First off, KA, all the best for your creative endeavors. "Just because you play music, it ain’t supposed to make you rich or famous. It’s supposed to be your life, and it’s supposed to help you…
Script Analysis: “Knives Out” — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Why Creative People May Feel More Anxiety “Why won’t the words come? And what if they’re the wrong words? Know what? I hate words!”
Script Analysis: “Everything Everywhere All At Once” — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
The Business of Screenwriting: It’s not just about the script Yes, you should focus on your spec script, but there’s much more to learn.
Go Into The Story Interview: Jonathan Levine My interview with the 2022 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
The Inward Path of the Protagonist’s Journey Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell remind us that the outer journey of the hero is about the inner journey into the Self.
Script Analysis: “Arrival” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Page One: “The Mummy” (2017) Screenplay by David Koepp and Christopher McQuarrie and Dylan Kussman, screen story by Jon Spaihts and Alex Kurtzman & Jenny Lumet
Go from Fade In to Fade Out This Summer! Knock out a first draft of your feature film script project in my upcoming online writing workshop. Starts July 21st!
Screenwriting 101: Philip Dunne “If you get an idea in the middle of the night, it’s a good idea to get up and write it down, or it’s gone. There’s a famous story about a…
Script Analysis: “Aftersun” — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Tarantino, Sorkin, and Dialogue as Purpose Analysis of long dialogue-centric scenes in The Social Network and Pulp Fiction reveals that underneath the entertaining conversations lies…
Go Into The Story Interview: Laura Kosann My interview with the writer who not only was named a 2021 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting recipient, but also had two scripts make…
On Writing “I think that to write well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion. Dislike, displeasure, resentment fault-finding…
Plotter versus Pantser A writer who focuses on novels and short stories asks which approach screenwriters take.
Screenwriting 101: Philip Dunne “Never leave a scene by the same door you came in. Every scene should advance the story. The other thing… let the characters tell the…
Go Into The Story Interview: Stefan Jaworski My interview with 2021 Black List writers for his script Mercury.
