Go Into The Story

Video: 20 Screenwriting Tips from Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Advice from the creator of Fleabag and Killing Eve.

Page One: “Babel” (2006)

Screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga

Steven, I agree.

That said, I don’t think we should be letter-bound by specific page number for this or that to happen. To me, they best serve as…

J, thanks for these tips.

Thanks again for those thoughts!

Kathryn, thanks for sharing your experience during the pandemic.

All the best in your creative and life endeavors!

Evidently, the link to the article referenced in the OP has disappeared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhCtMc8Pdqg

Jerry, that's the thing with spec scripts: Typically, they are not available online.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/

Barry, that conversation you've had with your co-writer is an important one.

Thanks for sharing and good luck with the pilot script!

Aristotle and Three Act Structure

“A whole [story] is what has a beginning and middle and end.”

2021–2022 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 3 New Scripts, 5 Total

It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.

Script To Screen: “Blade Runner”

Batty and Deckard’s final struggle from the movie Blade Runner (1982), screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Webb Peoples, based on a…

Interview (Video): Paul Thomas Anderson

A half-hour post-screening Q&A with the writer-director of Licorice Pizza.

Page One: “Awakenings” (1990)

Screenplay by Steven Zaillian, book by Oliver Sacks

Reader Question: When is the best time to reveal a character’s backstory?

Key character revelations from their past. When? Where? How?

“Conversations With Wilder”: Part 25

Billy Wilder. Cameron Crowe. Conversation and creative insight.

Great Scene: “To Kill A Mockingbird”

“To begin with, this case should never have come to trial. The State has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the…

Writing and the Creative Life: Why Creative People May Feel More Anxiety

I’m even nervous posting this…

Page One: “August: Osage County” (2013)

Screenplay by Tracy Letts

Why are we fascinated with Bad Guys?

So many current TV series feature anti-heroes. Why?

“Conversations With Wilder”: Part 24

Billy Wilder. Cameron Crowe. Conversation and creative insight.

Reader Question: Where do you go for inspiration when the words just aren’t coming?

What to do to break through a creative funk?

The Business of Screenwriting: The Importance of a Writers Group

There’s that image of a writer. Sequestered in a room. Struggling over a blank piece of paper. Crumpled pages strewn about. A cup of booze…

Page One: “Attack the Block” (2011)

Written by Joe Cornish

Tarantino, Sorkin, and Dialogue as Purpose

Analysis of long dialogue-centric scenes in The Social Network and Pulp Fiction reveals that underneath the entertaining conversations lies…

“Conversations With Wilder”: Part 23

Billy Wilder. Cameron Crowe. Conversation and creative insight.