How Much Do I Need To Develop My Script Before I Start Writing? (From Script)

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, Script contributor Jenna Avery shares some tips and advice in her column “Ask the Coach” on being an outliner or pantser when tackling your pages.

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, Script contributor Jenna Avery shares some tips and advice in her column “Ask the Coach” on being an outliner or pantser when tackling your pages. Plus, read exclusive interviews with “Severance” TV show creator Dan Erickson, Disney screenwriter turned documentary writer Tab Murphy, and listen to a new episode of Reckless Creatives Podcast with guest John Truby, author of The Anatomy of Genres.

SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 461-The Friendship Game with Scooter Corkle

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Director Scooter Corkle about The Friendship Game (2022), the sci-fi, horror movie which stars Peyton List. Other topics include how he as a director works with screenwriters during the pre-production process and how he got his start by working as a grip and in the camera department.

Sublime Storytelling: Screenwriter Tab Murphy on his Foray into Documentary Film

Oscar-nominated screenwriter Tab Murphy discusses the opportunity to combine his storytelling skills with his lifelong love of the wilderness through his collaboration on a deliciously cinematic nature documentary.

A Woman’s Life—and a Story—Meant for the Movies

Script contributor Dr. Rosanne Welch celebrates the female screenwriters who came before us with this month's spotlight on prolific screenwriter and author Lorna Moon. Between her start as a Scottish author to her time as a Hollywood screenwriter Lorna Moon lived a life meant for the movies, yet no one has tackled her biopic yet.

How Dan Erickson Keeps the Retro Futurist World of "Severance" Weird and Crazy

"Severance" creator Dan Erickson recently spoke with Script about collaborating with Ben Stiller, how this story idea came from a very personal and intrusive thought, world-building, staffing his writers' room, and above everything else, keeping it weird.

How Much Do I Need to Develop My Script Before I Start Writing?

No writers are ever exactly the same, no writing process works for everyone, and there’s no one right way to write. It’s all about experimenting and finding what works best for you.

Reckless Creatives Podcast - Season 2 | Episode 7: The Legend John Truby: "You've Got to Be Smart About It"

Hosts Sadie Dean and Jeanne Bowerman chat with John Truby about his new, amazing book—The Anatomy of Genres. Every writer needs it. It'll be the new "required reading" in Tinsel Town.

Writing and Directing the Crime Revenge Tale: An Interview with The Apology Writer-Director Alison Star Locke

Alison Star Locke shares with Script how she found a story within a dream she had, following her North Star, incorporating levity into a harrowing revenge tale, collaborating with incredible talent both in front and behind the scenes and so much more.