Screenwriting 101: Jonathan Hensleigh “Well made action pictures, the action sequences don’t exist in a vacuum. You don’t have enough time in the telling of the tale to have…
Script Analysis: “Living” — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Page One: “Wicked: For Good” (2025) Screenplay by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, based on the musical stage play with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman…
Page One: “Bugonia” (2025) Screenplay by Will Tracy, based on the film ‘Save the Green Planet!’ written by Jang Joon-hwan
Reflections of 2025 Black List Project Lab Participants Writers who participated in the 2nd annual Black List Project Lab reflect on their experience.
Page One: “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” (2025) Screenplay by Scott Cooper, book by Warren Zanes
On Writing “The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new.”
Screenwriting 101: Eric Heisserer “You know you’re in the presence of a screenwriter in command of their craft when the narrative is terse and full of ample white space.”
On Writing “In the end, you either have the cojones to write and keep writing, or you don’t. No amount of good advice will make a damn bit of…
Page One: “Is This Thing On” (2025) Screenplay by Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett & Mark Chappell, story by Will Arnett & Mark Chappell & John Bishop #movies #screenwriting
Script Analysis: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Screenwriting 101: John Michael Hayes “I prefer to start a screenplay and go through the whole first draft in one fell swoop. To get all the emotion, color, drama, melodrama…
On Writing “Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination.”
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