Taking Control of One’s Personal Narrative “You’re not telling the story to change what happened. You’re telling the story to change you.”
Script Analysis: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” — Part 3: Character Read the screenplay for the hit animated movie and analyze it this week.
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 5 This is the 10th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work my…
Writing and the Creative Life: Get a Mentor A mentor can help you manage the ups and downs of learning the craft and a writing career.
Reader Question: What makes a movie a big budget versus a small budget? There are critical choices a writer can make at the script stage which directly influence a project’s budget… and its potential viability…
Character Type: Warrior “The keys to Warrior characters is to determine who they fight… how they fight… and why they fight.”
Scene Description Spotlight: “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” The ending sequence includes a most interesting sentence…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 4 This is the 10th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work my…
The Business of Screenwriting: What to do if your movie sucks “I don’t care how expensive your shrink is or how good they are, when confronted with a story — your story — as a movie and it both sucks…
Reader Question: What exactly is a “script polish”? “I’ve always heard the term, but no one I’ve asked before seems to know the answer.”
Tweetstorm: Carter Blanchard with some tips on pitching “Excitement, Energy and Emotion. Show them how excited you are to write this script. Pitch with big positive energy. And connect to the…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 3 This is the 10th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work my…
Great analysis, Cameron. I really loved this movie… and I was so prepared NOT to because of superhero movie burn-out.
Script Analysis: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” — Part 2: Plot Read the screenplay for the hit animated movie and analyze it this week.
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 2 This is the 10th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work my…
Screenwriting 101: Bill Holderman “You can make a script that will make a great movie, and you can make that same script be really fun to read or just so‑so fun to read…
Daily Dialogue — April 2, 2019 Woody: Look Jessie, I know you hate me for leaving, but I have to go back. I’m still Andy’s toy. Well, if you knew him, you’d understand…
