Character Introductions: Part 3 Think there’s nothing to introducing characters in a script? Think again!
How They Write A Script: Walter Hill “I tried to write in an extremely spare, almost haiku style, both stage directions and dialogue. Some of it was a bit pretentious — but at…
Thoughts on the Disunity to Unity Arc Reflections on The Lion King and Simba’s physical and psychological journey.
Character Introductions: Part 2 Think there’s nothing to introducing characters in a script? Think again!
Screenwriting 101: Meg LeFauve “I just open a document and start brain dumping anything I can think of, all my questions, all my inspiration, all my ideas. Then I go…
Character Introductions: Part 1 Think there’s nothing to introducing characters in a script? Think again!
On Writing “You learn the most from sitting down and doing the work, regularly, patiently, sometimes in hope, sometimes despairingly. When you have…
Screenwriting Mantra: Enter Late, Exit Early “You always attack a movie scene as late as you possibly can. You always come into the scene at the last possible moment.”
Songwriters On Songwriting: Jimmy Webb “Could other things be done? Are there other worlds to conquer? Are there other things to discover? Are there other things to explore…
How I Wrote Memento (Christopher Nolan’s Writing Advice) A Behind the Curtain video featuring the writer-director whose movie credits include The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Interstellar…
Daily Dialogue — June 21, 2020 You’re a part time lover and a full time friend The monkey on your back is the latest trend I don’t see what anyone can see In anyone else…
Great Scene: “The Godfather” The dramatic denouement from the classic 1972 movie The Godfather, screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, novel by Mario Puzo.
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Interview (Video): Guillermo del Toro, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen An awesome conversation between brilliant filmmakers.
Songwriters on Songwriting: Suzanne Vega “You’re drawing the listener into this world with very simple, basic information. And it then proceeds to state the problem without ever…
Writing and the Creative Life: Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling (Part 2) The intriguing thing here is that while we, as writers, are thinking about emotions and psychology, much of it apparently boils down to a…
Daily Dialogue — June 19, 2020 “Can you sing a little for your dad? Right here in the middle of the store?”
Script To Screen: “The Apartment” A key revelation scene from my favorite movie, the 1960 The Apartment, written by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. “Izzy” Diamond.
