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2019 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 20

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

There is no right way to write

Learn all you can, but ultimately it’s about your Stories and your Creative Self.

Script Analysis: “First Reformed” — Part 3: Characters

Read the Oscar-nominated screenplay and analyze it this week.

Great Scene: “The Big Lebowski”

“Donny was a good bowler, and a good man. He was one of us.”

Daily Dialogue — March 20, 2019

Col. Robinson and Major Barton communicating by telephone.

2019 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 20

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

2019 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 19

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

Reader Question: What’s about including specific songs in a spec script?

“There is a supposed rule that a writer cannot use a recorded song in a screenplay. Unlike many of the other ‘rules,’ at least this one is…

Script Analysis: “First Reformed” — Part 2: Plot

Read the Oscar-nominated screenplay and analyze it this week.

Screenwriting 101: Michael Arndt

On Tuesday, May 23, 2000, at 4:27 p.m., I sat down to write LMS [Little Miss Sunshine]. I wrote twelve pages the first day, thirty-seven…

Daily Dialogue — March 19, 2019

Willi von Klugermann: By the way, Stachel… there’s an impression around that… you care more about your unconfirmed kill than you do about…

Script Analysis: “First Reformed” — Part 1: Scene By Scene Breakdown

Read the Oscar-nominated screenplay and analyze it this week.

2019 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 18

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

On Writing

“Great writers play to their strengths. If you’re hilarious, let yourself be funny. If you have an ear for dialogue, keep your characters…

Daily Dialogue — March 18, 2019

“What we done in France, we had to do. And some as done it, didn’t come back, and that kind of thing ain’t for buying and selling.”

2019 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 17

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

Script To Screen: “The Princess Bride”

A memorable scene from the 1987 movie The Princess Bride [screenplay by William Goldman based on his novel].

Screenwriting News (March 11— March 17, 2019)

Ciaran Crampton and Jay Dowski scripted animated feature “Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk” for Exodus Film Group and NCredible Entertainment with…

Interview: Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann

An in-depth conversation with the co-writers and co-directors of the movie Sister Aimee which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

Daily Dialogue — March 17, 2019

“I’m very, very aware… that you are seeing other agents. And I think it’s good that you are. Finally, I mean it’s healthy. But, this is the…

2019 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 16

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

Character Type: Prostitute

“There is an implied question for any movie viewer about a primary character who is a Prostitute: ‘Could I do that? Can I imagine myself in…

Daily Dialogue theme next week: World War I

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Interview (Part 6): Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann

An in-depth conversation with the co-writers and co-directors of the movie Sister Aimee which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

Daily Dialogue — March 16, 2019

“I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.”