Character Introductions: 12 Part Series Everything you need to know about the subject and probably more.
Video: THR 2017 Screenwriter Roundtable 70+ minute conversation with 6 of the year’s most notable screenwriters.
Great Scene: “Halloween” This is one of the iconic scenes in the history of horror movies: Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) versus Michael Myers (Tony Moran) in the Final…
Daily Dialogue — February 15, 2017 “Let us think of the pain Christ suffered when they nailed him to the cross. Left him to hang there until he was dead. Think of his most…
2016 Spec Script Deals Analysis: Genres By my count, Hollywood studios, production companies, and financiers acquired 75 spec scripts in 2016. During this week, I’ll be breaking…
Character Introductions: Part 12 Think there’s nothing to introducing characters in a script? Think again!
Screenwriting 101: Walter Bernstein “I love movies. I love movies. I still get that frisson when I go on a movie set — the most boring business in the world — but I feel that…
Daily Dialogue — February 14, 2017 “This has been a sad day’s business for our family, Mr. Redmond Barry. And you’ve robbed us of fifteen hundred a year. Now you’d better…
2016 Spec Script Deal List Every year since I launched the blog in 2008, I do a week-long analysis of the recent year in terms of spec script deals. This week, we…
Character Introductions: Part 11 Think there’s nothing to introducing characters in a script? Think again!
Beyond Words 2017: Celebrating WGA-Nominated Screenwriters The Black List reports on recent WGA event
Daily Dialogue — February 13, 2017 “Astounding! It was actually, it was beyond belief. But they showed no corrections of any kind. Not one. He had simply written down music…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 Spring Challenge: Coming in March! Do you have a story you want to write? A feature length movie screenplay? An original TV pilot? A web series pilot? A novel? Short story…
Spec Script Deal: “The New Neighbors” STX Entertainment acquires psychological thriller spec script “The New Neighbors” written by Leslye Headland and David Schickler. From…
Interview (Video): T.J. Cimfel and David White Chicago-based screenwriting duo behind the movie Intruders.
Daily Dialogue — February 12, 2017 Forrest Gump: What’s the matter, mama? Mrs. Gump: I’m dyin’, Forrest.
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Interview (Part 6): Justin Piasecki (2016 Nicholl Winner) My conversation with the writer of the winning script “Death of an Ortolan”.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 276th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Interview (Written): John Michael McDonagh A revealing Q&A with the outspoken U.K.-based writer-director.
