Karel FG Segers

Karel Segers wrote his first produced screenplay at age 17. Today he is a story analyst with experience in acquisition, development and production. He has trained students worldwide, and worked with half a dozen Academy Award nominees. Karel speaks more European languages than he has fingers on his left hand, which he is still trying to find a use for in his hometown of Sydney, Australia. The languages, not the fingers. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!

The Hidden Tools of Comedy (2)

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This month, Michael Hauge and Steve Kaplan will be in Australia for two weekends of story classes. Today we continue a special guest contribution by Steve Kaplan, plus we give Melbournians the chance to win a free ticket to the event (worth $445). (continued from last week) So what’s comedy? The paradigm of comedy can … Read more

Writing Drama (2)

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Yves Lavandier’s book Writing Drama currently rates as the absolute favorite of our book reviewer Jack Brislee. To give you the opportunity to delve into Lavandier’s amazing knowledge and insight, we will be publishing a weekly excerpt from the book. The blue-eye hero syndrome Dances With Wolves is fairly representative of a trend that surfaces … Read more

Writing Precious

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Brief interview with Geoffrey Fletcher about his career leading up to Precious, which won him an Academy Award for Best adapted screenplay earlier this year. My favorite quote:

“A lot of the art we respond to comes from some degree of pain.”

Thank you to Louise Tan for selecting this clip.

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