Recent posts tagged screenwriting
2022
The Cardinal Sin Of Repeating Myself
No matter how much I try to avoid it, I see more similarities than differences in everything I write. But is that a problem?
2017
Unscripted Dept.
How I decided to try taking the plunge back into screenwriting.
2015
Alan Smithee's Revenge Dept.
The screwing of screenwriters: they can't even take their names off a production anymore.
2013
Combine Fifteen Beats, Simmer, Serves Ten Million Dept.
How "story beats" have killed storytelling, especially in Hollywood.
Template In The Head Dept.
Why checklist-driven, beat-structure construction works in the short run but is ruinous in the long run.
Paint By Letters Dept.
The number-crunchers have arrived in the screenwriting department. Pray.
2012
Cowboys & Aliens
How I would have fixed Jon Favreau's cross-genre dud.
