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Best of the Web 15 Jun
Story & Structure :: The Complete ‘The Dialogue Series’ :: Your Opening Scene Better Be Awesome :: Movie Analysis: 'Edge of Tomorrow' Script Perfection :: How…
The Journal
Vol. 17 · 1,240 entries
26 August 2026
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Take what’s useful, argue with the rest.
Vol. 17
Pitching & Selling · 3 min
The Easiest Genres to Sell
There are genres that are much easier to sell than others. Below is a list of genres that are divided into three tiers. by Steve Kaire…
Best of the Web · 1 min
Best of the Web 8 Jun
Story & Structure :: Video: How to Do Visual Comedy :: How to Take the Terror Out of Writing :: Screenplay Review - A Monster Calls…
Video · 1 min
[Video]: Edgar Wright on Lazy Filmmaking
Tony Zhou's excellent video essay on the difference philosophies of modern American and British comedy films. You'll never look at a Seth Rogen film the same…
Story & Structure · 5 min
Maybe… We Are All Godzilla
The Top 5 Movie Monsters Japanese monster movies, alike in their tendency to cast strange creatures, or kaiju, in the title role, have been seducing movie-goers…
Video · 1 min
[Video]: Tarantino at Cannes
Is making a Tarantino-esque film an act of homage or plagiarization? Is filmmaking harder today than it was ten years ago? Is film as we know…
Pitching & Selling · 7 min
The Right and Wrong Way to Enter Contests!
The next couple of weeks impose some hefty deadlines for screenwriters. And every year, about 1-2 weeks from the deadlines of these big contests, I start…
Story & Structure · 5 min
When Readers Don’t Know What Your Characters Are Talking About
A good story will always be a balance between providing readers necessary information—and keeping them curious by not giving them all the info. Nowhere is this…
Story & Structure · 5 min
A New Take on Screenplay Structure
There are many schools of thought on screenplay structure - Robert McKee, Syd Field, and John Truby are just a few that come to mind. Or…
Pitching & Selling · 2 min
What Screenwriters Are Being Judged On
As a screenwriter, you're being judged in three different categories. by Steve Kaire The first is your material. When you're in a pitch session, it's your…
Best of the Web · 1 min
Best of the Web 4 May
Story & Structure :: Screenplay Review - Maleficent :: 10 Screenwriting Tips from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest :: Going From Rough Draft to 'Draft…
Video · 1 min
[Video] Inside the writers’ room with Breaking Bad
Ever wondered what happens in the writers room? In this short video Vince Gilligan and his creative team discuss the dark art of penning Breaking Bad.…
Story & Structure · 4 min
Where Are All The Heroines On TV?
I’ve been enjoying Atlantis with my kids and both my son and daughter love it. They like the humour, the emotional drama, the action and the…
Best of the Web · 1 min
Best of the Web 27 Apr
Story & Structure :: TV Writer Podcast 083: Hilary Winston (Bad Teacher) Script Perfection :: Fear of Failure :: Fargo’s Noah Hawley Pitching & Selling ::…
Video · 1 min
[Video] Ricky Gervais on writing
Ricky Gervais gets serious as he recounts how he learned to write.