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“Sometimes you’ll get a note, ‘This scene is boring, can we put in a car chase?’ What you should take from that note is this scene, this quiet scene you intended to be emotionally...
Hundreds of observations about the craft from professional screenwriters.Abrams, J.J.: “The idea that this world we know isn’t just this world we know but that a package might arr...
“There's not a single battle a writer can win on a conference call, a notes meeting, anything. We win the battle on the page.”--Justin MarksFor 100s more articles in the Screenwrit...
“Every scene has to be doing something. It has to be moving the story along, peeling off a layer of the onion so to speak. The goal in its…
“Sometimes you’re swinging your way through a first draft like a blind miner with a pick-axe. That’s OK. Get it done, nothing else…
“Screenwriting tip: It’s as simple as giving them exactly what they expect in a way they’ve never seen before.”--Christopher McQuarrieFor 100s more articles in the Screenwriting 10...
Every screenwriter has had a moment like this.You're watching something on a streamer or on YouTube, and you think, This is kind of mediocre. Maybe you're not even trying to be mea...
“Every scene has to be doing something. It has to be moving the story along, peeling off a layer of the onion so to speak. The goal in its…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
We're getting in the Halloween mood, and that means reading some scary screenplays and trying to come up with ideas that get execs across town excited. One of my favorite genres to...
The Business of Screenwriting is a series of Go Into The Story articles based upon my experiences as a complete Hollywood outsider who sold a spec script for a lot of money, parlay...
“Sometimes you’re swinging your way through a first draft like a blind miner with a pick-axe. That’s OK. Get it done, nothing else…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Find the most powerful word and use it.”Eric Heisserer (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Final Destination 5, The Thing, Hours, Arrival) is probably the Hollywood screenwriter most will...
“There is always a sheet of paper. There is always a pen. There is always a way out.”
Spooky Pictures' Roy Lee and Steven Schneider, and frequent partner Ben Ross of Image Nation look at the deals — and the philosophy — that helps them land project after project.
"Halloween is making a lot of money. Let's rip it off."Imagine the start of an iconic writing journey beginning this way. It did. Screenwriter Victor Miller died Monday, Aug. 31, 2...
"There are three different drafts of a screenplay in the development process. The first screenplay is for the studio, when they say, 'Okay, we like this.'The second screenplay you...
Earlier this week, we covered how the late, great Sir Sean Connery passed on several prominent projects because he didn't "get" them. Like, he didn't understand The Lord of the Rin...
Conversations with screenwriters, TV writers, authors, and Hollywood professionals.FILMMAKERS (Screenwriters, Writer-Directors, Directors)2011 Screenwriters Roundtable: Chris Borre...
"The spec script gives you freedom to do whatever you want."Back when Twitter was fun, screenwriters would sometimes string together a series of tweets - what came to be known as "...
Thirty years ago, Wes Craven — already a beloved filmmaker, thanks to hits like A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Hills Have Eyes — released Scream, and the world of horror forever...
2026 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the original Scream movie. The blockbuster is a horror classic and has spawned a franchise that continues to produce new installments to thi...
“That second act, for me, is the most fun, because the first and third act have such clearly defined functions. The first act you have to set up the problem or problems, introduc...
by Debbie Burke Holly Soriano is an independent film producer in Billings, Montana who’s creating a course about what they don’t teach you at film school but should. For several we...
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