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Story & Structure :: Great Scene: “Apocalypse Now” :: “The Good Wife” Creators On Adult Storytelling :: Russell T. Davies on Writing Action :: Great Character: Donnie Azoff (“The Wolf of Wall Street”) Script Perfection :: Ira Glass on the Creative Process :: Brooklyn Weaver on Building a Brand & Discovering New Voices :: Shut … Read more
Over half a century on, Psycho is still a tremendous inspiration to low budget filmmakers, as Hitchcock shot the film on a shoestring budget of under a million dollars. Because many “B” movies did well commercially at the time, Hitchcock wanted to see if he could turn a solid, inexpensive film into a success. Keeping … Read more
Could we find a video any shorter than Ira Glass’ exortations to persist? TSD challenged itself to deliver. In an interview so short and sweet it’s basically weaponised sugar, True Detective’s showrunner Nic Pizzalatto (himself a writer/director/producer) gives you a 59 second rundown on why you should probably consider doing something, anything, other than trying … Read more
Voice – Do you have it? Every new writer struggles with this question. But before they can even begin to find answers, let alone develop their own, they have to ask… by The Single Screenwriter Voice, WTF is it? Simple answer – nobody knows. You think I kid, but the industry joke answer is, “I … Read more
Ira Glass is a bit of a polymath – an iconic radio personality on This American Life, a novelist and producer, he has been instrumental in the success of many others – inciting novelist David Sedaris’ explosive rise to fame by inviting him to read on his radio show, and co-writing and producing comedian Mike … Read more