Reader Question: What’s about including specific songs in a spec script? “There is a supposed rule that a writer cannot use a recorded song in a screenplay. Unlike many of the other ‘rules,’ at least this one is…
Script Analysis: “First Reformed” — Part 2: Plot Read the Oscar-nominated screenplay and analyze it this week.
Screenwriting 101: Michael Arndt On Tuesday, May 23, 2000, at 4:27 p.m., I sat down to write LMS [Little Miss Sunshine]. I wrote twelve pages the first day, thirty-seven…
Daily Dialogue — March 19, 2019 Willi von Klugermann: By the way, Stachel… there’s an impression around that… you care more about your unconfirmed kill than you do about…
Script Analysis: “First Reformed” — Part 1: Scene By Scene Breakdown Read the Oscar-nominated screenplay and analyze it this week.
2019 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 18 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
On Writing “Great writers play to their strengths. If you’re hilarious, let yourself be funny. If you have an ear for dialogue, keep your characters…
Daily Dialogue — March 18, 2019 “What we done in France, we had to do. And some as done it, didn’t come back, and that kind of thing ain’t for buying and selling.”
2019 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 17 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script To Screen: “The Princess Bride” A memorable scene from the 1987 movie The Princess Bride [screenplay by William Goldman based on his novel].
Screenwriting News (March 11— March 17, 2019) Ciaran Crampton and Jay Dowski scripted animated feature “Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk” for Exodus Film Group and NCredible Entertainment with…
Interview: Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann An in-depth conversation with the co-writers and co-directors of the movie Sister Aimee which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Daily Dialogue — March 17, 2019 “I’m very, very aware… that you are seeing other agents. And I think it’s good that you are. Finally, I mean it’s healthy. But, this is the…
2019 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 16 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Character Type: Prostitute “There is an implied question for any movie viewer about a primary character who is a Prostitute: ‘Could I do that? Can I imagine myself in…
Daily Dialogue theme next week: World War I Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 3,957 consecutive days and counting.
Interview (Part 6): Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann An in-depth conversation with the co-writers and co-directors of the movie Sister Aimee which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
2019 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 15 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Reader Question: Are there differences between seeking representation with a manager versus and… The answer is yes. As one manager put it to me: “Agents wear suits, managers wear blue jeans.” Why that makes a big difference to you.
Interview (Part 5): Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann An in-depth conversation with the co-writers and co-directors of the movie Sister Aimee which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Writing and the Creative Life: “Creativity-In-Action” “Creativity requires more than a dream. In many cases, people struggle to turn their dreams into a reality not because they lack ambition…
Daily Dialogue — March 15, 2019 Hobie Doyle: Would that it were so simple. Laurence Laurentz: Would that it were so simple! Hobie Doyle: Would that it were so simple…
2019 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 14 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Interview (Part 4): Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann An in-depth conversation with the co-writers and co-directors of the movie Sister Aimee which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
