Page One: “The Crow” (1994) Screenplay by David J. Schow and John Shirley, based on a comic book series by James O’Barr
Go Into The Story Interview: c. Craig Patterson My interview with the 2023 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 7(C): Story Length and Change of Fortune As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…
Spec Script Deal: “Familiar” Paramount Pictures acquires horror thriller spec script “Familiar” written by Julien Magnat. Via Deadline:
Interview (Part 6): c. Craig Patterson My interview with the 2023 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 7(B): Beauty, Magnitude and Order As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…
Writing and the Creative Life: What are you afraid of? The single greatest inhibitor to creativity is fear. Do you recognize any of these voices?
Interview (Part 5): c. Craig Patterson My interview with the 2023 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 7(A): Beginning, Middle, End As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…
Screenwriting 101: Guillermo Arriaga “I’ve written novels and screenplays, and with a screenplay you are writing something that’s going to be filmed, and you have to understand…
Page One: “Creed II” (2018) Screenplay by Juel Taylor and Sylvester Stallone, story by Sascha Penn and Cheo Hodari Coker, characters created by Sylvester Stallone
Interview (Part 4): c. Craig Patterson My interview with the 2023 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 6(G): Spectacle Sixth As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…
On Writing “Creation of character is, like much of fiction writing, a mixture of subjective feel and objective control.”
Page One: “Creed” (2015) Screenplay by Ryan Coogler & Aaron Covington, story by Ryan Coogler, characters created by Sylvester Stallone
Interview (Part 3): c. Craig Patterson My interview with the 2023 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 6(F): Diction Fourth, Song Fifth As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…
Spec Script Deal: “If I Had Your Face” Orion Pictures acquires horror spec script “If I Had Your Face” written by Ran Ran Wang. Via Deadline:
Interview (Part 2): c. Craig Patterson My interview with the 2023 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 6(E): Thought Third As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…
The Theology of Cinema Live! Five multimedia presentations from the popular Go Into The Story series, August 5–9 in Frankfort, Michigan.
