Script to Screen - Learn How to Make a Movie
Aaron I. Butler, ACE on Cutting Against Expectation, the Neuroscience of Audience Emotion, and What Euphoria’s Final Season Taught Him About the Power of Collective Creativity
Hollywood History
Nell Shipman, actor, screenwriter, producer, pioneered wildlife adventure cinema, built independent productions around God’s Country stories and challenged studio control.
How to Write for Television
David E. Kelley and Eva Anderson discuss their collaborative process, their devotion to the source material, and the emotional truth of the characters to guide them.
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Screenplays
A Collection of Therapy Sessions with Your Favorite Film and TV Characters
‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ succeeds as a mythic fairy tale and offers screenwriters lessons in subverting familiar tropes, matching character depth to symbolic storytelling, and planting plot details so naturally.
Television
‘Wonder Man’ showrunner Andrew Guest talks about working his way up to running his first show.
Ira Parker, the man behind ‘A Knight of Seven Kingdoms,’ talks about his process and the workings of the show.
Meet our contributors
Career
Killer Shorts is expanding its categories to include feature-length screenplays alongside its traditional short script, one-page script, and short story divisions.
Here’s some tried and true networking tips on how to put your best foot forward, make the right connections, and leave a lasting impression.
Interviews
BenDavid Grabinski discusses focusing in on the complex narrative involving time travel, character doubles, emotional depth, balancing humor and violence, and the importance of character development, particularly Nick’s transformation.
Brad Ingelsby shares the importance of character-driven storytelling and the emotional depths of his characters, focusing on emotional arcs, and the significance of birds.
Writing inspiration
Craft hilarious jokes, master the art of screenwriting, and perfect your pitching skills, all while learning from top TV writers.
Learn key techniques on how to embed history into your screenplay, how to conduct historical research, how to envision historical events and more.
Recent stories
Education
How do you take the techniques of master storytellers and fold them into your own work, regardless of medium?
Screenwriter Interviews
David Koepp reflects on his creative collaboration with Steven Spielberg, dialing in character emotion, and framing ‘Disclosure Day’ as a human-centered sci-fi story about truth, perspective, and connection.
Screenwriter Interviews
Richard Gadd on Masculinity Without Shortcuts, Writing Men Who Destroy Themselves, and Why ‘Half Man’ Was the Story He Could Not Let Go
Multi-Media for Screenwriters
Alie Flierl chats about breaking in, building a community, rejection, and … did Jason Statham really steal her bike? Only our listeners know.
Understanding Screenwriting by Tom Stempel
You can try to figure out which is which among them: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2,’ ‘The Sheep Detectives,’ ‘Fantasy Life,’ or ‘The Christophers’.
