Script To Screen: “All About Eve” A scene from the 1950 movie All About Eve, written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and featuring one of the most famous lines of dialogue in movie…
Writing and the Creative Life: Three Types of Creators Perfecter. Innovator. Synthesizer. Which type of creative are you?
Reader question: What should be on a one sheet? There’s a traditional one-sheet. And a one sheet. I talk about both.
Spec Script Deal: “The New Mrs. Keller” Lakeshore Entertainment acquires thriller spec script “The New Mrs. Keller” written by Mark Hogan. From Variety:
Indie Directors Roundtable: Andrew Haigh, Janus Metz, Rob Reiner, Lisa Langseth and Luca Guadagnino Part of The Hollywood Reporter’s annual sit-downs with Hollywood players.
Script to Screen: “Alien” Here is a memorable scene from “Alien,” screenplay Dan O’Bannon, story by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett.
The Business of Screenwriting: Sometimes you’re just going to get it wrong In which I got it completely and utterly wrong about a movie project which went on to win 6 Oscars.
Daily Dialogue — November 9, 2017 Helen: I went to Thailand recently with my husband, Perry, and there’s a beautiful saying that I learned there. [Speaking Thai] It means…
Update: 2017 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 9 New Scripts, 12 Total! Get these PDFs now before the links disappear.
Script To Screen: “Airplane” A scene from the 1980 comedy Airplane [written by Jim Abrahams & David Zucker & Jerry Zucker].
That Quint speech is perhaps the single best example of exposition that fundamentally WORKS. Thanks for posting that, David. Watched it again… for the zillionth time.
Tweetstorm: Jeff Willis on Copyrights and Protecting Your Written Material On December 18, studio executive Jeff Willis went on a tweetstorm about writers legally protecting their stories. Reprinted in its entirety…
Daily Dialogue — November 8, 2017 Randolph Duke: [Valentine overhears the Dukes talking in the bathroom] Pay up, Mortimer. I’ve won the bet. Mortimer Duke: Here, one dollar…
The Rise and Fall of the Rom-Com Did the success of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” indirectly lead to the decline of Hollywood studios’ interest in romantic comedies?
Script To Screen: “The Abyss” One of the most dramatic scenes from the 1989 movie The Abyss, written by James Cameron.
Screenwriting 101: Greta Gerwig “I think structure is so deep in us. We put it in stories we tell our friends or in emails we write. We want it. It’s how we create…
Daily Dialogue — November 7, 2017 Tiffany: Walk across the room. Pat: Can we do something else besides the dance deal? Tiffany: Are you fucking kidding me? Pat: I’m good…
