Learning from cinema’s most gifted actors, directors, and writers. A podcast by Screenplayed & The Kinnane Brothers Hosted by Conor O'Malley
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“Lessons from the Screenplay” creator Michael Tucker and the LFTS team do deeper dives into the storytelling of individual movies and chat with the creatives behind those films.
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Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss screenwriting and related topics in the film and television industry, everything from getting stuff written to the vagaries of copyright and work-for-hire law.
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Screenplay to Novel is a podcast where Mark Reynolds and Tom Swain discuss converting a screenplay into a book. There are more steps than you think, and all of them are laid out plainly. Also, follow along as Mark actually goes through this process using one of his original screenplays. Text Screenplay to Novel at 202.670.8497 Email Screenplay to Novel at [email protected]
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The Selling Your Screenplay Podcast helps serious screenwriters sell their screenplays. We offer practical advice about how to market your script and get it into the hands of agents, managers, producers, and directors who can get your screenplay produced.
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A podcast about the first-draft secrets behind great movies and TV shows. Each episode, the screenwriter behind a beloved film shares with us their initial screenplay for that movie. We then talk through what changed, what didn’t and why on its journey to the big screen. Hosted by Al Horner and produced by Kamil Dymek. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In this show, we take a look at some of Hollywood's rejected film ideas by digging into unproduced scripts, and (very occasionally) early drafts. Good, bad, they're all fair game. Current logos and banners by scottcatdesigns
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Behind the glitz and glamor, Hollywood can be brutal. For every success, there are many more rejections and failures. Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss explores that world and each week a new guest will talk about dealing with rejection, failure and adversity in the entertainment industry. Writer Noah Evslin and podcaster Dan Rutstein ask the questions.
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📚 A publishing podcast for writers looking to learn about the industry. 🖋️ Featuring authors, agents, editors and more... 🎙️ Extended & ad-free episodes on Patreon ❤️
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Zena Dell Lowe is a seasoned and engaging teacher with a passion for writers and storytellers. Her focused, concise, and practical episodes (all roughly 20 minutes) not only explore the nuts and bolts of the craft, but also dive deep into the inner life of the artist and the "why" behind creativity. If you believe that story matters, you'll want to give this podcast a listen.
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A close look at the work of the Coen brothers through the lens of their unproduced screenplay To the White Sea, based on the novel by James Dickey. Hosted by filmmakers Jordan Fish and Ray Tintori, and featuring awesome guests. Every week we read two pages. Ray has read the screenplay and Jordan hasn't.
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Writers on Film is the only podcast to focus on film books and to talk to the best authors working in the area of cinema. From Making Of tomes to biographies, studies to novelisations, author and film critic John Bleasdale is fascinated by where the written word intersects with the world of the big screen. Get bonus content on Patreon A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk
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Story Love is a podcast for writers who need encouragement as much as inspiration. Hosted by screenwriter, director and creator of 16 Steps to a Screenplay, Amanda Moresco, the show is a warm, honest space for conversations about writing life, the creative process, navigating the business, staying motivated, and showing up on the days when it feels especially hard. This isn’t a class. It’s a companion for the journey. Because no writer is an island. Writing is hard. Writers need love.
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Two aspiring creatives, David and Aneesh, take on the world of storytelling through Films, TV and Games.
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Backstory Magazine publisher and host Jeff Goldsmith interviews writers, directors and actors about their latest films.
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Each month, a group of screenwriters get together for a deep-dive, analytical discussion of a produced screenplay. This focuses on good screenwriting craft, whether that’s an evocative line of description, a story beat that effectively reveals character or a theme that resonates throughout the script. Script Club meetings are held online and are also streamed live on CenterFrame’s video channel, with a trimmed down version additionally posted after the event. All screenwriters in the CenterF ...
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The Writer's Cut is a movie podcast by screenwriters, for screenwriters. Each episode, we discuss a movie that won a screenplay award from the Writers Guild of America. The full list: https://boxd.it/lhVYQ The Writer's Cut is not affiliated with the Writers Guild of America.
