The Screenwriter's Life · 6 min

On Collaboration

Adulthood drastically lessened the time I devoted to writing, although not the time I spent thinking about stories. Search ‘the screenwriter’ on Vimeo. I dare you.…

Best of the Web · 1 min

Best o/t Web 11 Mar

Story & Structure :: Best Unproduced Scripts… from 1992 :: Script: Midnight in Paris :: Do Shows Steal Stories from Other Shows? Script Perfection :: Screenwriting…

Movie Reviews · 1 min

Mini-Review – A Dangerous Method

A Dangerous Method Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson   Set in the decade before WWI, this is the story of Carl Jung’s (Michael Fassbender) early…

Best of the Web · 1 min

Best o/t Web 4 Mar

Story & Structure :: See It Write It :: Screenplay Review - Origin Of A Species :: Pixar's Mary Coleman Q&A Script Perfection :: Screenwriting Tips:…

Script Perfection · 1 min

Video: John August

John August looks at the script of an emerging screenwriter to offer a wonderfully insightful, in-depth analysis on the technique and structure of dialogue. He also…

Best of the Web · 1 min

Best o/t Web 26 Feb

Story & Structure :: Hey, What's the Big Idea? :: Short Act Three :: The Downside of TV's Golden Age :: Silence is Golden: The Making…

Logline It! · 3 min

The Judges – Circalit Loglines (9)

In this section we are publishing the loglines from the participants of the Circalit / Story Department "First Draft Script Contest". Our judges have reviewed the…

Movie Moments · 3 min

Movie Moment: Dramatic Irony in 2001 A Space Oddyssey

2001 A Space Odyssey is a monumental movie, a classic and a tent pole within the oeuvre of Stanley Kubrick. What it is not, is dramatic.…

Story & Structure · 5 min

Transsexual Dinosaurs And Jumping The Shark

We’ve all seen it; that soap opera that’s been running a little too long. You can imagine the writers sitting around a whiteboard with the characters'…

Story & Structure · 4 min

A Great Idea For A Screenplay!

When I'm not lying by the pool, enjoying the Hollywood lifestyle in sunny Sydney, I make a living teaching and consulting to screenwriters and aspiring filmmakers.…

News · 3 min

Are You A Reader Of Screenplays Or A Watcher Of Movies?

Some respected screenwriting gurus claim that you should read and study as many screenplays as possible. It doesn't matter if the film was a success or…

Best of the Web · 1 min

Best o/t web 19 Feb

Story & Structure :: Have You Seen This Man? :: 6 Oscar-Nominated Scribes: Nailing the Perfect Scene :: Thoughts on (500) Days of Summer :: GITS…

Logline It! · 4 min

The Judges – Circalit Loglines (8)

In this section we are publishing the loglines from the participants of the Circalit / Story Department "First Draft Script Contest". Our judges have reviewed the…

Best of the Web · 1 min

Best o/t web 12 Feb

Story & Structure :: "Never Write Timidly" :: What if Wes Anderson made Batman reboot? :: Interview with 'Bullhead' Director Michael Roskam :: A Dangerous Method…

Stuff · 3 min

The Judges – Circalit Loglines (7)

In this section we are publishing the loglines from the participants of the Circalit / Story Department "First Draft Script Contest". Our judges have reviewed the…