Feb 08 Love1 How to Write a Story for a Musical Comedy By Eric Owusu Screenwriting 101 Editor's Note: Musical screenplays are not recommended for first time writers. Both 2011’s The Muppets and 2012’s Pitch Perfect are two of this decade’s…Read More
Feb 01 Love0 How To Write a Workplace Comedy Character By Eric Owusu Screenwriting 101 The everyman character in a workplace setting is our hero, our guide through the world of relatively normal workplace movies.…Read More
Jan 23 Love0 How to Create a New Screenplay with Old Elements By Eric Owusu Screenwriting 101 Everything under the sun has been done. It doesn't matter if the Bible says it or a seasoned screenwriter says…Read More
Jan 15 Love0 How to Write an Interesting Comeback Character By Eric Owusu Screenwriting 101 Much like the underdog, the comeback character is one that cinema audiences can relate to and love to hail. From…Read More
Jan 08 Love0 The Babadook: How Jennifer Kent Crafted A Great Horror Film By Eric Owusu Screenwriting 101 Writer and director Jennifer Kent's psychological horror movie The Babadook has been lauded as the best horror movie of 2014. Rightfully…Read More
Jan 03 Love0 How To Write A Good Genre Parody By Eric Owusu Screenwriting 101 Sometimes people make movies that are so serious, so over-the-top, and so ridiculous that they have to be parodied. Fortunately,…Read More
Dec 26 Love0 How to Write a Screenplay About People By Eric Owusu Screenwriting 101 “Every story is a story about people, or – or it sucks.” In a recent interview with Impossible Network, screenwriter…Read More
Dec 18 Love3 How to Write Conflict Between Protagonists By Eric Owusu Screenwriting 101 We see conflict all over the place, all the time. Teammates fight. Parents fight. Coworkers fight. Partners fight. People who…Read More
Dec 12 Love0 How To Write A Compelling Underdog in Your Screenplay By Eric Owusu Screenwriting 101 They’re scrappy. They’re fun to cheer for. They’re likeable. But they’re also losers. That’s the unusual draw of – and…Read More
Dec 07 Love0 How to Put Desire in Your Screenplay By Eric Owusu Screenwriting 101 “Want” is an essential aspect of any story. Whether it’s a novel, screenplay, school play, or TV show, the characters’…Read More