If you make your career as a comedy writer, it’s a good idea to learn how to write funny in a variety of different mediums. That’s especially true these days with new media popping up faster than you can say, “tweet.” Taking as my inspirations such multi-hyphenates as Woody Allen and Steve Martin, I’ve always [...]
A while back, I received a rewrite of a script by an aspiring screenwriter that I have been working with for a while now. The first draft was based on a very cool idea and had some terrific elements in it with an enormous amount of potential, but the overall piece had some tremendous problems [...]
ScriptMag.com has launched a campaign to support and celebrate screenwriters with fantastic websites. We’re proud to announce “Screenwriter Website of the Week.” Our initial launch showcases the talented Chuck Wendig of Terribleminds. Wendig is an author, screenwriter, blogger and penmonkey extraordinaire, posting fantastic writer tales and tidbits regularly. Head on over and check out why Wendig [...]
Margin Call’s J.C. Chandor, From Script to Screen: The Rum Diary, Writers on Writing: J. Edgar, Final Draft, Inc. Hall of Famer Steven Zaillian, Terence Winter’s Boardwalk Empire, Pacing Your Script, Talking to Hollywood, Secrets of Action Screenwriting, and Much More!
Emilio Estevez’s The Way, Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene, Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins’ Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark adaptation, and Will Reiser’s 50/50 are all featured in the September/October issue of Script. Plus, John Buchanan on why concept is king, John Truby on the craft of TV writing, and William Akers on avoiding “rubber stamp” errors in your script. All this and more in the new issue!
Captain America: The First Avenger By Aaron Ginsburg When screenwriting duo Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely heard that Marvel Studios was rebooting America’s most iconic superhero, they chased the job … and got it. But re–imagining Captain America proved a daunting task, with over 70 years of material on the Man Behind the Shield. Markus [...]
If you’ve ever wondered whether your dream project will get off the ground, take heart from the 20-year saga of Marc Madnick, Eric R. Cohen, Michael Weiner, and Adam Abraham, who never gave up and got their screenplay-turned-musical Liberty Smith to the stage.
Here are the answers to the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Script. How did you do??
Script picks the The Top-10 Scriptwriters of the Decade! Did your favorite scribe make the cut? Also: Paul Haggis talks about The Next Three Days; Pamela Gray writes about her latest screenplay, Conviction; Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy discuss 127 Hours; Brent Simons & Alan Schoolcraft talk Megamind; and much more!
