Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Shakespeare in Love” A 5 part series on the 1999 Academy Award winning screenplay.
Daily Dialogue — July 31, 2017 COFFEE-SHOP EMPLOYEE: So, what it‘ll be? NIKO: Coffee, please. COFFEE-SHOP EMPLOYEE: To go, right? — What kind? NIKO: Just normal coffee…
Daily Dialogue — July 30, 2017 Celeste Talbert: [as Maggie] Dr. Randall, what a surprise! Are you having lunch here? Jeffrey Anderson: [as Dr. Randall] I will if it’s…
Daily Dialogue theme next week: Transaction Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 3,362 consecutive days and counting.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 301st installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Daily Dialogue — July 29, 2017 Mark Van Doren: I’m sorry, Charlie. I’m an old man, it’s all a little difficult for me to comprehend! Charles Van Doren: It’s television…
Reader Question: How can you tell if a scene is necessary or unnecessary? You can figure this out by asking one simple question.
10 Things About Screenwriting: Vol. 5 Some observations about the craft I’ve come up with over the years.
Great Scene: “Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back” Luke confronts a phantasm of Darth Vader… and his own Shadow.
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Raiders of the Lost Ark” 6 part series on the classic 1981 action adventure movie.
Writing and the Creative Life: Why Creative People May Feel More Anxiety I’m even nervous posting this…
Daily Dialogue — July 28, 2017 PHIL: Somebody asked me today, “Phil, if you could be anywhere in the world, where would you like to be?” And I said to him, “Probably…
Reader Question: What questions should I be asking when rewriting a script? Writing is rewriting. Here are some questions you should ask in that process.
10 Things About Screenwriting: Vol. 4 Some observations about the craft I’ve come up with over the years.
