Daily Dialogue — April 24, 2019 Michael: Really. You think your judgement is state-of-the-art right now? They’re putting everything on the table here. You need to stop and…
Allow me to echo your sentiments with regard to the job Rose did with this breakdown. Re boldface: When you’re Damien Chazelle, you don’t worry about any of that because you are an already established writer-director.
Who wants what? What happens if they don’t get it? Why now? That’s a helpful set of questions to bring to the scene-writing process. You could also do the inverse of the 2nd one: What happens if they…
Script Analysis: “Green Book” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Reading scripts. Absolutely critical to learn the craft of screenwriting. The focus of this weekly series is a deep structural and…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 23 This is the 10th year in a row I’ve run this series in April.
Spec Script Deal: “Rubble” Universal Pictures acquires science fiction spec script “Rubble” written by Patrick Pittis. From Deadline:
Keys to the Screenwriting Craft: Watch Movies Movies must be in your lifeblood. The best way to do that is to watch them.
Screenwriting 101: Aaron Tracy “My agent recently asked me to send him 10 ideas for screenplays in the span of a couple weeks. It seemed like a silly exercise because…
Daily Dialogue — April 23, 2019 Col. Jessup: Do you have any more questions for me, Counselor? Judge Randolph: Lt. Kaffee? [pause] Lieutenant, do you have anything further…
Script Analysis: “First Man” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Reading scripts. Absolutely critical to learn the craft of screenwriting. The focus of this weekly series is a deep structural and…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 22 This is the 10th year in a row I’ve run this series in April.
Keys to the Screenwriting Craft: Think Concepts The foundation of a good script is a strong story concept.
Daily Dialogue — April 22, 2019 Frank Galvin: How did you settle on the amount? Bishop Brophy: We thought it was just. Frank Galvin: You thought it was just? Bishop…
How They Write A Script: David Lynch “If you want to make a feature film, you get ideas for 70 scenes. Put them on 3-by-5 cards. As soon as you have 70, you have a feature…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 21 This is the 10th year in a row I’ve run this series in April.
Character Type: Femme Fatale “There is a strong element of sexuality at work with the Femme Fatale and that cuts both ways as an narrative element: empowerment for the…
Screenwriting Advice From The Past: The Actor’s Angle [Part 2] “It is your duty to think up situations which call for the necessary bits of business.”
Daily Dialogue — April 21, 2019 Danny Butterman: Do you want anything from the shop? Nicholas Angel: Cornetto.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 387th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Writing Mantra: On the other hand… One of the best ways for writers to combat the dreaded Voices Of Negativity.
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 20 This is the 10th year in a row I’ve run this series in April.
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