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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...
“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…
If you've ever written a script, you know what it's like to inhabit a world and its characters. You've basically lived inside the pages. You know every character's backstory, the w...
"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...
Do you know how long it takes to make a film? It’s, like, a really long process. It takes a long time. That is, if you’re doing it right from development to release.What does that...
“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 »
Gavin Gaitan (who we've written about before) is a Los Angeles writer/producer/director with three self-financed features to his name. His most recent, Down Town, is a 24-hour absu...
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...
Writing your first few scripts can feel really scary. Staring at a blank Final Draft file often made me feel as though I was being thrown to the metaphorical wolves, and there were...
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...
Novelists and screenwriters often fight the same battles, even though their end products differ.Whatever you’re writing, you’ll want a premise that’s easy to pitch with a catchy ho...
Screenwriter Corey Mandell recently sat down for a conversation at Film Courage, where he talked about the mistakes that he most consistently sees new writers make. It’s a fascinat...
“There is always a sheet of paper. There is always a pen. There is always a way out.”
“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...
For many people’s scripts, the rewriting process can feel like Hell on Earth. Writer John Vorhaus recently sat down with Film Courage to talk about why he actually likes the rewrit...
If you've ever written a screenplay, you probably know that finishing the dang thing is only half the battle. Now you have to read it back and figure out if it's good or not. And y...
R.F. Kuang is 29 and has already published seven novels, including the Nebula-winning Babel, the #1 New York Times bestseller Yellowface, and this year's Katabasis. She trained at...
“There is always a sheet of paper. There is always a pen. There is always a way out.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“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 »
You'd think after, you know, an Oscar, The West Wing, and decades of fast-talking dialogue, writing would get easier for Aaron Sorkin. But it hasn't, according to what he admits in...
“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...
You probably know that there are hidden formulas in most genre works. A Hallmark holiday movie has beats that it hits like clockwork. Marvel comic book films are reliable stories f...
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