Best of the Web · 1 min
Best of the Web 5 Jan
Story & Structure :: Great Character: Hans Gruber (“Die Hard”) :: Find Your Writer's Voice in 2014 :: Five Days of 'Her': How to Shoot the…
The Journal
Vol. 17 · 1,240 entries
26 August 2026
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Vol. 17
Story & Structure · 5 min
Writing the High ROI Screenplay (Part 12)
This week we conclude with part twelve in a twelve part series of JT Velikovsky's doctoral thesis: “Understanding And Exploring The Relationship Between: Creativity; Theories Of…
Best of the Web · 1 min
Best of the Web 29 Dec
Story & Structure :: Great Character: Hans Gruber (“Die Hard”) :: The 10 Best Screenplays I Read This Year! :: Amateur Friday - The Jaguar's Fang…
Story & Structure · 5 min
Finding Your Way In Hollywood
Rumour has it that film star Lee Marvin was once so drunk after a night out that he had to buy one of those “Map of…
Best of the Web · 1 min
Best of the Web 22 Dec
Story & Structure :: Christmas Screenplay Review - It's A Wonderful Life :: Read 24 of the Best Screenplays from 2013 :: Amateur Friday - A…
The Screenwriter's Life · 5 min
About Co-Writing [The Times They Are a-Changin…]
When Joseph Campbell was asked towards the end of his life what the mythology was that people were living by, he responded there was none. The…
Pitching & Selling · 3 min
Inspiration from a Slaughterhouse
Unmotivated. Lazy. Creatively constipated . Is this you? by Signe Olynyk After months of little progress, I tried this wondrous thing called the internet. I googled.…
Best of the Web · 1 min
Best of the Web 15 Dec
Story & Structure :: Update: Award Season Screenplay Downloads :: How To Find Your Voice :: Screenplay Review - Cowboy Bebop :: “The Best Way to…
Video · 1 min
[Video]: 12 Steps to Screenplay
Need a splash of inspiration to start your screenplay? Struggling to generate a variety of loglines to select from? In the first of this 12-part series,…
Story & Structure · 4 min
8 Signs Your Writing Is Stuck in a Rut
Laziness and fear—a writer’s two great nemeses—do their best to keep us stuck in the writing rut. by K.M. Weiland Usually, it’s a very comfortable rut.…
Best of the Web · 1 min
Best of the Web 8 Dec
Story & Structure :: Pixar’s 22 Rules of Story, Analyzed as a PDF eBook :: The 10 Key Rules of Writing for TV :: Great Scene:…
Video · 1 min
[Video]: Paul Haggis on Awful Writing
In an interview with Dialogue, Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash) talks about humble beginnings in construction, working his way up through the ranks of the…
Story & Structure · 3 min
Titles To Tantalise
You’ve put all your blood, sweat, and tears into your masterpiece, laboured over each and every word, you want to get your writing project noticed. The…
Best of the Web · 1 min
Best of the Web 1 Dec
Story & Structure :: Screenplay Review - Once Upon A Time In Hell :: 10 Screenwriting Tips from Planes, Trains and Automobiles! :: Story as Psychological…
Logline It! · 3 min
Logline it! – The Blood List 2013 – Week 2
Writing loglines is an essential skill for screenwriters, from early development through to the pitch. In this section, we review the loglines and short synopses of…