
Education
In our complex entertainment landscape, there is one genre that top writers and filmmakers keep turning to because it consistently fills cinemas and generates great numbers on streaming.
Screenwriter Interviews
Writer-director Rodrigo García discusses the thematic elements, emphasizes the importance of introducing immediate conflicts, and writing relatable characters.
True Indie by Rebecca Norris
What matters is that you showed up to write, even if you didn’t quite reach the goals you had set for yourself.
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Screenplays
Charlie Huston shares how they drew from their own life to coach Hank onto the page and into the spotlight roughly twenty years later.
For all of those influences floating around in Guillermo del Toro’s head, including the novel, this is a screenplay adaptation of ‘Frankenstein’ that feels uniquely del Toro.
Television
Luke Matheny untangles what it’s like to take on a beloved work and how writing for children provides the freedom to explore deeper themes.
Noah Hawley shares the inspiration behind such swings and how to ground a story, even in an elevated universe.
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Career
What does sculpting a dog statue and screenplay development have in common?
The script through the film is beautifully rendered, sharpening the tension and releasing it between awkward laughs and increasing the stakes.
Interviews
Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall discuss adapting Stephen King’s dystopian minefield from treatment to the final edit.
Writer-director Roshan Sethi on finding universality in specificity, navigating representation, and why the Bollywood heart still beats strong.
Writing inspiration
The words came easily – I’d had this idea in my head for years – but it was hitting harder than I expected.
This bundle is ideal for the screenwriter who finds inspiration in real-life stories and experiences, and who wants to turn their idea into a working screenplay!
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Writing coach and Called to Write founder Jenna Avery responds to a reader about finding the theme for their story.
Hollywood History
Thriving in both Silent Films and into the Sound Era, Dr. Rosanne Welch celebrates the female screenwriters who came before us with this month’s spotlight on screenwriter Dorothy Yost.
Screenwriter Review
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