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Interview (Part 6): Stephanie Shannon 2013 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting winner and Black List honoree.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 294th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Screenwriting Lessons: “The Social Network” — Part 5: Handling Exposition A five-part series exploring lessons we can glean from Aaron Sorkin’s script.
Interview (Written): Kiel Murray, Bob Peterson, and Mike Rich The three credited screenwriters of the new Pixar movie Cars 3.
Daily Dialogue — June 17, 2017 JAN (V.O.): He respected you. He didn’t even try to kiss you. Maybe you just don’t appeal to him. He didn’t write your number down. Why…
Reader Question: How do you decide between managers? Some thoughts on how to decide who you should choose as your manager.
Interview (Part 5): Stephanie Shannon 2013 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting winner and Black List honoree.
Screenwriting Lessons: “The Social Network” — Part 4: Subplots A five-part series exploring lessons we can glean from Aaron Sorkin’s script.
Daily Dialogue — June 16, 2017 “I know you’re out there. I can feel you now. I know that you’re afraid… you’re afraid of us. You’re afraid of change. I don’t know the…
Interview (Part 4): Stephanie Shannon 2013 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting winner and Black List honoree.
Black List writers on the craft: Story Concepts (Part 4) Over the years, I have interviewed over 40 Black List screenwriters. This month, I will run a series featuring one topic per week related…
Screenwriting Lessons: “The Social Network” — Part 3: Theme A five-part series exploring lessons we can glean from Aaron Sorkin’s script.
The Business of Screenwriting: Going to the movies One of the most important ways you can learn the craft of screenwriting is by watching movies. Studying them. Breaking them down sequence…
Reader Question: Should I take my name off a script? Tough situation: Your movie gets made, but it turned out badly.
Interview (Part 3): Stephanie Shannon 2013 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting winner and Black List honoree.
Actually, Paula, while Sorkin may not have CREATED Zuckerberg, he most certainly CRAFTED his… Sorkin admitted as much in his Golden Globe Award acceptance speech, thanking Zuckerberg for allowing him to make a “version” of Zuckerberg…
Screenwriting Lessons: “The Social Network” — Part 2: Narrative Framework A five-part series exploring lessons we can glean from Aaron Sorkin’s script.
Daily Dialogue — June 14, 2017 BERNSTEIN talking softly from a relatively private phone in the newsroom. The voice of the lawyer is also whispered and scared to death.
Reader Question: What does “literary style” mean in terms of writing a screenplay? Over time, screenplays have become less ‘scripty’ and more ‘literary’.
Interview (Part 2): Stephanie Shannon 2013 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting winner and Black List honoree.
