Daily Dialogue — February 13, 2019 Mr. Wolfe: Jimmy. Jimmy: Uh-huh. Mr. Wolfe: Do me a favor. Thought I smelled some coffee back there. Would you make me cup? Jimmy: Uh…
Cameron, I echo your sentiments. Real life doesn’t often lay out in three acts, but what the screenwriters did with BlacKkKlansman is find a solid Beginning / Middle / End…
Script Analysis: “BlacKkKlansman” — Part 2: Plot Read the Oscar-nominated screenplay and analyze it this week.
Interview (Part 2): Wenonah Wilms My interview with the 2018 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
TED Talk (Part 7): 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…
Screenwriting 101: James Cameron “People ask me all the time, ‘What would your advice be to a young filmmaker?’ It used to be, pick up a camera and start making a movie…
Daily Dialogue — February 12, 2019 Carter hands Edward an article about Kopi Luwak, Edward’s favorite coffee.
Script Analysis: “BlacKkKlansman” — Part 1: Scene By Scene Breakdown Read the Oscar-nominated screenplay and analyze it this week.
Interview (Part 1): Wenonah Wilms My interview with the 2018 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
TED Talk (Part 6): 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…
On Writing “In writing, habit seems to be a much stronger force than either willpower or inspiration. Consequently there must be some little quality…
Daily Dialogue — February 11, 2019 Tom: I’ll have a decaf coffee. Trudi: I’ll have a decaf espresso. Morris Frost: I’ll have a double decaf cappuccino. Ted: Give me…
Sylvia, sorry to hear about you stint in Hollywood. I always advise people interested in pursuing screenwriting: Movies don’t owe anybody a living. So either live frugally. Keep a job and…
Great analysis, Mark. Re your concern: You can use psychological writing. If you’re judicious, you can dip INTO a character’s inner world and express that in…
Screenwriting News (February 4— February 10, 2019) Script sales, pitch deals, greenlit projects, talent attachments, and more.
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Interview: James Cameron Conversation with the filmmaker who produced and co-wrote the screenplay for the movie Alita: Battle Angel.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 378th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
2018 Spec Script Deals Analysis: First-Timers As we continue our analysis of spec script sales in 2018, today we check out the first-timers, writers who broke into the business by…
Script To Screen: “Out Of Sight” A memorable scene from the 1998 Out Of Sight, screenplay by Scott Frank, novel by Elmore Leonard.
Interview: Spike Lee and Jordan Peele The co-writer and director of BlacKkKlansman in conversation with one of the movie’s producers.
Daily Dialogue — February 9, 2019 Dr. Emmett Brown: Marty, I’m sorry, but the only power source capable of generating 1.21 gigawatts of electricity is a bolt of lightning…
Spec Script Deals Analysis 2018: Top Sales Continuing our week long analysis of spec script sales from 2018, today we look at the deals with the biggest payoffs (at least as reported…
