Writing and the Creative Life: The Creative Personality Creative Personality as comprised of 10 dichotomies. How many do you have?
Page One: ‘Black Swan’ (2010) Screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin, story by Andres Heinz
The Business of Screenwriting: How to Respond When Taking Script Notes “It doesn’t matter whether you love the suggestion, hate it, or don’t know. Always give this same response.”
Page One: ‘Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)’ (2014) Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu & Nicolás Giacobone & Alexander Dinelaris & Armando Bo
Rewrite Strategy: The Protagonist Pass “It’s where the writer reviews their current script and revisits the single most important character in the story.”
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 30 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
The Inward Path of the Protagonist’s Journey Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell remind us that the outer journey of the hero is about the inner journey into the Self.
Screenwriting 101: David Turpin “I’m quite simple‑minded, and I tend to begin in quite a simple way. I start at the beginning and I write until the end, in sequence. At…
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 29 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Character = Function Learn all about five primary character archetypes: Protagonist, Nemesis, Attractor, Mentor, and Trickster.
020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 28 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
On Writing “One of the vital things for a writer who’s writing a book, which is a lengthy project and is going to take about a year, is how to keep…
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 27 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Great Scene: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” Many of the best movie scenes are payoffs to plot elements that have been set up earlier in the story. Often the set-up and payoff…
60 Second Screenwriter: Let’s talk story structure A new video series addressing key screenwriting concerns in one minute.
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 26 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Interview: Christopher McQuarrie A two-hour master class with the Academy Award winning screenwriter, director, and producer.
Writing and the Creative Life: Possibility Thinking, Practicality Thinking The singular importance of a story idea.
