His Girl Friday’ (1940) Screen play by Charles Lederer, from the play “The Front Page” by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Page One: ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ (2014) Screenplay by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness, story by Wes Anderson, inspired by the writings of Stefan Zweig
Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Adopt a Different Writing Persona This is a first in this humble blog’s history: Another Dumb Little Writing Trick That Work, only this one isn’t my idea, but from some…
Page One: ‘The Godfather’ (1972) Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola novel by Mario Puzo
