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2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 15

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

Script Analysis: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” — Scene By Scene Breakdown

Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:

Screenwriting 101: Haley Bartels

“I come from a prose background. I love language. I love finding the perfect verb, the punchiest verb that doesn’t just tell you what’s…

Page One: “Inherent Vice” (2014)

Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon

Interview (Part 1): Brian Arnold

My interview with 2021 Black List writer for his script In the End.

2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 14

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

Script Analysis: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” —Scene-By-Scene Breakdown

Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:

On Writing

“Good writing is whatever you can get away with."

Page One: “Inglourious Basterds” (2009)

Written by Quentin Tarantino

Sundays with Sidney Lumet’s “Making Movies”

A weekly series featuring reflections on filmmaking by one of the truly great movie directors.

2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 13

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

The Power of Emotional Storytelling

“If I’m gonna dole out $20, I want to be transported.”

Video: 10 Screenwriting and Filmmaking Tips from Akira Kurosawa

The famed filmmaker share insights into the creative process.

Page One: “The Informant” (1997)

Screenplay by Nicholas Meyer, book by Gerald Seymour

Ctrl, Alt, Del: Three Act Structure

It’s right there on your keyboard!

2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 12

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

3 Trends Screenwriters Need to Heed

Changes in technology and entertainment platforms are having an effect on how to approach writing a screenplay.

Video: “How I Wrote ‘The Dark Knight’”

A compilation of first-person clips which explore Christopher Nolan’s writing process and his psychological take on the Bruce Wayne /…

Page One: “Indecent Proposal” (1993)

Screenplay by Amy Holden Jones, novel by Jack Engelhard

Video: Character-Driven Storytelling

My 80-minute conversation with screenwriter Steve Cuden.

2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 11

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

Script Analysis: ‘Sound of Metal’ — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown

Read the script for this award-winning drama set in the world heavy metal music.

Writing and the Creative Life: Here’s to Us Night Owls!

“The conventional wisdom is that morning people are high achievers, go-getters, while late risers are lazy. But what if going to bed in the…

Page One: “In the Heat of the Night” (1968)

Screenplay by Stirling Silliphant, based on a novel by John Ball

How to Handle Blocks of Scene Description

Think of each paragraph as a camera shot… with a catch.