Dec 13 Love2 6 Things Greta Gerwig Learned About Writing from Being an Actress By Shanee Edwards Blogs Honest, raw and funny, Lady Bird is a coming of age story about a high school senior, Christine “Lady Bird”…Read More
Dec 12 Love11 Five Plot Point Breakdown: Romancing the Stone (1984) By Anthony Faust Five Plot Point Breakdowns, Main, Screenwriting 101 Screenplay Genre: Action/Romance Movie Time: 106 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) is a romance novelist living in…Read More
Dec 11 Love13 Calling All Writers: Weekly Contest Roundup – 12/4/2017 By Staff Main, Screenwriting 101 Welcome back to The Script Lab’s weekly screenwriting contest roundup – our gathering of all the latest in contest news,…Read More
Dec 11 Love1 Screenwriting 101: Making the Most of Your Rewrites By Staff Main, Screenwriting 101 By: Matt van Onselen Ah, rewrites. You’ve sweated bullets every day for months. You’ve had to dig deep into your soul on…Read More
Dec 08 Love5 First Ten Pages Breakdown: The Lost Boys (1987) By Anthony Faust First Ten Pages, Main, Screenwriting 101 Screenplay by: Jan Fischer, James Jeremias, Jeffrey Boam Breakdown by: Anthony Faust Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Haim, and Jason Patric star…Read More
Dec 07 Love0 The Great Screenwriters – Part 17: Taxi Driver’s Paul Schrader By Martin Keady Main, Screenwriting 101 Paul Schrader was probably the greatest screenwriter, and certainly the most famous screenwriter, of the late 20th century. The man…Read More
Dec 06 Love2 Slamdance 2018 Announces Beyond Features and Short Film Competitions By Staff Main, News Slamdance has announced their Beyond and Shorts program lineups for their 24th edition. This year, several Slamdance Alumni return with…Read More
Dec 06 Love2 Writing for Television: Tips From “The Good Place” By Staff Main, Screenwriting 101 By Britton Perelman Spoilers ahead. Binge “The Good Place” before reading! There’s so much that’s good about “the Good Place.”…Read More
Dec 05 Love2 Sundance Institute Announces Indie Episodic, Shorts & Special Event Selection for 2018 Festival By Staff Main, News Works selected across the new Indie Episodic, Shorts and Special Events sections of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival were announced…Read More
Dec 05 Love7 Screenwriting 101: 4 Tips for Writing Threatening Antagonists By Shaun Leonard Main, Screenwriting 101 Antagonists are the main character’s competition. Whether it’s cops versus robbers, boxers versus boxers, or cowboys versus aliens, the “hero”…Read More