screenwriting

Mike Mosallam Breaking Fast
January 27, 2021

I Made Breaking Fast Because No One Else Had Ever Told My Story

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Michael Covino The Climb Kyle Marvin
January 27, 2021

Think Like a Producer — Advice From The Climb Creators Michael Covino and Kyle Marvin

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July 25, 2020

30 Screenwriting Lessons From The Twilight Zone Creator Rod Serling

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The Rental Dave Franco Barry Jenkins
July 24, 2020

Barry Jenkins and Dave Franco Talk The Rental: ‘Dave Franco Is F—ing With People’

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Scarface Chasing the Light Exclusive Book Excerpt Oliver Stone
July 21, 2020

When Scarface Was In Trouble: Oliver Stone Looks Back in An Exclusive Excerpt From Chasing the Light

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Dolemite Is My Name Dave Chappelle Wesley Snipes D'Urville Martin
April 9, 2020

How Dave Chappelle Inspired a Dolemite Is My Name Scene With Wesley Snipes

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Scott and Larry Dolemite Is My Name Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski Mel Brooks
March 30, 2020

How Dolemite Is My Name Writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski Went From Roommates to Masters of the Biopic (Podcast)

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Yoda The Force Star Wars
December 23, 2019

Star Wars Is More Than a Hero’s Journey—Harness the Power of ‘The Force’ in Your Next Screenplay

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December 13, 2019

Quentin Tarantino: What Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Borrows From The Stuntman

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Daniel Kaluuya Queen & Slim Lena Waithe Melina Matsoukas
November 15, 2019

Read Queen & Slim Creators Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas’ Introduction to Their ‘Love Letter to Blackness’

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Thanos hero Avengers Endgame Avengers Infinity War
November 10, 2019

Thanos Is the Hero of Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War, Films’ Writers Say

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May 30, 2019

MovieMaker’s 15 Submission-Worthy Screenwriting Competitions of 2019, Presented by Coverfly

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May 9, 2019

Defying the Expectations of Romcom: Long Shot Director Jonathan Levine on Portraying a True Relationship

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May 2, 2019

Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2019, Presented by MovieMaker

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October 17, 2018

Making Your Own Breaks: What Resources to Tap and What Rules to Break as a First-Time Screenwriter

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August 23, 2018

Maternal Intrigue: Ramón Salazar on Constructing Characters for Sunday’s Illness and How Netflix Saved the Film   

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April 30, 2018

Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2018, Presented by MovieMaker

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December 12, 2017

First Draft: Five Must-Read Classic Holiday Movie Screenplays

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November 28, 2017

Finding the Human: Dan Gilroy Talks Script Formatting and Writing Roman J. Israel, Esq. on Spec for Denzel Washington

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November 22, 2017

First Draft: Wield These Tips To Conceive, Write, and Format Your Feature-Length Musical

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November 7, 2017

First Draft: Remember These Three Key Differences Between Short and Feature Scripts

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November 1, 2017

ICYMI: The Best of October 2017 on MovieMaker.com

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September 19, 2017

First Draft: Best “Plant and Payoff” Scenes Screenwriters Can Learn From

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September 12, 2017

Hollywood’s Four Classic Narrative Types, Part II: Hero Versus the World

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