I Wrote The Screenplay… Now What?
The BitterScriptReader tackles the age old question of what to do with your screenplay once it’s done.Read More
Screenwriting
Comedy Writing Masterclass: Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong
The minds behind Peep Show and Fresh Meat pick apart their creative process and give their top tips on writing successful comedy.Read More
Ground Hog Day’s Scribe Danny Rubin’s 10 Rules for Screenwriters
Screenwriter Danny Rubin shares his 10 rules for screenwriters. The comfort of rules can be very important to a writer’s motivation because telling them the truth (there are no rules and nobody knows anything) is for most people not useful and a little intimidating. Here’s my list. It’s designed for screenwriters writing screenplays, but all Read MoreRead More
My Life as a Screenwriter You’ve Never Heard Of
Well now you’ve heard of him: Justin Marks has written over 20 movie screenplays and seen his TV pilots greenlit — but as he explains, the life of a Hollywood scribe is far more lows than highs if your name isn’t Aaron Sorkin. Here’s a day in the life of a writer that you don’t always Read MoreRead More
Pages from the Official Star Trek Writers’ Guide, 1967
Take a look at a few pages from the original guide from 1967 explaining how each Star Trek episode was to be written: These excerpts from a 31-page photocopied writers’ guide for the original Star Trek series show how early Trek episodes were crafted. The guide, written in 1967, was meant to help writers for the year-old show—as well as Read MoreRead More
Doug Richardson on the Writer’s Nightmare
Doug Richardson details the Writer’s Nightmare and the complex relationship between a writer’s words and an actor’s delivery. I’d just typed FADE OUT for the umpteenth time in my short career. The draft was neat and a tightly wound one hundred and fifteen pages of thrills and chills. It felt bulletproof and as close to Read MoreRead More
Greg Daniels on Writing the Final Season of “The Office”
FastCo Create interviews Showrunner Greg Daniels on his approach to writing the final season of the “The Office”. Co.Create: What are you feeling now that you’re down to the last few episodes? Greg Daniels: Well, I’m very concerned with making the cuts right. I can’t influence anything else at this point. The sets are gone Read MoreRead More
How Easy Is It To Steal a Story?
Scott Myers tackles the question of story theft in Hollywood from non established writers. Any discussion on this subject has to begin with this point: Story ideas are the lifeblood of Hollywood. Every movie, every TV series has at its very foundation a story concept. It stands to reason that if everything flows from the story idea, Read MoreRead More
You’re Fired: Doug Richardson on How He Cut The Rope On His First Agent
Doug Richardson recounts the day he had to let go of the agent that got him his start in the screenwriting business. I think I was twenty-five years old. Pretty young to have come to the conclusion that the man who’d helped me cross over the threshold into showbiz had to be shown the proverbial Read MoreRead More
How Does A Writer Distinguish A Movie Idea From A Television Idea?
In these interviews with Film Courage, screenwriting teacher John Truby discusses the differences in concepts between TV and Movie ideas. Other TV writing snippets with John Truby from Film Courage.Read More
Screenwriting Tip: Know who you’re writing for
Scott Myers posits an interesting tip for screenwriters – know your audience! Hollywood obsesses over target demos. The “demos” part is short for demographic group. Therefore a target demo is a specific audience a movie studio or TV network is aiming for. Think about it: 18-30 year-old males are considerably different in terms of their life Read MoreRead More
On Story: An Interview with Ron Howard and Steve Zaillian
The creative minds behind Apollo 13, Schindler’s List, and A Beautiful Mind discuss the inspirations behind these films. Watch Red Wednesday on PBS. See more from On Story. Via Go Into the Story.Read More