The Business of Screenwriting: Facing the odds “You have to develop an iron stomach and steel spine: The former to fend off nerves when you take a risk, the latter to keep you unbowed…
Daily Dialogue — July 5, 2018 Ninotchka: Must you flirt? Leon: Well, I don’t have to, but I find it natural. Ninotchka: Suppress it.
Reader Question: What are the keys to a great opening scene? How to grab the attention of a script reader right away?
2013 Go Into The Story Screenwriter Roundtable My conversation with Chris Borrelli, F. Scott Frazier, Chris McCoy, Justin Rhodes, Greg Russo, and John Swetnam.
Daily Dialogue — July 4, 2018 Peripetchikoff: No formula, NO DEAL! C.R. MacNamara: OK, NO DEAL! Borodenko: We do not need you! If we want Coca-cola, we invent it…
Reader Question: How do you handle songs in a screenplay? Does including the title of a specific recorded song mark you as an amateur?
2012 Go Into The Story Screenwriter Roundtable My conversation with Chris Borrelli, F. Scott Frazier, Chris McCoy, Justin Rhodes, Greg Russo, and John Swetnam.
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’.
