Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “The Silence of the Lambs” A 10 part series on the 1991 Oscar winning screenplay.
Daily Dialogue — August 2, 2017 Travis Bickle: You got a .44 magnum? Gun Salesman (Andy): It’s an expensive weapon. Travis Bickle: That’s all right. I got money. Gun…
Chris McQuarrie’s Story About Visiting Devil’s Tower In a series of tweets, the writer-director talks about a ‘close encounter’.
Screenwriting 101: Taylor Sheridan “That’s the goal of a screenwriter: to allow audiences into a world where they can’t predict what’s going to happen.”
Daily Dialogue —August 1, 2017 “They FUCK YOU at the drive-thru, okay? They FUCK YOU at the drive-thru! They know you’re gonna be miles away before you find out you got…
Reader Question: How to balance writing theory and the actual writing? What if learning theory and trying to put it into practice stymies creativity?
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…
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Saturday Hot Links Time for the 301st installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
