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Liberal Arts Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson Jesse (Josh Radnor) is 35 and lives in New York, where he reads continuously and is admired from afar by a woman with a large forehead. But Jesse still yearns for college, the only place where “you can tell people you’re a poet and not get punched … Read more
Writing loglines is an essential skill for screenwriters, from early development through to the pitch. In this section, every week our panel reviews a few loglines posted to www.loglineit.com. Learn from the feedback and perfect your own loglining skills. by The Judges Drown “Drown is a hard hitting feature film about bullying andhomophobia. Three surf lifesavers on … Read more
Screenwriter-director Andrew Dominik discusses adapting Cogan’s Trade into the upcoming release, Killing Them Softly, starring Brad Pitt and Ben Mendelsohn. What attracted him to making the film? How much thought went into the process? Do films make any sense when they’re allowed to grow organically rather than being planned? If you liked this, check out … Read more
You’ve written and rewritten, gotten notes, rewritten again, crossed the t’s and dotted the i’s and now what? What happens next? by Jenny Frankfurt If you are a writer with an agent or manager the script goes to them and they figure out where to send it and whom they think will respond. They know who … Read more
Story & Structure :: Conflict and ‘The Social Network’ :: Major Characters + Moral Problems :: Meet the Reader: How I Do What I Do :: Screenplay Review: Shangri-La Suite :: Screenplay Review: 2 Script Perfection :: Podcast: Creative Destiny Coach/Screenwriter Jenna Avery :: Rewriting Your Script – A Checklist :: 3 Keys to Succeeding … Read more