Adventures in Workshopping
I’ve run quite a few workshops during my writing career. They mostly consisted of peers coming together to provide feedback. At the start I based… Read More »Adventures in Workshopping
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Blade Runner 2049 & Subtext
Subtext as we all know, is one of the trickier parts of screenwriting. How do you make characters say things without saying them? How do… Read More »Blade Runner 2049 & Subtext
Army of the Dead and Managing Your Ensemble
Zack Snyder’s return to franchise filmmaking didn’t come in the form of superheroes but a zombie heist movie. A crew of eleven characters must break… Read More »Army of the Dead and Managing Your Ensemble
The Power of Juxtaposition in Writing
courtesy of wikimedia “A good story is about two things. A great story is about three.” I heard this once in a writing workshop about… Read More »The Power of Juxtaposition in Writing
Terror Taught Me: Panic Room & Dynamic Antagonists
A lean, mean home invasion movie about three men trying to get into the titular space, Panic Room makes for a great case study in… Read More »Terror Taught Me: Panic Room & Dynamic Antagonists
Steal This: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance & Skipping the Boring Parts
Park Chan-Wook has built a career from crafting gripping thrillers that play with audience expectations. Best known internationally for Oldboy and its devastating reveals, Park… Read More »Steal This: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance & Skipping the Boring Parts
Pitch Workshop Recording
On Monday January 18th, screenwriters Scott Barkan (@Barky ✓) and Conor Kyle (@Conor K. ✓ ) hosted an interactive feature pitch workshop on our Screenwriters… Read More »Pitch Workshop Recording
Steal This: Pirates of the Caribbean & Set Pieces
This week we’re reposting some old articles. Released in 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl takes a decades old Disney… Read More »Steal This: Pirates of the Caribbean & Set Pieces
Story Circle and The Ricklantis Mixup
This week we’re reposting some old articles. Yesterday we dug into Dan Harmon’s Story Circle and how it’s used in Rick and Morty. Today we’ll… Read More »Story Circle and The Ricklantis Mixup
The Dan Harmon Story Circle & Rick and Morty
This week we’re reposting some old articles. Rick and Morty is nothing short of a phenomenon: the concept alone began as a one-off project meant… Read More »The Dan Harmon Story Circle & Rick and Morty