Go Into The Story

This is the 12th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with a great story idea is to come up with a lot of ideas. And the best way to

A week-long analysis of this Oscar-winning screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss. Reading scripts. Absolutely critical to learn the craft of screenwriting. The focus of this bi-weekly series is a deep structural and thematic analysis of each script we read. Our daily schedule: Monday: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown Tuesday: Plot Wednesday: Characters Thursday: Themes

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

Screenplay by Seth Lochhead and David Farr, story by Seth Lochhead

This is the 12th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with a great story idea is to come up with a lot of ideas. And the best way to

A week-long analysis of this Oscar-nominated screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.

“I strongly believe that writing is an act of courage. It’s almost an act of physical courage. You get up and you have this great idea…

Screenplay by John Carpenter, Debra Hill

A series featuring reflections on writing from the famed author’s memoir.

This is the 12th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…

A 1-hour conversation with some of this year’s WGA drama TV writers.

Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis, story by Danny Rubin

This is the 12th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…

How a single question posed to an actor-playwright led a trilogy of films in search of the answer.

70-minutes on the subject of Character-Driven Screenwriting and Storytelling… featuring none other than me!

Screenplay by Tom Jankiewicz and D.V. DeVincentis & Steve Pink & John Cusack, story by Tom Jankiewicz

This is the 12th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…

#5: Persistence: “Hollywood is the only town where you can not fail. You can only quit trying.”

Universal Pictures acquires untitled family adventure-comedy spec script written by Alex Ankeles and Morgan Jurgenson. Via Deadline:

Part 1: Something about your story, most particularly involving your Protagonist, must resonate with a reader. What that boils down to is…

Screenplay by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon, story by Jenny Bicks