Zero Draft Thirty: Story Prep Writers continue to step up to the Zero Draft Thirty 2017 Spring Challenge: In March, write a draft of an original movie or TV script. Some…
Script Analysis: “La La Land” — Part 1: Scene By Scene Breakdown Read the script for the Oscar nominated movie and analyze it all this week.
On Writing “Do not pay any attention to the rules other people make. They make them for their own protection, and to Hell with them.”
The next Go Into The Story Read and Analysis Script: “La La Land” Read the script for the hit movie musical and analyze it next week.
Daily Dialogue — February 19, 2017 “Dearest Cecilia, the story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the…
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Spec Script Deals Analysis 2016: First-Timers As we continue our analysis of spec script sales in 2016, today we check out the first-timers, writers who broke into the business by…
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 277th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Actually, Jenny, the number of spec script deals by women is on average with the historical figures… There are a lot of theories about this. One prevailing theory — although there’s no official way to support the numbers — is that fewer…
Daily Dialogue — February 18, 2017 Scarlett: Sir, you should have made your presence known. Rhett Butler: In the middle of that beautiful love scene. Now that wouldn’t have…
The next Go Into The Story Read and Analysis Script: “La La Land” Read the script for the hit movie musical and analyze it next week.
Spec Script Deals Analysis 2016: Top Sales Continuing our week long analysis of spec script sales from 2016, today we look at the deals with the biggest payoffs (at least as reported…
Writing and the Creative Life: “Nothing succeeds like failure” As writers, we have to learn how to handle losses and let-downs. Why? Because it is a constant dynamic in our lives. I was reminded of this…
Daily Dialogue — February 17, 2017 Miss Minchin: [voiceover, as she leads Sara up to the attic] And because of the expenses you’ve incurred, everything you own now belongs to…
2016 Spec Script Deals Analysis: Agents & Managers We continue with our analysis of spec script deals in 2016. Today: Agents and Managers.
Spec Script Deal: “Ruthless” Amblin Entertainment acquires action spec script “Ruthless” written by John Swetnam. From Deadline:
The Business of Screenwriting: Celebrate your victories Based on my experiences as a screenwriter in Hollywood, there are many things I can advise you to do that are not particularly enjoyable:
Daily Dialogue — February 16, 2017 “I have a theory that there is something in the Italian landscape which inclines even the most stolid nature to romance.”
2016 Spec Script Sales Analysis: Buyers Yesterday we looked at 2016 spec script deals by genre. Today we break down the numbers per major studios, mini-majors, subsidiaries…
