Pixar and Visual Storytelling A tiny bit of business in the movie Up reminds us that movies are primarily a visual medium.
Video: Writers Roundtable An hour-long conversation with screenwriters Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade), Peter Farrelly (Green Book), Tamara Jenkins (Private Life), John…
Screenwriting 101: Tamara Jenkins “The stillness that is necessary to write, the act of silencing yourself, your cellphone, silencing everything to think, to bring words —…
Daily Dialogue — February 19, 2019 Reg: I didn’t expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition. (JARRING CHORD)
Download 2018 WGA Nominated Best Original and Adapted Screenplays A Quiet Place, Eighth Grade, Green Book, Roma, Vice, Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, If Beale Street Could Talk…
TED Talk: J.J. Abrams In 2007, J.J. Abrams (Alias, Lost, Super 8) gave a TED Talk. I’m sure some of you have seen it. However, like many great presentations…
On Writing “Write. Start writing today. Start writing right now. Don’t write it right, just write it –and then make it right later. Give yourself the…
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “BlacKkKlansman” The entire 6 part series delving into the Oscar-nominated screenplay.
Go Into The Story Interview: Wenonah Wilms My interview with the 2018 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Daily Dialogue theme next week: Interrogation Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 3,929 consecutive days and counting.
Screenwriting News (February 11— February 17, 2019) Script sales, pitch deals, greenlit projects, talent attachments, and more.
Screenwriting News (February 11 — February 17, 2019) Script sales, pitch deals, greenlit projects, talent attachments, and more.
Re #1: Characters can provide multiple narrative functions, although it’s also possible to zero in… Re #2: Titles can be huge. Like ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.’ Or as you noted ‘Snakes on a Plane.’
Cameron and Rose, let me add this: “Cuz’ dat Niggah Coon, Gator Bait, Spade, Spook, Sambo, Spear Flippin’, Jungle Bunny, Mississippi Wind Chime…Detective is Ron Stallworth…
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 379th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Script Analysis: “BlacKkKlansman” — Part 6: Takeaways Read the Oscar-nominated screenplay and analyze it this week.
Interview (Part 6): Wenonah Wilms My interview with the 2018 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
TED Talk (Part 10): J.J. Abrams In 2007, J.J. Abrams (Alias, Lost, Super 8) gave a TED Talk. I’m sure many of you have seen it. However, like many great presentations…
Daily Dialogue — February 16, 2019 “He’s going to put his teaspoon down, dip his finger in the sugar, turn around slowly, and speak to me.”
Rose and Cameron, you’ve zeroed in on what I think is the central theme of the story: Who am I? Similarly, Flip has to confront his Jewishness and consider how that may / may not play into his own psychological journey.
