Go Into The Story

Page One: “I Spit On Your Grave” (2010)

Screenplay by Adam Rockoff (as Stuart Morse), based on the film by Meir Zarchi

Barry Diller: Studios Should Cut Their Own Deals With Guilds

The mogul argues that the traditional studios should go to the guilds and make their own deals: “We are your natural allies, not your…

2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 2

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Interview (Part 6): Tim Ware-Hill

My interview with the 2022 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Script To Screen: “Pan’s Labyrinth”

The scene in the 2006 movie Pan’s Labyrinth, written by Guillermo del Toro, wherein the Protagonist (Ofelia) moves out of the Ordinary…

Page One: “I Saw the Light” (2015)

Screenplay by Marc Abraham, book by Colin Escott and George Merritt and William MacEwen

Hollywood studios have already lost the strikes. Now it’s time to surrender

“Don’t start a fight unless you are certain you can win it.”

2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 1

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Interview (Part 5): Tim Ware-Hill

My interview with the 2022 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Great news about “The Protagonist’s Journey”

I received an email from Palgrave Macmillan, the London-based publisher of “The Protagonist’s Journey: An Introduction to Character-Driven…

Page One: “I Carry You with Me” (2020)

Written by Heidi Ewing and Alan Page

Studio CEOs Set To Meet Amid Internal Tensions

“Almost everyone is looking for someone to blame.”

2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Get Your Head On Straight

Prepare for next month’s writing challenge which starts tomorrow!

Interview (Part 4): Tim Ware-Hill

My interview with the 2022 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

The Trouble with “Character Flaw”

“Characters, at least good ones, are multilayered individuals.”

Page One: “Hyde Park on Hudson” (2012)

Written by Richard Nelson

Fallout from Hollywood labor unrest deepens as strikes drag on

“The diverging priorities and strategies of the studio chiefs have made themselves apparent.”

Screenwriting Back to Basics, Day 5: Reader Identification

Tap into the Protagonist’s qualities which a reader can connect with.

Interview (Part 3): Tim Ware-Hill

My interview with the 2022 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

What if you fall out of love with a script?

“What about a script you fall out of love with after 2–3 drafts, and just can’t finish? Put it aside for now or just push through?”

Page One: “The Hunger Games” (2012)

Screenplay by Gary Ross and Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray, based on the novel by Suzanne Collins

How about this?

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Netflix Agrees to Pay Royalties to Creators of German Series

Also Netflix made a recent agreement with Sweden. Yet they won’t make a similar deal with U.S. TV series and writers?

Screenwriting Back to Basics, Day 4: Character = Function

Every character in a screenplay has to be there for a reason. That is their narrative function, who they are and what they do tied to the…

Interview (Part 2): Tim Ware-Hill

My interview with the 2022 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.