Honestly, I think with streaming services and the continued internationalization of the film and TV… That said, it is interesting how movies evolved from single-reel films to double-reel films and so on to eventually land on two hours as…
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 19 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Reader Question: Is it useful to read a bad script to see what not to do? Can we learn something from slogging through bad screenplays?
Interview: Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson A conversation with the screenwriters of Bill and Ted Face the Music.
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 18 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Reader Question: Is a character’s transformation dictated by events or reactions to them? “Change is not just what goes on inside a character, nor just what happens in the plot. It’s both. They are inextricably linked.”
The Business of Screenwriting: The Power of “No” In the event you break into the business as a screenwriter, you need to be prepared to say this word: “No.”
Page One: ‘Aliens’ (1986) Screenplay byJames Cameron, story by James Cameron and David Giler & Walter Hill, based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald…
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 17 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Reader Question: What to do with a 70 page screenplay? Is the story ‘done’ or can it be mined for additional content?
The Business of Screenwriting: The Path of Least Resistance There is no right way to write. No correct way to approach your career as a writer. No single secret to success. You can take some of the…
60 Second Screenwriter: What makes a great beginning of a script? A new video series addressing key screenwriting concerns in sixty seconds.
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 16 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Movies You Made: “Oh, Baby!” An award-winning live-action and stop-motion animation short film that you simply must see!
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 15 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Screenwriting 101: Michael Arndt On Tuesday, May 23, 2000, at 4:27 p.m., I sat down to write LMS [Little Miss Sunshine]. I wrote twelve pages the first day, thirty-seven…
Page One: ‘A Quiet Place’ (2018) Screenplay by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck and John Krasinski, story by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 14 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Reader Question: How do you handle songs in a screenplay? Does including the title of a specific recorded song mark you as an amateur?
On Writing “One of the main elements of creating suspense is making the reader understand what’s at stake. The bigger the stakes for the characters…
