Zero Draft Thirty 2017 Spring Challenge: 2 Days and Counting! Your chance to take on Procrastination and Perfectionism.
Interview (Part 1): Geeta Malik (2016 Nicholl Winner) My 6-part chat with the writer of the winning script “Dinner With Friends”.
Interview: Julia Hart and Jordan Horowitz 5 part series with ‘Miss Steven’s co-writer-director and ‘La La Land’ producer.
On Writing “There’s only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that’s a writer sitting down to…
Daily Dialogue — February 27, 2017 “Shh! The baby’s sleeping. You took away my future. I’m simply returning the favor. Oh, don’t worry, I’ll be a a good mentor; supportive…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 Spring Challenge: 3 Days and Counting! As added motivation download a free ZD30 calendar!
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “La La Land” The entire 6 part series delving into the award-winning musical drama.
Oscars: 9 Writing Nominees on How Their Words Changed From Laptop to Big Screen Screenwriting insights from Academy Award nominated writers.
John, good observations. So no, Seb could not have gone to Paris. And yes, their lives together was a pipe dream. There is, in my view, an inevitability to their…
Daily Dialogue theme next week: Sidekick Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 3,208 consecutive days and counting.
Script Analysis: “La La Land” — Part 6: Takeaways Read the script for the Oscar nominated movie and analyze it all this week.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 278th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Video: Pixar Animation Studios Tour 21 minutes inside arguably the most successful movie studio ever!
Oscar-Nominated Screenwriters Share Worst Studio Notes Some doozies from the WGA Beyond Words event you have to check out.
Daily Dialogue — February 25, 2017 COLIN: Just fucking kill me. Just fucking kill… BILLY: I am killing you.
“Damien Chazelle’s Guide to Beginnings and Endings” “You’ve got to have a good beginning, a good ending, and no shitty scenes in between.”
Read 2017 Oscar nominated screenplays Download 9 of the 10 nominated scripts before Academy Awards Sunday!
Zero Draft Thirty: The Despair of the Blank Page What if when you start writing a story… the page really ISN’T blank?
Melinda, I concur re the ending: Without it, both M&S going their separate ways AND the parallel… Which brings me to your point about the transformative nature of love. When I read that, I suddenly had a thought: What if we drew a…
