On Writing “The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them act…
Page One: “Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment” (1985) Written by Barry Blaustein & David Sheffield, characters created by Neal Israel & Pat Proft
Script Analysis: “Dallas Buyers Club” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Go Into The Story Interview: Cesar Vitale Cesar Vitale wrote the original screenplay “The Great Nothing” which won a 2017 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and made the 2017 Black…
Script Analysis: “Big Eyes” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Go Into The Story Interview: Sarah Jane Inwards Sarah Jane Inwards wrote the original screenplay “Jellyfish Summer” which not only won a 2017 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, it made…
Page One: “Police Academy” (1984) Screenplay by Neal Israel & Pat Proft and Hugh Wilson, story by Neal Israel & Pat Proft
Screenwriting 101: Carl Foreman “I rewrite and rewrite and rewrite. I know in advance that my so-called first draft will be in fact my tenth draft.”
Script Analysis: “Logan” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Script Analysis: “Gravity” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
On Writing “One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”
Page One: “Pixels” (2015) Screenplay by Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling, screen story by Tim Herlihy, short film by Patrick Jean
Screenwriting 101: Carl Foreman “When I first came out to Hollywood, it never occurred to me that the story had to be about something. I just thought a good story had a…
Script Analysis: “Celeste and Jesse Forever” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Go Into The Story Interview: Kristen Gray-Rockmaker Kristen Gray-Rockmaker wrote the original screenplay “Last Days of Winter” which won a 2017 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. I had the…
Page One: “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” (2011) Screenplay by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio, screen story by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio, based on characters created by Ted Elliott & Terry…
Go Into The Story Interview: Meg Gardiner My conversation with the Edgar-winning novelist about the craft of writing, how she won ‘Jeopardy’ three times, why she is an “escaped…
Script Analysis: “Glass Onion” — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Page One: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” (2017) Screenplay by Jeff Nathanson, story by Jeff Nathanson and Terry Rossio, based on characters created by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and…
Spec Script Deal: “With The 8th Pick” Warner Bros. acquires sports drama spec script “With the 8th Pick” written by Alex Sohn and Gavin Johannsen. Via Deadline:
Script Analysis: “Bros” — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