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Screenplaying is a comedy podcast in which two friends take tiny, baffling prompts and turn them into full length feature films. Hosted by Brian Murray and Jared Robinson, two high-school students who got bored one day.
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New episodes every Friday! On Page One - The Writer's Podcast, we talk to writers of all descriptions (authors, screenwriters, comic writers and more) about their writing process and how they craft their next great works. We also explore their career, including how their first big break happened, and discuss the ups and downs along the way. We learn something new every episode, and we hope you do as well. Page One is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. ...
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Thrillers and crime movies you never heard of because they haven’t been made— yet. Each season we present a full-tilt, radio-style podcast of a feature length screenplay with a final commentary episode from the people involved in the films non-making. We’ll listen to their stories—both bleak and hopeful—about the project that will hopefully get made once it’s been heard on our podcast. Got a killer screenplay and a story to tell about how it didn't go so well and you didn't get to make your ...
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Join us as we analyze one screenplay at a time, celebrating its stand-alone beauty as a unique literary device, independent of the final film. From exploring tone and theme to dissecting structure and unforgettable characters, we break down what makes each script sizzle. Dive into the rich imagery and clever narrative devices that create a sensory experience on the page. Hosted by Jeff Barker, this storytelling podcast offers a deep dive into the creativity and precision of screenwriting.
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Austin Film Festival's On Story Podcast is the companion to Austin Film Festival's television show, On Story. Get an uncensored inside look at the creative process of film making through the eyes of some of the entertainment industry's most prolific writers, directors and producers.
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The Screenplay Writers is a master class in writing screenplays by two screenplay writers who, between them, have crafted dozens upon dozens. And that doesn’t include the dozens more they’ve brainstormed. Join Ryan and Nathan as they share their vast stores of knowledge on the essential elements of a successful screenplay—as well as the challenges of the revered profession. Yeah, there are a few!
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Jeff Goldsmith interviews screenwriters and filmmakers alike about their creative process!
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One Sitting Screenplays is a comedy podcast hosted by David McWatters, Rhys Hakstol, and Dylan Girodat. In each episode a word or phrase is used as a base for creating an improvised screenplay full of laughs, bad character development, and very seldom smooth bass grooves.
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Beyond The Script is fun, informative, and tailor-made for TV and Feature writers. We believe it's not necessarily the technical elements of your screenwriting that need to shift to land that six-figure deal - it's mostly about mindset and strategy. We're Steve Harper and Nick Jobe, writers, coaches, and consultants. We've seen clients succeed using the ideas we lay out in this show. That's why we're passing the wisdom on to you. Be warned, we have wildly different perspectives on just about ...
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Two emerging screenwriters – Chas Fisher and Stuart Willis – try to work out what makes great screenplays work. Discovering what it takes by analysing what successful writers put on the page
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Scriptcake is dedicated to the art and craft of screenwriting. With over 20 years of experience teaching screenwriting, I've seen novice screenwriters struggle with the same issues over and over again. I’ve created this podcast for those of you who struggle with these very same script issues. This podcast will help you overcome the most common mistakes screenwriters make and will help you develop your idea into a multi-dimensional story. If you want help formatting your screenplay, google it ...
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Rather than looking at movies in terms of "two thumbs up" or "two thumbs down" Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger discusses what you can learn from them as a screenwriter. He looks at good movies, bad movies, movies we love, and movies we hate, exploring how they were built, and how you can apply those lessons to your own writing. More information and full archives at WriteYourScreenplay.com 831588
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An introduction for the screenplay "Dear Summer." smoothly transitions into a round table discussion amongst friends.
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For novelists, memoirists and screenwriters who want to write stories their readers will love. Each week literary editors, Valerie Francis and Melanie Hill, use films to explain how to craft a story that hooks the reader on page one and holds their attention all the way to the end. The goal is simple: to learn from writers who have come before us...what worked well and what didn't work so well. If you're a writer who loves to write, this podcast is for you! "The only thing that matters, and ...
