Screenwriting 101: J.F. Lawton “There’s a great story I heard the other day that I’ll rip off. I guess it’s a classic Japanese story about a tea ceremony expert who got…
On Writing “Every scene should be able to answer three questions: “Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don’t get it? Why now?”
Page One: “What Dreams May Come” (1998) Screenplay by Ron Bass, based on the novel novel “What Dreams May Come” by Richard Matheson
Go Into The Story Interview: Sam Regnier My conversation with the 2015 Black List and Nicholl screenwriter.
Screenwriting 101: Richard Lagravenese “Like your soul, you can mistreat your gift. That energy, if it’s not channeled in the proper respectful manner, will come out in…
Page One: “We Need to Talk About Kevin” (2011) Screenplay by Lynne Ramsay & Rory Stewart Kinnear, novel by Lionel Shriver
On Writing “People may or may not say what they mean… but they always say something designed to get what they want.”
Screenwriting 101: Dale Launer “Over the next six or seven years, I honed my writing skills to a point where I actually sold a screenplay: Ruthless People. It was made…
Page One: “Warrior” (2011) Screenplay by Gavin O’Connor & Anthony Tambakis & Cliff Dorfman, story by Gavin O’Connor & Cliff Dorfman
Page One: “War of the Worlds” (2005) Screenplay by Josh Friedman and David Koepp, novel by H.G. Wells
On Writing “If I’m not writing for the audience, if I’m not writing to make it easier for them, then who the hell am I doing it for? And the way you…
