William Goldman

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What Finding Nemo Can Teach Us About Screenwriting (and Change)

Haley Bartels is a Los Angeles-based screenwriter and a 2021 Academy Nicholl Fellow. Her first feature, an independent indie horror…

1 year ago
  • Movie News

Princess Bride Cast Reunite in Hopes of ‘Saving Democracy’

The original cast of The Princess Bride reunited Sunday night for an online live reading of the film's script to raise…

4 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Recipe For Disaster: Five Ways to Alchemize a Book Into a Workable Script From the Co-Writers of The Disaster Artist

We grew up loving movies. We also love reading books. In fact, many times while reading said books, we wondered what the…

6 years ago
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Surfing the Content Flood: Basic Tips on Navigating the Hypersaturated Film Marketplace

“Nobody knows anything,” begins the infamous William Goldman quote from his revered book Adventures in the Screen Trade. Written in…

7 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: Tap Into Rhythm, Rhetoric and Other Dynamics of Dialogue

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Good dialogue strikes a nerve,…

7 years ago