The 2019 Write/LA annual screenwriting competition - presented by LA Screenwriter & LiveRead/LA - is open for entries!
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Author Jim Mercurio Talks About His New Book, The Craft Of Scene Writing
by Ashley Scott Meyers This week on the podcast, I talk with author and screenwriter Jim Mercurio about how screenwriters can improve their scenes. He has a number of great examples, and we also dig into his latest book, The Craft Of Scene Writing. You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by... Continue Reading →
4 Reasons Your Script is in Development Hell
Today's guest post comes to us from Vanessa Frank. Vanessa is the presenter of Film Funding from A-Z, an on-demand course which teaches film finance to independent filmmakers. by Vanessa Frank “Development hell” is a term that no professional scriptwriter ever wants to hear. Spend any amount of time in Hollywood and you will inevitably be told innumerable... Continue Reading →
Brian Ackley on 2050, Sci-Fi Feature Starring Dean Cain
by Ashley Scott Meyers This week on the SYS podcast screenwriter Brian Ackley talks about his journey as a writer. He initially wrote and produced low budget short films and features which lead to larger projects, like his latest sci-fi feature with Dean Cain, 2050. You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast... Continue Reading →
Breaking Into Interactive Screenwriting With Allan Plenderleith
by Ashley Scott Meyers In this episode of the SYS podcast, writer/director Allan Plenderleith talks about breaking into interactive screenwriting and how he got his interactive film, The Bunker, produced. You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by clicking here or through iTunes by clicking here. You can also read a transcript... Continue Reading →
Producing Your Own Script for Novices
Today's guest post is written by Vanessa Frank, the presenter of Film Funding from A-Z, an on-demand course which teaches film finance to independent filmmakers. by Vanessa Frank Hollywood is full of anecdotes about screenwriters who got their big break after putting their script into production themselves. Whether you’re fed up over dealing with apathetic prospective producers... Continue Reading →
6 Story Lessons from AVENGERS: ENDGAME
This article was originally posted on Medium. It is reprinted here by the author with permission. by Angela Bourassa (@angelabourassa1) I have to begin with a confession — I’m not a Marvel person. I don’t get super hyped about these movies. In all honesty, I haven’t even seen all of them (I skipped both Ant-Mans and Doctor... Continue Reading →
Memory to Memoir to Screenplay: Savannah Knoop on JT LeROY
by John Bucher (@johnkbucher) Savannah Knoop spent six years pretending to be the acclaimed and mysterious author J.T. LeRoy, a fictitious literary persona made up by her sister-in-law, the writer of the LeRoy books. After the exposure of the rouse, Knoop went on to craft her experiences into a celebrated memoir, which has now been... Continue Reading →
Writer/Director James Dylan On His New Contained Thriller, [Cargo]
by Ashley Scott Meyers On the SYS Podcast, screenwriter and director James Dylan talks about his new his new thriller, [Cargo]. He tells us how he wrote the screenplay and how he was able to get the screenplay produced. You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by clicking here or through iTunes... Continue Reading →
Video: How They Wrote ‘The Office’
N.T. Jordan (@ntjrdn) has started a new YouTube channel called Behind the Curtain, and we are already big fans. With these videos -- so far one on Game of Thrones and one on The Office -- N.T. is digging through hours of interviews to find clips from showrunners and core writers regarding the actual writing... Continue Reading →