Finding Inspiration
As a writer, I find one should always be taking in new information. It can be through articles, books, tv shows, podcasts – the important… Read More »Finding Inspiration
Intermediate
The Stages of the Internet Screenwriter
I’ve had the honor of being a moderator on the Screenwriters Network discord for over 2 years. I’ve lurked through other online writing communities even… Read More »The Stages of the Internet Screenwriter
Quick Tips: Given Circumstances
Today let’s look at another tool in the actor’s toolkit. Stanislavski, the acting instructor who laid the ground work for Method Acting, coined the term… Read More »Quick Tips: Given Circumstances
TODAY: Free Writing Dark Comedy Class
Today, November 15th from 4-7pm PST two of our Screenwriters Network professional members will teach a class in Dark Comedy writing. Conor Kyle (Creepshow) and… Read More »TODAY: Free Writing Dark Comedy Class
Quick Tips: Repetition & Difference
Repetition is a very powerful tool in the writer’s toolkit. Humans naturally seek out patterns in everything they encounter. Our ability to do so helped… Read More »Quick Tips: Repetition & Difference
Voice on the Page: Michael Clayton
When it came out Michael Clayton cemented Tony Gilroy as a top-tier screenwriter. A compulsively watchable legal thriller, it tracks the eponymous Michael Clayton as… Read More »Voice on the Page: Michael Clayton
Terror Taught Me: The Hunt and Point of View
The Hunt, Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse’s horror spec, brings The Most Dangerous Game into the modern era of partisanship and divisiveness. Liberal elites hunt… Read More »Terror Taught Me: The Hunt and Point of View
Terror Taught Me: That One Scene
For better or worse a film is often talked about in a condensed form. “It was fun” is a review you can expect from a… Read More »Terror Taught Me: That One Scene
Quick Tip: Write to the Cut
Too often, writers think of scenes as discrete units. They forget that their story needs to work in its entirety. This results in bumpy scenes… Read More »Quick Tip: Write to the Cut
Steal This: Cobra Kai and Audience Expectations
Cobra Kai started life as the launch title for YouTube Red before moving to Netflix this summer in advance of its season 3 release. What… Read More »Steal This: Cobra Kai and Audience Expectations