The 2019 Write/LA annual screenwriting competition - presented by LA Screenwriter & LiveRead/LA - is open for entries!
Write/LA 2019 Open for Entries!
Video: How they Wrote ‘Game of Thrones’
Whether you were adequately satisfied by the end of Game of Thrones, hated it, or found it straight-up offensive, there's no denying that this show got into the psyches of a whole heck of a lot of people with some exceptional writing in the first few seasons. It dug it's claws in deep enough that... Continue Reading →
The Writers Of Electric Love Discuss Product Placement in Indie Film
by Ashley Scott Meyers This week on the SYS Podcast, Aaron Fradkin and Victoria Fratz talk about their latest comedy feature film, Electric Love. They talks us through the process of writing the screenplay, how they collaborated, and how they eventually got the movie produced. Hint: it included reaching out to brands and trying to... Continue Reading →
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 →