TV Writer Podcast 083: Hilary Winston (Bad Teacher)

TV Writer Podcast 083: Hilary Winston (Bad Teacher) - SCRIPT MAGAZINE

By: Gray Jones | April 24, 2014

In the interview, Hilary has great tips on career development and networking, as well as writing, pitching, and selling pilots. She also has a fascinating personal story… how she started as an intern at the White House in the Clinton administration and ended up writing comedy in Hollywood… how even after writing scripts on a writing staff, becoming an assistant for several years was the best thing for her career. More...

"STRIP STUDS" COMEDY FILM SPEC

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The Selling Your Screenplay Podcast: An Interview With The Black List Founder Franklin Leonard

By: Ashley Scott Meyers | April 28, 2014

In this episode of The Selling Your Screenplay Podcast I talk with The Black List founder Franklin Leonard. I have been using The Black List (as a screenwriter) and had a bunch of in-depth questions about how to use the site and how to get the most out of it. Franklin was very enlightening, and we did a deep dive on several aspects of the site. If you have been using the site or thinking about using it, this interview may answer some of the questions that you have. More...

MILES "That One Night Stand" TV Pilot

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TV Writer Podcast: Lisa Alden – Intro to Power of the Pitch

By: Gray Jones | April 16, 2014

Informative introduction to Lisa Alden’s “Power of the Pitch” workshops – learn how to pitch a script for an original TV pilot from somebody who has sold every one in the room! Even if you plan on writing it on spec, learning how to pitch it will exponentially develop your project and save you months of writing wasted drafts.

 http://blip.tv/tvwriterpodcast/lisa-alden-intro-to-power-of-the-pitch-6845081

About Lisa: after a successful career as a movie executive (New Line, Universal, Fox) Lisa joined the second season writing staff of Entourage. After staying there for four amazing years, she moved on to a short-lived NBC show Lipstick Jungle. It was during the WGA strike (that interrupted that show) that she made the decision toto start writing her own TV pilots. In the last few years, she has sold every show that she’s pitched – to Fox21, HBO, MTV and ABC Family. MORE...

"Summer of Dylan" Comedy Webisode (Test)

SUMMER OF DYLAN

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BREAKING IN: Following “The Five Minute Rule”

By: Staton Rabin | April 23, 2014

We’ve all seen plenty of great movies that keep secrets from the audience that are revealed later in the story. And there are plenty of classic movies that surprise us with a jaw-dropping “plot reveal” in the end.  But is this something you should emulate in your own scripts?  To quote the late, great Amy Winehouse: “I say, ‘No, No, No!’”

 In a screenplay, your goal is not to be “mysterious” or keep secrets, but to get all the necessary facts about your story out there as quickly and clearly and efficiently as possible.  Yes, I know this may go against much of what you think you know about screenwriting.  But in movies, “Clarity is king.”  You don’t write a mystery by being “mysterious.”  You don’t generate suspense by leaving your audience confused. MORE...

The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith: Frozen Q&A

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"One Way Ticket" (Short)

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Screenwriter Interview: David Webb Peoples Discusses Screenwriting Process

By: Script Magazine | April 2, 2014
 
Montreal-based writer/director, Lea Nakonechny (TWO MUSEUMS, EDGE OF THE DESERT), had the chance to chat with screenwriter David Webb Peoples (12 MONKEYS, UNFORGIVEN, BLADE RUNNER) in advance of the Toronto Screenwriting Conference (April 5 & 6). They talk process, anti-heroes and the Sisyphean task of writing.

Lea Nakanechny: Which do you begin with, character or story?
David Webb Peoples: Usually with a character scene. There’s an image of somebody doing something that defines them and makes you interested. Then you try to write a story around it and it doesn’t always work. I have many moments in my head I wish I could find the story for or build onto, and many instances of trying to build a story around a particular thing and not succeeding. These things linger over the years and sometimes, suddenly, you get it. But not always. MORE...

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