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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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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.
You may have been told that you shouldn’t use flashbacks. And you may be wondering, why not? After all, aren’t flashbacks valid writing tools?
Interviews
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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Ask the Coach by Jenna Avery
Writing coach and Called to Write founder Jenna Avery responds to readers about balancing writing and life.
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Hollywood History
Dr. Rosanne Welch celebrates the female screenwriters who came before us with this month’s spotlight on prolific screenwriter Dorothy Davenport.
Selling Your Screenplay Podcast by Ashley Scott Meyers
In this episode of the podcast your host Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Greg Porper.
Screenwriter Interviews
Writer and showrunner Dario Scardapane shares what he likes about a collaborative writer’s room, where he gets inspiration, and why he waits to write the final episode of the season.
Screenwriter Review
Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation strikes a balance between tragedy and comedy, exploring mortality and the small joys in life.
