Script Analysis: “Ford v Ferrari” — Part 2: Plot Read and analyze the script for the Oscar-winning action drama.
Screenwriting 101: Tom Benedek “There is opportunity out there. The hunger for filmed entertainment is voracious. Fluctuations at the studios and TV companies are…
Daily Dialogue — April 28, 2020 George Hanson: How long did you boys say it was gonna take you to get down there? Captain America: Oh, about two or three days. George…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 27 This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…
Script Analysis: “Ford v Ferrari” — Part 1: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Read and analyze the script for the Oscar-winning action drama.
On Writing “Rejection has value. It teaches us when our work or our skillset is not good enough and must be made better. This is a powerful…
Daily Dialogue — April 27, 2020 Miner: We didn’t have much, just some tough, dry land. Miner’s Wife: It belonged to his grandpa. Miner: It was ours. Until a land…
Writing Action vs. Action Writing “If we think of what we write in describing what transpires in any given scene as action, we are more likely to lean into the visual…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 26 This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Waves” The entire 6 part series delving into the lauded indie drama.
Interview: Noah Baumbach A 67-minute video featuring the writer-director as part of the BAFTA Screenwriters’ Lecture Series.
Daily Dialogue — April 26, 2020 President Merkin Muffley: Hello?… Uh… Hello D- uh hello Dmitri? Listen uh uh I can’t hear too well. Do you suppose you could turn the music…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 25 This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…
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Interview: Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls, and David Fincher on ‘Fight Club’ An insightful 12-minute compilation of interview segments with the principal creatives behind the movie Fight Club.
Daily Dialogue — April 25, 2020 “I made no campaign promises, because until a few weeks ago I had no hope of being elected. Now, however, I have something more than a…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 24 This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…
Writing and the Creative Life: Is the key to creativity “unlearning”? What if everything we have learned in our lives has actually diminished our creativity?
Daily Dialogue — April 24, 2020 Senator Joseph Paine: I wish to ask my distinguished colleague, has he one scrap of evidence to add now to the defense he did not give and…
Update: What is the third origin story about The Joker’s scars in The Dark Knight? Announcing two winners in my recent contest.
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 23 This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…
