Screenwriting 101: Christopher Nolan “Writing, for me, is a combination of objective and subjective approach. You take an objective approach at times to get you through things…
On Writing “I strongly believe that writing is an act of courage. It’s almost an act of physical courage. You get up and you have this great idea…
Spec Script Deal: “Fresh” Legendary Pictures acquires social thriller “Fresh” written by Lauryn Kahn. Via Deadline:
Spec Script Deal: “Sabine” Screen Gems acquires thriller spec script “Sabine” written by Gregg Hurwitz and Philip Eisner. Via Deadline:
No, that video clip is gone. Here's a different one with Mike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBv37KNvsWw&t=8s
On Writing “Please don’t entertain for a moment the utterly mistaken idea that there is no drudgery in writing. There is a great deal of drudgery in…
Scene Description Spotlight: “Titanic” Before Avatar went on to gross $2.72B worldwide, writer-director James Cameron created another movie phenomenon called Titanic (1997) which…
Character Introductions: Part 6 Think there’s nothing to introducing characters in a script? Think again!
Video: Master Class with David Lynch An hour-long October 2013 session with the filmmaker whose movie credits include Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive.
Daily Dialogue — June 28, 2020 Paul has ninety-seven cents. The fare just went up at midnight to one dollar and fifty cents.
Daily Dialogue theme next week: Fireworks Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 4,426 consecutive days and counting.
Interview (Video): Lawrence Kasdan The Season 10 episode of the PBS series “On Story” with the screenwriter of over a dozen movies including Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire…
Daily Dialogue — June 27, 2020 “If you were involved in that fight, get off the train now. Don’t make me come in there and pull you off.”
Character Introductions: Part 5 Think there’s nothing to introducing characters in a script? Think again!
Writing and the Creative Life: Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling (Part 3) “Every storytelling exercise should begin by asking: Who is my audience and what is the message I want to share with them? Each decision…
Daily Dialogue — June 26, 2020 It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood A beautiful day for a neighbor Would you be mine? Could you be mine?
How They Write A Script: Paul Schrader In a previous post, I noted two radically different approaches to writing as represented by Neil Simon, who doesn’t “make outlines at all”…
Character Introductions: Part 4 Think there’s nothing to introducing characters in a script? Think again!
The Business of Screenwriting: Selling Scripts and Shooting Scripts There are two key stages in the life of a screenplay: There is the selling script and the shooting script.
Facebook Live: The Protagonist’s Journey A recording of my half-hour Willamette Writers Conference Q&A yesterday.
![Movie Story Types: The [Blank] From Hell](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8f/29/8f29b0a7-49e5-431c-a9bb-3ade9c0a785e/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/1_WrBCHBlVGkjjxObEQBvJ5w.jpg)
