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Creator Peter Craig talks the “tragic love story” of Dope Thief and the heart of adaptations.
The latest installment in the Mission: Impossible series boasts a long runtime and massive action sequences, with storytelling tricks we can study.
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Co-creators Elliot Wolf and Tim Walsh discuss their creative partnership and transforming a short-form idea into a 30-minute drama.
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Bryan Young explores lessons to be learned from “28 Years Later,” including storytelling through allusion, using a five-act structure, and incorporating complex themes.
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Susan Kouguell interviews Joel Perez, recipient of the COLECTIVO, a new filmmaker program through Tribeca Studios and the Miranda Family Fund, about his short film Villa Encanto at Tribeca Festival.
Susan Kouguell chats with the award-winning writer and director about her feature film debut, blending lightness and darkness in her writing, and more.
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Here’s another trilogy of W questions that should be just as important for any writer of screenplays or TV pilots preparing to pitch.
Valerie Kalfrin shares tips from screenwriter Henry G. M. Jones and producer Tim Albaugh about keeping and earning readers’ attention at the 20th annual Sunscreen Film Festival.
Writing coach and Called to Write founder Jenna Avery responds to readers about balancing writing and life.
Susan Kouguell chats with writer, director, producer, and star Isabel Hagen about her film debut, how she found stand-up comedy amidst her Julliard training in classical viola, and more.
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