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a podcast about writing a screenplay. exploring the ideas as they come, detailing the process and every little thing that connects to it. support the show at https://www.patreon.com/lemmingdrops
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This is a film podcast where we pick our favourite film topic, like a director, actor or genre, any subject related to film. Martin the host and a guest, each pick a film to discuss from that topic. We discuss them in three different aspects of each film, Directing, screenplay and acting. Then we rank each aspect out of ten. Plus we pick our favourite shot or scenes, lines and performances. At the end we tally the points and see who wins.
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A new improvised screenplay every episode from the least qualified men in the business.
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We’ve spent years writing screenplays that nobody wanted to make into reality, we couldn’t even find anyone to read them! So we decided to review amateur screenplays to figure out what makes a bad screenplay. Hopefully by the end of this journey we’ll be able to write a good one. Probably not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Whether we're reviewing movies, making top 10 lists about random topics in pop culture, or coming up with bizarre screenplay pitches, you can bet we're not getting too worked up about it.
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Jack and Harrison break down the scripts of Hollywood that were never made or drastically changed.
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Griffith Stein is a film nerd working as a projectionist at The Studio... He can recite the shooting script for CITIZEN KANE by heart, but he's never had an original thought of his own... until he becomes the next Hollywood wunderkind!
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The best wide array podcast. With over 2000 episodes.
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To free her daughter, a young mother must unravel an ancient riddle as she fights a cursed mirror and the demon inside. Nominated for Outstanding Horror Podcast, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Performance by New Jersey Web Festival. Nominated for Golden Crane Award. Official Selection New London Film Festival.
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Stanley Tucci imagines the story of modern California as a movie screenplay, tracing the dramatic history of the state from Hollywood to Silicon Valley.
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Welcome to Story Demon. There is a craft to storytelling, and we will teach you how to take an idea and turn it into a full fledge story.
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Working Hollywood pros give writers the inside scoop on the craft and business of screenwriting. This podcast is brought to you by the CineStory Foundation, a Los Angeles-based, non-profit organization committed to the nurturing of outstanding visual storytellers from the United States and around the world.
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the trials of young filmmakers from austin, texas
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Follow along the journey as director, Jason Baumgardner, takes his maiden voyage into no-budget feature filmmaking. Hear recaps of each day as the filmmaker goes from finding an idea, writing the screenplay, directing the film, and editing the footage.
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Jenny Han Breaks Down Why 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Hits So Hard
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In this episode, Jenny Han, creator and showrunner of 'The Summer I Turned Pretty,' pulls back the curtain on how the series was built with patience, emotional confidence, and a deep trust in the audience. She talks about writing “lean,” letting quiet moments breathe, and resisting the urge to chase shock in favor of something more lasting. The res…
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On this episode of Screenplay to Novel, Mark and Tom dig into the Layering Pass—the moment when a converted screenplay finally starts to breathe. They discuss how small details, reactions, and character perspective turn flat prose into something alive, and why this step is where the book truly begins to feel like a novel. Text Screenplay to Novel a…
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Patreon Preview: Wake Up Dead Man - A Knives Out Mystery
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From of our patron-exclusive episode on Wake Up Dead Man. Listen to the full episode over on the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/wake-up-dead-man-146114724 🎬 Beyond the Screenplay on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondTheScreenplay 🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: …
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SYS Podcast Episode – 539 From Lawyer To Writer with Vincent Scarsella
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In this episode of the podcast, our host Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Author and Screenwriter Vincent Scarsella. Our guest Vincent Scarsella talks about his latest produced movie One Of The Good Ones. Other topics include how aspects of his life feed into his writing such as work “Prosecuting bad lawyers” who had complaints filed […]…
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TTWS Xmas Party – Bad Santa with Jason Adam Katzenstein & Michael Tyburski
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Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good commentary! That’s right—to celebrate the holiday season and ring in the new year we’re watching Terry Zwigoff’s 2003 holiday classic Bad Santa. We’re joined by our dear friends Jason Adam Katzenstein, New Yorker cartoonist and co-author with Roz Chast of the forthcoming graphic novel The Two Saddest Kitche…
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I talk about 2025. The books, the films, the festivals and the guests. I talk about writing Darkness Visible The Cinema of Jonathan Glazer and look forward to the publication of Connery the Novel as well as the writing of Connery the Biography. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and us…
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Holy smokes! Now THIS is how you write a murder mystery. If you're a mystery writer, or simply want to watch an absolutely fantastic film during the holiday season, be sure to check out THE LAST OF SHEILA. This episode originally aired in Season 9 and it's one of our favourites. So sit back and enjoy, and we'll be back with a brand new show on Janu…
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Most writers think if they explain their show clearly enough, walk through the structure, describe the characters, outline the plot, the pitch will land. But explaining isn't pitching, and that's where most writers get stuck. A pitch requires architecture, language control, and positioning that most writers never learn because they're too focused o…
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717 - The Screenwriting Life: The Craft Lessons That Matter Most
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In a Christmas crossover event, John and Craig join Meg LeFauve (Inside Out) and Lorien McKenna (Tab Time) on their podcast, The Screenwriting Life. We talk about why rigid structure can miss the point, how theme emerges from character, what fear and denial really look like on the page, and how writers can survive rejection without letting it defin…
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The Writer's Cut - Episode 66: The Odd Couple (1968) 21st Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Comedy - Screenplay by Neil Simon The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Funny Girl Ed's Notes: Very Large Array…
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256 Martin Smith & Will Adams | Satirical Sci-fi Authors and former Douglas Adams Collaborators
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Satirical science fiction writers and former co-writers of Douglas Adams, Martin Smith and Will Adams are with us this week, chatting about their debut novel 'Consequences', stories of their time writing and performing with Douglas Adams and a candid chat about the publishing industry and the problems they ran into whilst publishing with Amazon. Su…
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Episode Two: Get Out Join us for an in-depth discussion about Jordan Peele's script for Get Out. Host Luke Foster is joined by filmmaker Nomawonga Khumalo, screenwriter, script consultant and editor David Wigram and writer, editor and creative consultant Corey Brotherson. Writer/Director Nathan Haines fields questions and comments from Script Club …
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The thing about machines is that we expect them to keep chugging on – to never break or falter. In the late 1990s, a mixed martial artist named Mark Kerr found himself struggling to shoulder the weight of that expectation. Mark was a winner – a muscular behemoth beloved by fans of a rising new fighting league, called Ultimate Fighting Championship,…
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The Page One Christmas Special 2025: Fiona Cummins, C.L. Taylor & Ed James
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Watch as a full video episode now on YouTube We are joined by three brilliant returning guests for our bumper-length festive special to mark the end of the year! Fiona Cummins, Cally (C.L.) Taylor and Ed James return to tell us all about their year in writing, what they are looking forward to writing-wise in 2026, and what their favourite reads and…
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Today on Script Apart – Harris Dickinson: star of films like Babygirl and Triangle of Sadness, John Lennon in the upcoming Beatles biopics from Sam Mendes, and now, a formidable presence on the other side of the camera too. Urchin, the new drama written and directed by Harris, is a feature debut that “I cannot escape and I cannot forget,” to quote …
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Free Video Tutorial for Screenwriting Writers are constantly told there’s a right way to structure chapters, paragraphs, and point of view—but is that actually true? In this episode, Zena Dell Lowe explores why great storytelling isn’t about following formulas and why clarity always matters more than cleverness. This episode is for writers who feel…
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John Waters: Michelle E. Moore Praises the Pope of Trash
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I speak to Michelle E. Moore who along with Brian Brems has edited the first collected volume of work on cult film director and icon John Waters, which offers a comprehensive study of his work as an important filmmaker and cultural force. Includes chapters covering important themes in Waters’s work, stylistic tendencies, his relationship to the art…
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Today on Script Apart – all aboard a conversation about The Lost Bus, with a writer who’s glued me to my screen time and time again over the last few years. Brad Ingelsby is the creator of Mare Of Eastown starring Kate Winslet from back in the pandemic. He also created this year’s stunning Task – an HBO drama with Mark Ruffalo about an FBI agent in…
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Bojack Horseman, with Allison Flierl and Joe Lawson
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This week on On Story, a conversation on the animated tragicomedy series Bojack Horseman with two of its writers, Alison Flierl and Joe Lawson. The series follows Bojack, a washed-up former sitcom star who's trying to stage a comeback in Hollywood, while fighting against his own addiction and self-destructive tendencies. Bojack is also an anthropom…
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30: Someone You’re Not with Rebecca Rose Bulnes
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We’re back with a positively joyful episode about white-knuckling it through life :) These are scenes where characters are undercover, pretending to be different than they are, or otherwise just trying to act normal while being observed and under significant stress. Yikes! To help light a path through this nine-eyed, five-0 vision quest we’re joine…
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Wayne's World is a superior example of an anti-plot story (and it's hilarious to boot!). As Melanie and I take a much deserved recording break to enjoy the holidays with our families, we're sharing this archive episode with you because, if nothing else, it'll bring a smile to your face and give you a good laugh. We'll be back on January 15, 2026 wi…
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On this episode of Screenplay to Novel, Mark and Tom explain the first step in taking a film script and beginning to turn it into novel prose.
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My Origin Story As The Daughter Of Oscar Winner Bobby Moresco
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Episode One of Story Love! The Official Podcast of writing BY Structure: a podcast designed to show writers how to give themselves grace, tough love and a reminder that most writers are going through the same creative struggles. You're not alone! No Writer Is An Island. We need each other. In this episode I share some personal insights into what it…
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Aristocratic chaos agent Hedda Gabler isn’t a character. She’s a Rorschach test, and has been for over a century now. Since first appearing in 1891 as the puzzling eponymous protagonist of a play by Henrick Ibsen, audiences have stared into at this recently married woman, driven by domestic suffocation into acts of destruction, and found different …
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John and Craig welcome back screenwriter Mike Makowsky (Death by Lightning, Bad Education) to ask, how do you dramatize a historical event that no one's heard of? They look at the dramatic engine behind the Garfield assassination, the long journey Death by Lightning had to getting made, and the importance of finding great stories in obscure history…
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The Writer's Cut - Episode 65: The Producers (1968) 21st Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay - Screenplay by Mel Brooks The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Odd Couple Ed's Notes: 1) Christmas Carol at Th…
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255 Kerry Whittle | Mystery Thriller Author and Journalist
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Mystery/thriller author Kerry Whittle drops by this week to chat about her debut novel and the wedding table that inspired it as well as the differences between publishing and journalism. Support the show on Patreon! 💖 And get extended episodes, ad-free and a week ahead of everyone else. 🙏 For audio listeners: Spotify Apple Amazon Listen to The Cho…
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery with Rian Johnson
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There’s a mystery afoot on today’s episode of Script Apart – and that mystery is how you write a film like Wake Up Dead Man, the new Knives Out movie from my guest today, Rian Johnson. How do you craft a whodunit that’s simultaneously gripping, hilarious and loaded with weighty reflections on religion’s use as a weapon of fear in our current politi…
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'A Quiet Place' Writers Scott Beck & Bryan Woods on Why Their First 40 Scripts Failed, and What Finally Worked
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Writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the writers of A Quiet Place and the filmmakers behind Heretic starring Hugh Grant, discuss writing more than 40 scripts that went nowhere to landing one of the most successful modern thrillers, they explain why failure was the key to their breakthrough. They reveal how A Quiet Place evolved into a near-…
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Whodunnit Films Part 2 - Zodiac, with Heather J Stewart
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Send us a text about your favourite films relating to the episode. For our last episode of the year, as the worlds greatest detective in back, no not Batman, Benoit Blanc is at it again in another Knives Out movie. This time with a twist, he's grown his hair out in, Wake Up Dead Man now available on Netflix. As Wake Up Dead Man is a detective myste…
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Whodunnit Films Part 1 - Gosford Park, with Heather J Stewart
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Send us a text about your favourite films relating to the episode. For our last episode of the year, as the worlds greatest detective in back, no not Batman, Benoit Blanc is at it again in another Knives Out movie. This time with a twist, he's grown his hair out in, Wake Up Dead Man now available on Netflix. As Wake Up Dead Man is a detective myste…
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Ep. 250 - Joe Hill Shares the Secrets Behind King Sorrow and His Creative Process
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Watch this episode as a full video interview on YouTube Joe Hill is a Sunday Times bestseller and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box, The Fireman, and Full Throttle. He won the Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long-running comic book series, Locke & Key, co-created with artist Gabriel Rodriguez. Much of his work has be…
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Take 148 - Showrunner and Novelist Craig Thomas, How I Met Your Mother and That’s Not How It Happened
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The magical Craig Thomas returns to the podcast. The How I Met Your Mother co-creator comes on to talk about his heart-warming novel That’s Not How It Happened. Craig talks about why he wrote the book, disability in Hollywood and the tortuous process of writing a novel. He explains his personal journey with his son’s rare disability, why it was so …
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Think Your Character Is Active? Think Again.
