Script Analysis: “Jojo Rabbit” — Part 3: Characters Read the script for the award-winning film and analyze all week.
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 2 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Page One: ‘ Men in Black’ (1997) Screenplay by Ed Solomon, screen story by Ed Solomon, comic by Lowell Cunningham
The plot follows a four-act structure: Act One: The setup capped off by Jojo learning Elsa is living in his attic.
This and Parasite are my two favorite movies in 2019. For everything that goes on in the movie, it is at its emotional core a story of dehumanization --> humanization. Jojo begins a victim of…
2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 1 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script Analysis: “Jojo Rabbit” — Part 2: Plot Read the script for the award-winning film and analyze all week.
Screenwriting 101: Arash Amel “I am a great believer in the psychology of character in screenplay. I think that almost any story becomes a visual enactment of the…
Page One: ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’ (2001) Screenplay by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson, novel by J.R.R. Tolkien
Go Into The Story — Returns! Some changes… some questions… but still committed to providing resources for screenwriters and to promote the craft of screenwriting.
Script Analysis: ‘JoJo Rabbit’ — Part 1: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Read the script for the award-winning film and analyze all week.
On Writing “Stop NOT writing. Just do it, badly. Just write the thing you need or want to write, that you are avoiding. That avoidance is costing you…
Screenwriting Back to Basics, Day 5: Reader Identification Tap into the Protagonist’s qualities which a reader can connect with.
Screenwriting Back to Basics, Day 4: Character = Function Every character in a screenplay has to be there for a reason. That is their narrative function, who they are and what they do tied to the…
Sharon, hard to say without knowing specifics. In general, it's always advisable to finish what you start... even if it's similar to a preexisting project.
Screenwriting Back to Basics, Day 3: Plot Emerges From Character No matter what paradigm or theory you use to craft your screenplay’s plot, the single most important thing you can do is this: Start with…
Spec Script Deal: “Mother Land” Lionsgate acquires horror spec script “Mother Land” written by Kevin Coughlin and Ryan Grassby. Via Deadline:
Writing and the Creative Life: Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling (Part 4) What Is / What Could Be / What Is / What Could Be / What Is…
Screenwriting Back to Basics, Day 2: The Protagonist’s Arc Transformation lies at the heart of the Hero’s Journey.
The Business of Screenwriting: Someday someone WILL beat you to the punch If you traffic in high concept stories, chances are you’ll confront this scenario.
