Screenwriting 101: Jeff Lieber “In my opinion, what separates good writers from great writers is the need to look at your own material and figure out what’s wrong with…
Daily Dialogue — July 3, 2018 Professor Bertram Potts: What’re you gonna do? Sugarpuss O’Shea: I’m going to show you what yum-yum is. Here’s yum. [kisses him] Here’s the…
2011 Go Into The Story Screenwriter Roundtable Conversation with Chris Borrelli, F. Scott Frazier, Jeremiah Friedman, Nick Palmer, Justin Rhodes, Greg Russo, John Swetnam.
30 Days of Screenplays, Day 1: “The Way, Way Back” Take up the challenge! Read 30 screenplays in 30 days!
On Writing “Failure is part of it. You will be rejected dozens and dozens of times. The best way to prepare for it is to have something else in the…
Daily Dialogue — July 2, 2018 The Blonde: Where are we going? My place or yours? Baxter: [checks watch] Might as well go to my place. Everybody else does.
Great Scene: “Young Frankenstein” One of the most inspired comedic moments in a truly inspired film: The “Puttin’ on the Ritz” bit.
Writers on Genre: Horror A 90-minute panel featuring screenwriters Juliet Snowden, Stiles White, Patrick Melton, and Marcus Dunstan.
Daily Dialogue — June 30, 2018 “Show us the merchandise or you’re going to lose another head, Jeebs.”
Nell, that is AWESOME! Wilder must have connected with Stanwyck seeing as she was in more than one of his movies (Double Indemnity, too).
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 348th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Interview (Written): Aline Brosh McKenna A conversation with the showrunner of the CW series ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’.
Daily Dialogue theme next week: Billy Wilder Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 3,698 consecutive days and counting.
Go Into The Story Interview: Craig Mazin My in-depth interview with screenwriter and co-host (along with John August) of the popular podcast Scriptnotes.
Writing and the Creative Life: “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek” Wisdom on creativity from Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung.
Daily Dialogue — June 29, 2018 Steve Andrews: What’re they gonna do with that thing, Dave? Lieutenant Dave: The Air Force is sending a Globemaster in. They’re flying it…
Go Into The Story Interview: Stephany Folsom My in-depth interview with the screenwriter currently working on Toy Story 4.
Spec Script Deal: “Last Christmas” Universal Pictures acquires romance spec script “Last Christmas” written by Emma Thompson and Bryanny Kimmings. From Deadline:
