Sitemap - 2024 - Inneresting
π» #229 - Warnings from your future
Won't someone please think of the children?
π«πͺ¦ #228 - Meetings and Partings
Can the hero be in every scene?
#226 - "I learned it from you, Dad!"*
#225 - Try to Imagine a Better World
π #224 - Concern, Influence, and Control
πͺ #222 - Sometimes they come back
πͺ¦ #221 - They said the house had good bones
Long takes and calculated decluttering
β οΈ #219 - Death is coming (look busy)
It's franchises all the way down
βοΈ #218 - The Time is Right (Now)
Selling a script, but holding on to the characters
π§ #217 - We're not using the "Z" word.
π° #216 - As you already know...
π₯Έ #214 - Who do they think they are?
π Assistants' Advice to Showrunners
π #213 - Resisting Toxic Normalcy
ποΈ What job should I beg for?
π· #212 - Don't Quit Your Day Job
π² Good day jobs for writers (and others)
πΆββ‘οΈβ°οΈ #211 - Many Paths Up The Mountain
π€£π₯ #210 - Punches and Punchlines
πͺ¨ #209 - Make Your Own Meaning
ππ Inciting Incident: Koo Koo Roo Edition
π₯Έ #207 - That's What THEY Want You To Think
Can you become a screenwriter outside of LA?
π° Some first thoughts on fifth
πΎ No animals were harmed in the making of this newsletter
β½ #205 - How much we don't know
π #204 - Let's circle back to that
π₯Ό 203 - The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect
π #202 - Standard Procedures
You are the host of your own talk show
πͺ’ #201 - The problems are all connected
π©³ Can my script be as short as Somewhere?
π¦ #200 - Aaaaaaand why should I care?
βοΈπ» #199 - Hack and Backslash
π Making unnecessary and possibly horrible changes
π§ #198 - But Daddy I Love Him!
π€π Writing about what you don't know
πͺ¨π‘οΈ #195 - Sword In The Stone
π The Grimm side of marriage
βοΈ How to handle a phone meeting
πΈ #193 - A brief musical interlude
βοΈποΈ Does the editor read the script?
ποΈ #192 - Finding an Oasis
Should I write a novel or a script?
#191 - It Feels Like Nothing Happens
Quitting, and the age question
π #189 - Breaking up is hard to do
π§βπ»π©βπ» Should we write together?
π§ #188 - "I remember when I was your age and I was coming of age."
ποΈ #187 - 2023 Oscar Nominees (Original Screenplay)
π―οΈ Stressing out in dialogue
ποΈ #186 - 2023 Oscar Nominees (Adapted Screenplay)
π§ #185 - Selective Collective Memory
βοΈ #184 - Cancel your plans
πππ₯ The essentials of adaptation