Spec Script Deal: “Rawhide Down” Global Road Entertainment and Gran Via Productions acquire thriller spec script “Rawhide Down” written by Alex Cramer. Via Deadline:
Writing and the Creative Life: To Write, Stop Thinking Think character. Think plot. Think theme. But when you sit down to write, don’t think… feel.
Daily Dialogue — June 1, 2018 Sal: Sonny, they said on the TV, two homosexuals in the bank, right on TV. Did you hear what they said? Sonny: They can say anything they…
Anne, thanks for the kind words. Finishing one script is a monumental achievement. It’s the difference between saying, “I want to finish a script” and “I have finished a…
The Path of Least Resistance to Get Representation in Hollywood Write 3 scripts. Same genre. $5–20M budgets. Strong story concepts.
Go Into The Story Resource: Great Scenes When you boil it down, screenwriting is scene-writing. Hone your scene-writing ability by studying these scenes.
The Business of Screenwriting: Everything you wanted to know about specs Part 17: Write What They’re Buying.
Go Into The Story Resource: Screenwriting 101 Hundreds of observations about the craft of screenwriting from professional writers.
Script To Screen: “A Few Good Men” A scene from the 1992 movie A Few Good Men, screenplay by Aaron Sorkin based on his play.
Daily Dialogue — May 30, 2018 Margot Robbie: [In a bubble bath with a glass of champagne] Basically, Lewis Ranieri’s mortgage bonds were amazingly profitable for the big…
Reader Question: How to handle a character who changes names? When in doubt, check out actual movie scripts to see how the pros handle it — and we do with the screenplay for Tootsie.
Go Into The Story Resource: The Story Behind Script Coverage Script readers are Hollywood’s threshold guardians, so it behooves writers to try to understand their mindset.
Screenwriting 101: Liz Hannah “Read everything you can. Read every script you can bad, good. Read Paddy Chayefsky’s collected works. That’s probably the best place to…
Daily Dialogue — May 29, 2018 Mr. Potter: [on the telephone] George, there is a rumor around town that you closed your doors. Is that true? [pause] Oh, well, I’m very…
Pound Out That First Draft! Go from FADE IN to FADE OUT in my upcoming online writing workshop. Starts June 11th!
Go Into The Story Resource: The Spirit of the Spec Creativity meets Productivity in the 5 stages of writing a spec script.
On Writing “Think of your main characters as dinner guests. Would your friends want to spend ten hours with the characters you’ve created? Your…
