My Interviews with 25 Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting Winners Including every winner from 2012–2016.
Report: 2017 London Screenwriters Festival A whirlwind weekend was well worth it for worldwide wordsmiths.
Script To Screen: “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” The three escapees encounter the movie’s version of The Sirens.
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 19 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Writing Mantra: On the other hand… One of the best ways for writers to combat the dreaded Voices Of Negativity.
Screenwriting 101: Elijah Bynum “Writers have to be curious by nature. Curious about life, curious about human beings, curious about what makes the world go around. As…
Daily Dialogue — September 19, 2017 Micky: Boxing’s a chess game. I’m gonna pick my punches, take him down. Go head body head body. Charlene: What is ‘head body head body’…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 18 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Great Scene: “The Matrix” “You take the blue pill, the story ends… you take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland.”
Daily Dialogue — September 18, 2017 Charlotte: So, what are you doing here? Bob: Uh, a couple of things. Taking a break from my wife, forgetting my son’s birthday. And, uh…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 17 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Daily Dialogue theme next week: Bar Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 3,411 consecutive days and counting.
Screenwriting News (September 11-September 17, 2017) The week’s writing deals and movie project news.
On Writing I am a big fan of inspirational quotes. Here are hundreds of them I’ve collected over the years: Writers on writing.
Great Character: Viola De Lesseps (“Shakespeare in Love”) A compelling Attractor character which led to an Academy Award.
Daily Dialogue — September 17, 2017 KIMBLE: What’s that supposed to mean? DOMINIC: Mrs. Hagley is a lot better than you. KIMBLE: Is she? Is she really? DOMINIC: My mom’s a…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 16 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Conversations With Billy Wilder Excerpts from the excellent book “Conversations With Wilder,” a series of interviews Cameron Crowe conducted with Billy Wilder.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 308th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…