Go Into The Story

Script To Screen: “Citizen Kane”

A memorable scene from the 1941 movie Citizen Kane, original screen play by Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Welles.

Page One: “Atomic Blonde” (2017)

Screenplay by Kurt Johnstad, based on the graphic novel series “The Coldest City” written by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart

2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 30

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

Page One: “Anthropoid” (2016)

Written by Sean Ellis & Anthony Frewin

Page One: “Argentina, 1985” (2022)

Screenplay by Santiago Mitre and Mariano Llinás

Page One: “Ask the Dust” (2006)

Screenplay by Robert Towne, novel by John Fante

2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 29

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

Page One: “Assassination Nation” (2018)

Written by Sam Levinson

2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 26

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

Script To Screen: “Clerks”

A scene from the 1994 movie Clerks., written by Kevin Smith.

Screenwriting 101: John Milius

“A writer’s greatest fear now is not that he’s going to be no good when he sits down to write. A writer’s greatest fear is that he’s going…

Page One: “Anthropoid” (2016)

Written by Sean Ellis & Anthony Frewin

2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 25

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

“I got my first TV writing job at 55”

Craig T. Williams shares the story about how decades learning the craft, writing scripts, and networking resulted in landing a TV staff…

On Writing

“You can never read your own book with the innocent anticipation that comes with that first delicious page of a new book, because you wrote…

Page One: “Animal Kingdom” (2010)

Written by David Michôd

2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 24

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

Spec Script Deal: “Ballistic”

Paramount acquires action comedy spec script “Ballistic” written by John Swetnam. Via Deadline:

Script To Screen: “Collateral”

A scene from the 2004 movie Collateral, written by Stuart Beattie.

Page One: “Angels & Demons” (2009)

Screenplay by David Koepp and Akiva Goldsman, novel by Dan Brown

2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 23

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

Go Into The Story Interview: Kevin Sheridan

My interview with 2023 Black List writer for his script Backcountry.

Script To Screen: “Cool Hand Luke”

A key scene from the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke, screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson, novel by Donn Pearce.

Page One: “Angels With Dirty Faces” (1938)

Screen play by John Wexley and Warren Duff, story by Rowland Brown, uncredited Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur

2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 22

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