2025 London Screenwriters’ Festival The event runt thfough Friday, April 25–27, 2025 … I’ll be there!
Page One: “Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling” (1986) Written by Rocco Urbisci & Paul Mooney & Richard Pryor
2025 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 12 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Interview (Part 3): Charmaine Colina My interview with the 2024 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Scene Description Spotlight: “Memento” With the movie Memento (2000), Christopher Nolan had a challenge when writing the script: How to make clear to the reader — and the…
2025 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 11 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Screenwriting 101: Damien Chazelle “I know my strengths, and I know my weaknesses. I’m very good at sitting around and brainstorming, thinking up ideas and mapping them out…
Interview (Part 2): Charmaine Colina My interview with the 2024 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Page One: “The Jewel of the Nile” (1985) Written by Mark Rosenthal & Lawrence Konner, characters by Diane Thomas
2025 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 10 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Interview (Part 1): Charmaine Colina My interview with the 2024 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Page One: “Jaws 2” (1978) Written by Carl Gottlieb and Howard Sackler, based upon characters created by Peter Benchley
J.B., as my father used to say, "Moderation in all things." Yes, *do* take care of yourself. Get your sleep. But also respect your creative nature and allow yourself the freedom to follow that…
"wandered into the woods of storyland." Great to intersect with you again, John! Do you ever get up to Chicago? If so, let's do lunch!
2025 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 9 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Screenwriting 101: Paddy Chayefsky “Artists don’t talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it’s stop thinking of writing as art…
Scene Description Spotlight: “The Matrix” Still for my money, one of the best scripts for action-writing. The Wachowskis use the basic elements of visual writing — strong verbs and…
2025 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 9 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
2025 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 8 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Scene Description Spotlight: “Lethal Weapon” There have been many forces of nature impacting screenplay style over the years, but there are only a very few actual screenwriters to whom…
Go Into The Story Interview: Jeremiah Friedman & Nick Palmer In September 2010, Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer who sold their spec script “Family Getaway” to Warner Bros. Turns out, there were fans…
