2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 7 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity
Script Analysis: ‘Rocketman’ — Part 1: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Read the script for the award-winning film and analyze it all week.
On Writing “My internal life as a writer has been a constant battle with the small, whispering voice (well, sometimes it shouts) that tells me I can’t…
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 6 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: ‘Jojo Rabbit’ The entire 6 part series delving into the award-winning film.
Inside the Nigerian Filmmaking Collective Endorsed by J.J. Abrams and Franklin Leonard This is just an awesome story and includes my Q&A with this talented group of young filmmakers.
Page One: ‘Pineapple Express’ (2008) Screenplay by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg, story by Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg
Here's my biggest takeaway on this movie which I completely adore: Don't ever think a story idea is… Oh, and I love the Denouement which I've probably watched 50 times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfL5V3WHhqM
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 5 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script Analysis: “Jojo Rabbit” — Part 6: Takeaways Read the script for the award-winning film and analyze all week.
Page One: ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ (1962) Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson, writings by T.E. Lawrence.
There are so many great sides of dialogue and exchanges in this script, but I'll zero in on two… Elsa Korr: You're not a Nazi, Jojo. You're a ten-year-old kid who likes dressing up in a funny uniform and wants to be part of a club.
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 4 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script Analysis: “Jojo Rabbit” — Part 5: Dialogue Read the script for the award-winning film and analyze all week.
Writing and the Creative Life: Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling (Part 5) “We like to be engaged and entertained by what transpires in the plot, but more important we want to find meaning in the characters’…
Using the primary character archetypes, let's see what we come up with for Jojo Rabbit. Protagonist: Jojo
I view the story's central theme to be this: Jojo moves from an anti-semitic point-of-view to one… I - It ---> I - You
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 3 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script Analysis: “Jojo Rabbit” — Part 4: Themes Read the script for the award-winning film and analyze all week.
The Business of Screenwriting: Sweepstakes Pitching, Prewrites and One-Step Deals “You need to prepare yourself for all aspects of the craft, good and bad. That said writers have been dealing with things like this in one…
Page One: ‘Three Days of the Condor’ (1975) Screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel, novel by James Grady
