Script To Screen: “Black Swan” The dramatic climax of the 2010 psychological thriller Black Swan, screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin…
Daily Dialogue — November 20, 2019 Mrs. Christie: I’ve got nearly a thousand nurses in this hospital. Bock: (gathering rage) And every time one of them has her period, she…
Thanks for the heads-up. Here’s a new link: https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays
Update: 2019 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 1 New Script, 13 Total It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.
The Commuting Writer If your commute to work is a half-hour or longer, there is every reason in the world you should use that time on your writing projects.
Screenwriting 101: Chris Borrelli “Actors come at things, I am going to say, being very general here, more emotionally. Sometimes, as screenwriters, we get into structure…
Daily Dialogue — November 19, 2019 Woman with Glasses: There’s a blurred spot in my vision… [pointing] … there… no, there… no, no…
Thanks, Sharon. For screenwriters (and writers generally), I think this can be a helpful way to originate, develop, and craft our stories.
From Zero Draft… to Hero Draft “There are no mistakes. There are CHOICES. We have a scene. Or a character. Or a dialogue exchange. Whatever we’re writing, it represents…
Ending a Sequence with a Question An effective way to drive the narrative forward by piquing the script reader’s curiosity: What’s going to happen next?
On Writing “The writer must always leave room for the characters to grow and change. If you move your characters from plot point to plot point, like…
Daily Dialogue — November 18, 2019 The door of Bud’s apartment opens, and Bud comes out with the wastebasket full of empty bottles. Just then, DR. DAVID DREYFUSS, whose wife…
The Theology of Cinema: Conversion A character transforming from their Old Self into a New Self is a narrative arc we see time and time again, a kind of ‘conversion’…
Script To Screen: “BlacKkKlansman” The dramatic Final Struggle scene in the 2018 Oscar-winning movie, screenplay by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott &…
Spec Script Deal: “Reparations” Screen Gems acquires action heist spec script “Reparations” written by Jeff Howard. Via Deadline:
Daily Dialogue — November 17, 2019 “Listen kid, I’m not gonna bullshit you, all right? I don’t give a good fuck what you know, or don’t know, but I’m gonna torture you…
Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Midway in the Photoplay [Part 5] “When you are at a loss to carry on the action, cut over to the parallel line of action which is taking place in the next street or the…
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Daily Dialogue — November 16, 2019 Clifford Worley: You’re Sicilian, huh? Coccotti: Yeah, Sicilian. Clifford Worley: You know, I read a lot. Especially about things… about…
Reader Question: How to go about the query letter process? “Is there any direction as to how to go about the query process? Should I target a few dream-list agencies or should I paint the town with…
Why Low-Budget Horror Will Never Die “But for all this buzz, just how many filmmakers and producers working in this high- (or low-, depending on how you look at it) end world…
Writing and the Creative Life: 14 Artists Break Down the Creative Process Words of wisdom from filmmakers, poets, architects, sculptors, dancers, musicians, and more.
Daily Dialogue — November 15, 2019 Miles: Where do you live? Buck: In the city. Miles: You have a house? Buck: Apartment. Miles: Own or rent? Buck: Rent. Miles: What do you…
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