David Milch: “The Writer’s Voice” (Part 5) Videos and transcripts from Milch’s legendary 2001 and 2007 WGA series.
Writing and the Creative Life: Possibility Thinking, Practicality Thinking You can not overestimate the value of a great idea as the basis of a story. Here are some quotes from a pair of established screenwriters…
Daily Dialogue — June 2, 2017 Cora: I gotta have ya’, Frank. Just us. If it was just you and me. Frank: What’re you talkin’ ‘bout? Cora: I’m tired of what’s right and…
David Milch: “The Writer’s Voice” (Part 4) Videos and transcripts from Milch’s legendary 2001 and 2007 WGA series.
The Business of Screenwriting: Everyone is here because of us It is late spring 1988. I am in San Diego where K-9 is being shot. It’s my first day on a movie set. Ever. The scene the crew is shooting…
Daily Dialogue — June 1, 2017 Phyllis: Mr. Neff, why don’t you drop by tomorrow evening about eight-thirty. He’ll be in then. Walter Neff: Who? Phyllis: My husband. You…
Reader Question: Is it useful to read a bad script to see what not to do? Can we learn something from slogging through bad screenplays?
David Milch: “The Writer’s Voice” (Part 3) Videos and transcripts from Milch’s legendary 2001 and 2007 WGA series.
Great Scene: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” Many of the best movie scenes are payoffs to plot elements that have been set up earlier in the story. And often, the set-up and payoff…
Go Into The Story Interview: Robin Swicord Prolific Hollywood screenwriter whose latest movie is Wakefield.
David Milch: “The Writer’s Voice” (Part 2) Videos and transcripts from Milch’s legendary 2001 and 2007 WGA series.
Screenwriting 101: Francis Ford Coppola “When you make a movie, always try to discover what the theme of the movie is in one or two words. Every time I made a film, I always knew…
Agreed, Reginald. It behooves us as writers to ask questions like “what’s the one-sheet”, “what are the trailer moments”.
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The Coen Brothers, Storytelling, and Fate A poem by Ethan Coen reveals a key clue to the brothers’ story sensibilities.
David Milch: “The Writer’s Voice” (Part 1) Videos and transcripts from Milch’s legendary 2001 and 2007 WGA series.
On Writing “The difficulty is that we create protagonists we love. And we love them like our children. We want to protect them from harm, keep them…
Daily Dialogue — May 29, 2017 Phillip, at the booth, plays with the parsley on his empty plate, which sits across from Butch’s barely touched one. The boy looks over his…
Trimming Tricks of the Trade A four-part series to help you cut script pages without sacrificing your story.
