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30 Days of Screenplays: Vol. 1

Reading scripts. One of the single most important things you can do to learn the craft of screenwriting. Here are 30 of them with analysis…

Interview (Video): Danny Boyle, Ed Burns, and Jason Reitman

Conversations with filmmakers of the movies Slumdog Millionaire, The Brothers McMullen, and Up in the Air.

Daily Dialogue — March 4, 2018

Joel: Hi. Clementine: Hi. Didn’t figure you’d show your face around me again. I guess I thought you were… humiliated. You did run away…

Thanks for that, Joseph, good stuff re the story’s structure.

You may enjoy this: LINK. It’s a multi-part series analyzing MC including a Tweetcast transcript involving myself and several other pro…

Q&A: James Morosini

Co-writer, co-producer, actor, and director of the indie film Threesomething.

2018 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 3

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

Daily Dialogue theme next week: Teen Talk

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Saturday Hot Links

Time for the 331st installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…

Daily Dialogue — March 3, 2018

Young Carl "flies" his blue balloon ("The Spirit of Adventure" hand-written on it) as he runs along the sidewalk. He still wears helmet and…

Writing and the Creative Life: “In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail”

When legendary football coach Vince Lombardi would speak in public, he rarely strayed far from two closely related subjects: success and…

2018 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 2

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

30 Days of Screenplays, Day 30: “Michael Clayton”

Why 30 screenplays in 30 days?

Spec Script Deal: “Naked is the Best Disguise”

Studio 8 with a pre-emptive acquisition of science fiction thriller spec script “Naked is the Best Disguise” written by Graham Moore. Via…

Daily Dialogue — March 2, 2018

Ariadne: Why are they all looking at me? Cobb: Because my subconscious feels that someone else is creating this world. The more you change…

Reader Question: Is it true that only 2% of independent films get distribution?

Background on the ever-changing indie film landscape… and is that HOPE on the horizon?

30 Days of Screenplays, Day 29: “Gladiator”

Why 30 screenplays in 30 days?

2018 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 1

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

The Business of Screenwriting: Everything you wanted to know about specs [Part 4]

Part 4: The Buyers — Studios and Financiers

Daily Dialogue — March 1, 2018

Officer: Come on, get everybody to clean this mess up now. Robbie: We’ve just arrived, sir. Can you tell us what we’re supposed to be…

Dustin, let me say this up front: You can always play it safe re format, follow conventional wisdom…

Re original TV pilots: Your path of least resistance is do what’s expected re format. Again, you don’t HAVE to break from the norm with…

Reader Question: Do I HAVE to use INT/EXT — LOCATION — DAY/NIGHT in scene headings?

Wherein we consider selling scripts, shooting scripts, and writing whatever the hell we want to tell our stories the best way possible.

2018 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: 1 Day and Counting!

This is it, your chance to embrace Creativity Meets Productivity!

30 Days of Screenplays, Day 28: “The King’s Speech”

Why 30 screenplays in 30 days?

Script To Screen: “Donnie Darko”

A scene from the 2001 movie Donnie Darko, written and directed Richard Kelly.

Daily Dialogue — February 28, 2018

Steve Jobs: You know what LISA stood for? Lisa Brennan: What? Steve Jobs: The computer. Do you know what LISA stood for? Lisa Brennan: I’m…