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Free Video Tutorial for Screenwriting Do your characters really drive your story, or do they just seem to? In this episode of The Storyteller’s Mission, Zena Dell Lowe uncovers the hidden pitfalls that make main characters passive and shows you how to craft heroes that truly capture attention. Writers, screenwriters, and storytellers will gain fres…
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First up, a conversation with Kemp Powers on his experience co-directing Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the sequel to the 2018 Oscar-winner, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The second installment continues the story of friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, Miles Morales, as he is catapulted from his home in Brooklyn, through the multi-verse. I…
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Drafting Notes - How to Nail The Perfect Ending To Your Novel
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Watch this episode as a full video episode on YouTube A good ending can stay with you long after you've finished a book or a film, but a bad one can ruin everything that came before. On this week's episode of Drafting Notes, we talk about what makes a good ending, and talk about some of the ways to think about crafting that ending to try and give a…
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Doubt: a quiet story masterpiece (archive)
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It's a brand new season and that means Melanie and I are studying two new topics: narrative drive and conflict triangles. Conflict and page-turners are usually associated with action stories, thrillers and the like. But DOUBT is a quiet, character-driven film that is so expertly crafted it grabs the viewer's attention immediately and holds it right…
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Pitching, Part 1: What Is a Pitch, Really?
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Most writers think a pitch is just explaining their show clearly - walk through the characters, describe the plot, hope they like it. But a pitch isn't an explanation. It's performance, meaning, and identity wrapped into one moment. In this episode, Nick and Steve explore what a pitch actually is beneath the surface: the emotional engine that gives…
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John and Craig celebrate the release of the Scriptnotes Book with a sold-out show full of arguments, games and holiday cheer at Dynasty Typewriter in LA. Slate's Julia Turner returns to interview John and Craig about the fifteen year journey towards creating the book, and challenges Craig's dismissal of critics. We also welcome back Ashley Nicole B…
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The Running Man with Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall
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Today on the show – Edgar Wright is back! The Running Man is his new Stephen King adaptation, co-written with Michael Bacall, and on this week’s show, the three of us run for our lives through the reality TV dystopia of that movie, and its creation. The film is a new take on the 1982 novel of the same name, and imagines an America in a state of nat…
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The Writer's Cut - Episode 64: The Graduate (1967) 20th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Comedy - Screenplay by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Producers Ed's Notes: Brian's R…
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254 Adrian Tchaikovsky | Science Fiction and Fantasy Author
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International bestselling SFF author, Adrian Tchaikovsky joins us this week to chat about his many upcoming releases including a novella, a graphic novel, a new Warhammer story and the latest in his Children of Time series. We also go back to his start as a writer, the many years he spent looking for an agent and how the industry has changed over t…
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Episode 203: Stranger Things (Season 5, Vol. 1)
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The BTS team discusses narrative time jumps, what makes Will's arc so powerful., and what we're hoping for from the final episodes. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PTpPg-xcq54 🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay 🎬 Beyond the Screen…
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A lot of screenwriters get confused when rewriting their screenplays. What constitutes an actual rewrite? Listen and find out. Support the show For more information on Lovinder Gill's best-selling book "Scriptcake Secrets" or his public speaking schedule, please check out www.lovinder.com.By Lovinder Gill
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