Go Into The Story Interview: Chris Sparling My conversation with the four-time Black List screenwriter.
Page One: “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” (1988) Screenplay by Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman, based on the book: “Who Censored Roger Rabbit?” by Gary K. Wolf
Screenwriting 101: Dennis Lehane START WITH CHARACTERS: “The plot is just the vehicle by which the characters are revealed. You create a bunch of characters and let them…
Screenwriting 101: J.F. Lawton “There’s a great story I heard the other day that I’ll rip off. I guess it’s a classic Japanese story about a tea ceremony expert who got…
On Writing “Every scene should be able to answer three questions: “Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don’t get it? Why now?”
Page One: “What Dreams May Come” (1998) Screenplay by Ron Bass, based on the novel novel “What Dreams May Come” by Richard Matheson
Go Into The Story Interview: Sam Regnier My conversation with the 2015 Black List and Nicholl screenwriter.
Screenwriting 101: Richard Lagravenese “Like your soul, you can mistreat your gift. That energy, if it’s not channeled in the proper respectful manner, will come out in…
Page One: “We Need to Talk About Kevin” (2011) Screenplay by Lynne Ramsay & Rory Stewart Kinnear, novel by Lionel Shriver
On Writing “People may or may not say what they mean… but they always say something designed to get what they want.”
