Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Set a deadline Nothing like the fear of being publicly humiliated to motivate you to write.
“How I Wrote ‘Arrival’ (and What I Learned Doing It)” Screenwriter Eric Heisserer talks creative process in writing Arrival.
Daily Dialogue — October 29, 2017 “Donnie. An atheist is someone who denies altogether the existence of God. You’re an agnostic. An agnostic is someone who believes that…
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Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Unplug your Internet! And if you don’t have the self-control to do it, I’ve got a tip for you!
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 313th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Conversations with Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond [Parts 1–5] A 10-part series with the writers of The Apartment and Some Like It Hot.
“The Novice Screenwriter Whose Spec Script Launched an Oscar Campaign” The amazing story of Liz Hannah and her script “The Post”.
Daily Dialogue — October 28, 2017 DR. KARL: I like to start by saying that every marriage is savable. You just need two people who are willing to work at it. Okay? Mike…
Reader Question: How to handle the passage of time in a script? Time management can be a big concern in a screenplay.
Writers for Puerto Rico An initiative launched by screenwriters Brian Duffield and Liz Hannah starts now today at 10AM PDT!
Conversations with Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond [Part 5] A 10-part series with the writers of The Apartment and Some Like It Hot.
Writing and the Creative Life: Writing as Pilgrimage I am a pilgrim and a stranger Traveling through this wearisome land I’ve got a home in that yonder city, good Lord And it’s not, not…
Reader Question: How do I know if it’s too much or too little scene description? We face this issue in every single scene we write…
Conversations with Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond [Part 4] A 10-part series with the writers of The Apartment and Some Like It Hot.
The Business of Screenwriting: Selling Scripts and Shooting Scripts Here are two key stages in the life of a screenplay: There is the selling script and the shooting script.
Daily Dialogue — October 26, 2017 Susanna: I’m ambivalent. In fact that’s my new favorite word. Dr. Wick: Do you know what that means, ambivalence? Susanna: I don’t care…
“He Became This Year’s Oscar Favorite By Going Broke Again and Again” Director Sean Baker, whose new film is The Florida Project, made a career of spending his own money to tell stories Hollywood wouldn’t.
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