Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Black Swan” A 6 part series on the 2011 WGA nominated best original screenplay.
Screenwriting 101: Spike Lee “Write. For screenwriters and directors, you have to write. If you did a survey of the last 25 years and looked at the first films of…
Daily Dialogue — July 11, 2017 “That’s the second time he’s dropped the Bible since she’s been in there.”
Tweetstorm: John Gary on How He Used Query Letters to Find New Representation If you are an aspiring screenwriter, Twitter is an amazing resource. For example in May 2015, production executive Jeff Willis tweeted…
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “(500) Days of Summer” A 6 part series on the 2009 WGA nominated best original screenplay.
On Writing “Write a good sentence, then a good paragraph, and don’t be dreaming about writing the great American novel or what you’ll wear at the…
Daily Dialogue — July 10, 2017 “Michael Francis Rizzi, do you renounce Satan? And all his works? And all his pomps?”
Reader Question: When can you stop tinkering with a script and finally say “done”? And for a writer, what the hell does “done” mean?
Video: “The Directors Series — The Coen Brothers” A fantastic 7 part series covering the entire Coen brothers library of films.
How post-horror movies are taking over cinema Reflections on It Comes At Night, Get Out, A Ghost Story, more.
Daily Dialogue — July 9, 2017 “You can’t win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can imagine.”
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Go Into The Story Movie Analysis: “Back to the Future” A 5 part series on one of the most beloved movies of our generation.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 297th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Interview (Written): Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley A conversation with two of the screenwriters of Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Tweetstorm: Zack Stentz on Being ‘Good in a Room’ Screenwriting is not just about what’s on the page. You have to sell yourself.
Reader Question: Does Hollywood even care about making compelling stories anymore? I hear some variation of this question ALL the time.
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Michael Clayton” A 6-part series on the 2008 Academy Award nominated original screenplay.
