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Update: 2019 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 4 New Scripts, 24 Total

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

Daily Dialogue — December 11, 2019

Han Solo: Hey, Your Worship, I’m only trying to help. Princess Leia: Would you please stop calling me that? Han Solo: Sure, Leia. Princess…

Pixar and the Craft of Storytelling

My popular one week online class begins Monday, January 13, 2020.

Writing Goals: 2020 [Part 7] — Time Management

10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2019 and will do in 2020.

Screenwriting 101: Joey Clarke, Jr.

“You have to sacrifice. Everyone, or at least most people, have to have a day job while they pursue writing. Not to mention other…

Daily Dialogue — December 10, 2019

“Do I get to say thank you this time?”

Tweetstorm: Monica Beletsky on the Establishing POV in a Pilot Script

“Who’s POV are we in? Why do we care? Whose journey are we on?”

Writing Goals: 2020 [Part 6] — Schedule

10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2019 and will do in 2020.

On Writing

“I like writing very much. I often ask my writing friends if they like to write, and they always say they don’t. They love the research…

Daily Dialogue — December 9, 2019

Lorraine: George, aren’t you going to kiss me? George: I don’t know.

The Theology of Cinema: Doubt

We can not know Light without Dark. Nor can we know Good without Evil. Likewise we can not truly understand Faith without Doubt.

Update: 2019 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 3 New Scripts, 20 Total

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

Interview (Video): Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie

An extended Q&A with the co-witers and directors of the movie Uncut Gems.

Daily Dialogue — December 8, 2019

“Jessica. Only child. Illinois, Chicago.”

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: The Final Close-Up [Part 1]

“Knowing when and how to stop is as important to a photoplay writer as to an after dinner speaker, but amateur scenarists, like amateur…

Daily Dialogue theme next week: Kiss

Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 4,223 consecutive days and counting.

Interview (Video): Charles Randolph

A 40+ minute conversation with the screenwriter of Bombshell.

Daily Dialogue — December 7, 2019

Mr. Hollister: Just how obscene an amount of cash are we talking about here? Profane or really offensive? Edward Lewis: Really offensive…

Dialogue = Conversation with a Purpose

A 3-minute video excerpt featuring… me.

Writing Goals: 2020 [Part 5] — Going Public

10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2019 and will do in 2020.

Writing and the Creative Life: A Playlist to Calm the Mind

A therapist suggests some music to reduce anxiety.

Daily Dialogue — December 6, 2019

Housewife: What’re you doing? Moe Adams: We’re with Life magazine. We’ll be outta here in just —  Bill ‘BB’ Babowsky: I gotta move the…

Interview (Audio): Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski

A two-hour conversation about the importance of research in the writing process with screenwriting duo Scott Alexander and Larry…

Writing Goals: 2020 [Part 4] — Practical Matters

10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2018 and will do in 2019.

The Business of Screenwriting: Everything You Wanted to Know About Specs [Part 10]

“The psychological game of selling spec scripts has another important player: the Hollywood agent. It is the agents who whip up the…