Screenwriter John August worked with type designer Alan Dague-Greene to create a new pleasing form of courier especially for screenwriters. The Courier typeface was designed in 1955 by Howard “Bud” Kettler for IBM. It’s classified as a monospaced slab serif, with each character taking up the same space and constructed with even stroke widths. IBM deliberately Read MoreRead More
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola recall their collaborative process in scripting Moonrise Kingdomand explain why, for them, writing dialogue is like a musical experience. Since his first feature, Bottle Rocket, Wes Anderson has forged a distinctive voice while collaborating with a string of co-writers: Owen Wilson, Noah Baumbach, and with Darjeeling Limited and Moonrise Kingdom, Roman Read MoreRead More
The Bitter Script Reader explains why you’re wasting your time if you decide to break into the business by writing a script featuring characters you don’t own, like SUPERMAN or the TRANSFORMERS.Read More
Author and former literary agent John Hodgman gives tips on how to make it as a writer. Find out why writing what you know may not be enough.Read More
William Goldman holds many produced screenplays to his name including: The Princess Bride, Marathon Man, Misery, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. In this 90 minute interview with the Writer’s Guild Foundation, he discusses screenwriting and his past.Read More
Every writer needs feedback – but a lot of those writers could use lessons in how to politely ask someone to read there script. The Bitter Script Reader offers some dos and don’ts for imposing on people to look over your work.Read More
Norman Lear, legendary and visionary television producer of All in the Family, Sanford and Son, and the Jeffersons, talks about his history in the industry.Read More
Rian Johnson opens up about the long road of writing and getting financing for his Looper. Writer/director Rian Johnson‘s Looper is an intricately told film. Nearly every scene in the movie is packed full of new information, from character development to world building. As Johnson explains finding that structure, it was like creating stepping stones across a pond for Read MoreRead More
Coronation Street’ writer Damon Rochefort and previous Head Honcho of ‘Eastenders’ and ‘Holby’ Kathleen Hutchinson discuss the ins and outs of the huge undertaking that writing for a world famous soap can be in this clip from the London Screenwriting Festival.Read More
Nat Saunders and Chris Hayward share their experiences creating web phenomena ‘Misery Bear’, and discuss writing for DIY web comedy.Read More
Clive Davis-Frayne lays out 5 reasons why you should write a low budget script to keep in your writing portfolio. 1. Writing scripts for No-Low Budget is harder than any other form of screenwriting It may seem odd to suggest that something being harder to do, could be one of the primary reasons for doing Read MoreRead More
All writers encounter common problems and pitfalls. This session focuses on the simple and avoidable cock-ups that repeatedly cause projects to fail and spiral writers’ careers into years of fruitless typing. From London Screenwriting Festival.Read More
