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Screenwriter Interviews What Happens in the Field, Stays in the Field: David Koepp Discusses His New Thriller ‘Black Bag’

David Koepp talks about penning this crackling thriller, writing on spec, and utilizing a MacGuffin that’s simple and powerful.

Andrew Bloomenthal

Screenwriter Interviews Behind the Contextual Meaning of ‘American Born Chinese’: A Conversation with Creator Kelvin Yu Sadie Dean

Script to Screen - Learn How to Make a Movie Stories That Are Thematically Linked: A Conversation with ‘Americana’ Writer-Director Tony Tost Sadie Dean

Screenplays Is the ‘MacGuffin’ an Endangered Plot Device?Tim Schildberger

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