Spec Script Deal: “Supermax” Miramax acquires action thriller spec script “Supermax” written by David Weil and David Rosen. Via Deadline:
Go Into The Story Interview: Karin delaPeña Collison My interview with the 2021 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
On Writing “Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me…
Go Into The Story Interview: Elizabeth Chomko My interview with the 2015 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Screenwriting 101: James DiLapo “I think act structure is extremely important. The midpoint is crucial. It doesn’t have to be as overt as it is in the middle of this…
Writing Tip: Complications, Roadblocks, and Reversals In a story, a reader wants to see the Protagonist overcome obstacles along the way. Here are three ways for you to approach writing those…
Go Into The Story Interview: Allison and Nicolas Buckmelter My interview with the 2018 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winners.
Writing Tip: “The only way out is through” Imagine the process of writing a story as being a journey. Perhaps as you embark on your adventure, you have a map — an outline or beat…
How They Write A Script: Nancy Meyers “I think you’re only going to get noticed by following your own instincts and doing original work, and writing the thing that only you can…
The Business of Screenwriting: OWA Three little letters: OWA. But they mean big things for Hollywood screenwriters. What do these letter stand for?
Writing and the Creative Life: Structure and Freedom Words of creative wisdom the great 20th century composer Igor Stravinsky.
Page One: “Mars Attacks!” (1996) Screenplay by Jonathan Gems, screen story by Jonathan Gems, trading card series by Len Brown & Woody Gelman & Wally Wood & Bob Powell &…
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Screenwriting 101: James DiLapo “Emotional authenticity, even with a period piece, is more important than historical authenticity. If you can get the audience to feel as…
How They Write A Script: Diablo Cody “I’m not an especially highbrow person, but I have always loved small, quirky, edgy movies.”
Page One: “Monsters University” (2013) Screenplay by Daniel Gerson & Robert L. Baird and Dan Scanlon, story by Dan Scanlon and Daniel Gerson & Robert L. Baird
How They Write A Script: Jay Presson Allen “She is one of a handful of first-rank screenwriters of the post-1960s who also happens to be female. This has figured into her trademark…
On Writing “Dreaming and writing are Adam and Eve of the same process. Long before one ever writes a story…one works a story. You have ideas; and they…
