Daily Dialogue — May 25, 2019 Michael Colin Gallagher: Why aren’t you married? Megan Carter: How do you know I’m not? Michael Colin Gallagher: I don’t see a ring. Megan…
Great Scene: “The Shawshank Redemption” Red’s parole board scenes — three of them — are their own mini-story.
The Shawshank Redemption: Red as Protagonist My take is The Shawshank Redemption is an example of a Dual Protagonist story. Here is an analysis of the movie with Red as a Protagonist…
The Shawshank Redemption: Andy as Protagonist My take is The Shawshank Redemption is an example of a Dual Protagonist story. Here is an analysis of the movie with Andy as a Protagonist…
Writing and the Creative Life: Nothing succeeds like failure Re-thinking the role of failure in the creative life.
Daily Dialogue — May 24, 2019 Henry: I realize this doesn’t exactly get us off on the right foot. Paul Bladden, New York Sentinel: The right foot, are you out of your…
“Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking” Not a fan of listicles. This one is different.
How They Write A Script: Robert Towne “The single most important question, I think, that one must ask one’s self about a character is what are they really afraid of? What are…
Go Into The Story Resource: 10 Screenwriting Skills and Traits You Need Develop your expertise in 10 areas to maximize your screenwriting potential.
Short Film: “Retouch” A movie by Iranian director and screenwriter Kaveh Mazaheri is a master class in emotional subtext and the power of expression in the human…
The Business of Screenwriting: Who does what in a writer-representative relationship? Let’s assume you get a manager and/or agent to represent you. Then what? What are their responsibilities as a representative? What are…
Trimming Tricks of the Trade Page count. A screenwriter must be cognizant of it. Even if you don’t subscribe to the theories of screenwriting gurus like Syd Field, who…
Go Into The Story Resource: Writing and the Creative Life Dozens of articles about creativity, what it is, how to nurture it, and steer our writing into the center of our creative soul.
Reader Question: How to convey a character’s emotional state in scene description? How much latitude does a screenwriter have to ‘editorialize’ in scene description?
Script To Screen: “Sex, Lies, andVideotape” Anybody who cares about the indie film world should hold the 1989 movie Sex, Lies, and Videotape in high esteem. During the 80s when the…
Daily Dialogue — May 22, 2019 Mike Rezendes: We got Law. This is it. Walter ‘Robby’ Robinson: No, this is Law covering for one priest, there’s another ninety out there…
How They Write A Script: Terry Southern The screenwriter of an amazing array of movies including Candy, The Magic Christian, Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider, Casino Royale, and…
Are you a ‘push’ writer or a ‘pull’ writer? Do you do your best creative work when you’re ‘pushed’… or ‘pulled’?
Spec Script Deal: “Voicemails for Isabelle” Sony Pictures Entertainment acquires romantic comedy spec script “Voicemails for Isabelle” written by Leah McKendrick. Via Deadline:
Go Into The Story Resource: Screenwriting Tweetstorms Currently 67 Twitter threads posted by professional screenwriters, TV writers, producers, and others in the movie and TV business.
Screenwriting 101: Gary Whitta “It used to be that I’d start each writing day by reviewing the previous day’s pages. But that would usually wind up with me spending the…
Daily Dialogue — May 21, 2019 “For the last six years, we’ve been playing catch-up. And now thanks to the President of the United States, who by the way has taken a shit…
