Interview: Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber My in-depth conversation with 5 time Black List writing duo.
Script Analysis: “The Invitation” — Part 1: Scene By Scene Breakdown Read the script for the acclaimed indie thriller and discuss this week.
On Writing “Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery. The adventure is a metaphysical one: it is a way of approaching life indirectly, of…
Daily Dialogue — March 20, 2017 “I think… no, I am positive… that you are the most unattractive man I have ever met in my entire life. You know, in the short time we’ve…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 Spring Challenge: Day 19 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Daily Dialogue — March 19, 2017 JERRY: No, see, I don’t need a finder’s fee, I need — finder’s fee’s, what, ten percent, heck that’s not gonna do it for me. I need the…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 Spring Challenge: Day 18 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Daily Dialogue theme next week: Insult Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 3,229 consecutive days and counting.
The next Go Into The Story Read and Analysis Script: “The Invitation” Read the script for the acclaimed indie thriller and discuss next week.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 281st installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Update: Elizabeth Chomko’s “What They Had” The 2015 Nicholl Fellowship winning script gets a green light.
Interview: Edgar Wright and Walter Hill A conversation about the cult 1978 car chase thriller “The Driver”.
Daily Dialogue — March 18, 2017 “He’s dating a fat-ass hipster chick! I hate his stupid guts! I’m gonna disembowel him! He only likes her ‘coz she’s old! She’s probably…
Raymond, thanks for your comments. That said — and coming from a specific perspective of dealing with students who default to using dialogue to move the plot forward — it is…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 Spring Challenge: Day 17 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Spec Script Deal: “Space Race” Universal Pictures acquires spec script “Space Race” written by Daniel Kunka. From Deadline:
Writing and the Creative Life: “The hard is what makes it great” Jimmy Dugan: Taking a little day trip? Dottie Hinson: No, Bob and I are driving home. To Oregon. Jimmy Dugan: [long pause] You know, I…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 Spring Challenge: Day 16 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Spec Script Deal: “Infinite” Paramount Pictures acquires science fiction spec script “Infinite” written by Ian Shorr. From Deadline:
