Interview (Video): Akiva Goldsman

From Season 11 of the PBS series “On Story”.

In association with the Austin Film Festival and KLRU-TV, the PBS series “On Story” is a must for anybody interested in screenwriting, movies, and/or TV. This week in the 11th season of the series, a conversation with award-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman whose writing credits include A Beautiful Mind and A Time to Kill.

Quote: “What I learned in fiction is how to create a good sentence. Which I really think matters. I think people underestimate the need for a good sentence. Especially when screenplays are being read and assessed for the first time. I think in that form, a good sentence is as important in a screenplay as it is in a novel or even a poem.”

There are dozens of videos in the “On Story” archives which you can access here.

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