Stuff · 11 min

[The Graduate]: The Writer’s Vices

Whether you're writing a script, an outline, a treatment, or even the logline, every writer dreads days when they go without any inspiration to siphon from.…

Logline It! · 5 min

Logline it! – Black List – Week 13

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…

Story & Structure · 1 min

[Video]: Becoming our Heroes

Shekhar Kapur - one of India's most critically acclaimed writer-directors, producers and actors - discusses the discursive nature of filmmaking, and the chicken-or-the-egg nature of art's…

Pitching & Selling · 4 min

Writing the High ROI Screenplay (Part 4)

This week we continue with part four in a twelve part series of JT Velikovsky's doctoral thesis: “Understanding And Exploring The Relationship Between: Creativity; Theories Of…

Best of the Web · 2 min

Best of the Web 28 Apr

Story & Structure :: 11 Screenwriting Lessons You Can Learn From Casablanca :: Are You Planning Your Script? :: You Best Know What A Plot Point…

Stuff · 4 min

[The Writing Director]: A Spark of Rom-Com Inspiration

I’ve had this image in my head for two years now. It’s this man in a suit, and he’s sprinting through an airport you know, arms…

Logline It! · 4 min

Logline it! – Black List – Week 12

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…

Story & Structure · 1 min

[Video]: Small and Weak – Judd Apatow

Writer-director Judd Apatow (The Forty Year Old Virgin, Freaks and Geeks, Anchorman, and many more) discusses being the small kid in the playground, learning to write…

Story & Structure · 4 min

Fun With Film Festivals

It’s so great to see that nearly every city has a film festival these days, some more popular than others. I love film festivals but it’s…

Best of the Web · 2 min

Best of the Web 21 Apr

Story & Structure :: Psychopath – The Ultimate Antagonist :: Screenwriting Structure & Writing Style :: Unconventional Strategies and Tactics For Screenwriting Success :: What Makes…

Movie Reviews · 1 min

Mini Review – Bullet to the Head

Bullet to the Head  Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson  Sylvester Stallone is 66 but still has his trademark muscles and slightly brain-injured diction. He also…

Logline It! · 5 min

Logline it! – Black List – Week 11

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…

Story & Structure · 1 min

[Video]: Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead

Director Fede Alvarez discusses his childhood connection with classic horror flick Evil Dead, what compelled him to find a fresh story within it, and his unorthodox…

Uncategorized · 7 min

The First Ten Pages

We’re often told as writers that those mysterious gatekeepers who green light scripts will not read past the first ten pages unless they are gripped by…

Best of the Web · 2 min

Best of the Web 14 April

Story & Structure :: How To Structure a Story: The Eight-Point Arc :: Character Types – Neanderthal to Alien :: Great Scene: 'Halloween' :: Trilogy building:…