Tweetstorm: Eric Heisserer on Pitching If you are an aspiring screenwriter, Twitter is an amazing resource. Eric Heisserer (Arrival, Lights Out, Hours, A Nightmare on Elm Street…
So-Called Screenwriting ‘Rules’: Part 8 There are conventions. There are expectations. There are patterns. But the simple fact is… THERE ARE NO SCREENWRITING RULES!
Is My Screenplay Big Enough to Be a Movie, Part 3: Set Pieces This is a fundamental question screenwriters must ask themselves at all stages of a screenplay’s development and writing. Why? Because it’s…
Script To Screen: “Joe Versus the Volcano” A key scene toward the beginning of the 1990 movie Joe Versus the Volcano, written and directed by John Patrick Shanley.
Daily Dialogue — October 3, 2018 “Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! and lips, Oh you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain…
Is My Screenplay Big Enough to Be a Movie, Part 3: Set Pieces This is a fundamental question screenwriters must ask themselves at all stages of a screenplay’s development and writing. Why? Because…
Scene Description Spotlight: “Wall-E” I have discussed the writing style of the Pixar film Wall-E before: here, here, and here. On the subject of scene description, here’s a…
So-Called Screenwriting ‘Rules’: Part 7 There are conventions. There are expectations. There are patterns. But the simple fact is… THERE ARE NO SCREENWRITING RULES!
Is My Screenplay Big Enough to Be a Movie, Part 2: Characters This is a fundamental question screenwriters must ask themselves at all stages of a screenplay’s development and writing. Why? Because it’s…
Screenwriting 101: Lori Evans Taylor “I love going to the movies. But having two kids, I don’t get to the movies much. If I’m going to go see a movie in a theater it has to…
Daily Dialogue — October 2, 2018 Brad: Do you remember crayola crayons? There was this one color… what was it called… oh, yeah. Blizzard blue. That was my favorite color in…
Style = Voice Style goes beyond mere ‘scene description’. It goes to Narrative Voice. My one-week online class Core IV: Style begins Monday, October 8.
So-Called Screenwriting ‘Rules’: Part 6 There are conventions. There are expectations. There are patterns. But the simple fact is… THERE ARE NO SCREENWRITING RULES!
Is My Screenplay Big Enough to Be a Movie, Part 1: Story Concept This is a fundamental question screenwriters must ask themselves at all stages of a screenplay’s development and writing. Why? Because it’s…
On Writing “The writer is both a sadist and a masochist. We create people we love, and then we torture them. The more we love them, and the more…
There *is* not set process. That said, as far as learning the craft of screenwriting, here is one approach:
Screenwriting News (September 24— September 30, 2018) The week’s writing deals and movie project news.
Video: 2018 Courier 12 Screenwriters Conference Five panels covering writing comedy, web series, TV, screenwriting, and the hit movie A Quiet Place.
Great Scene: “The Graduate” This memorable montage from the 1967 movie The Graduate, screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry, novel by Charles Webb.
2018 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 30 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Daily Dialogue — September 30, 2018 “Man, come on, I had a rough night and I fucking hate The Eagles, man.”
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 361st installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Courier 12 Screenwriting Conference live today! At DePaul University in Chicago and live stream on YouTube!
2018 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 29 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
