You’ve been told time and time again that cliché is bad, lazy, even amateurish. So why do so many produced screenwriters rely on the shorthand cliché provides? Award-winning screenwriter Jacob Krueger analyzes the screenplay for Crazy Stupid Love and and discusses how to turn your clichés into unforgettable moments.
She wrote the book on TV writing … literally! And she also started what has become the most esteemed graduate school for television writing. This week Gray has a wonderful chat with author, writer, and professor Pamela Douglas.
From Robert McKee’s “Screenwriting 101″ class at USC, to co-developing a successful spinoff of a John Hughes classic, to writing on some of the most well-known shows of the last two decades, writer-producer-author-director Alan Cross has a lot of great stories to tell!
Pilar Alessandra moved to L.A. from Boston to pursue acting, but immediately fell in love with storytelling, and has worked for Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks, Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers, The Robert Evans Company, Cineville Entertainment, Handprint Entertainment, and Saturday Night Live Studios.
Today brings not just one but two interviews with Phil Klemmer, a writer on all five seasons of Chuck, and all four seasons of Veronica Mars. We also launch the new “Video Tips” segment of the podcast, with some tech tips for your webisodes.
He was born on the first day of the Great Depression, did competitive ski racing in Europe, and went to spy school to become a special agent. But a passion for writing led Eric Kaldor to Hollywood, and he has many stories to tell about his journey!
Even Oscar®-winning screenwriters struggle with crafting an original, satisfying, cliche-free ending. Jacob Krueger, via Andrew Kevin Walker’s classic Se7en, explains how to avoid a resolution that’s a dud.
Comedy writer Kristin Newman spent almost 10 years writing on very well-known comedies, and had her own pilot shot and picked up to series (though not aired). She now brings her talents to a one-hour drama, on NBC’s Chuck.
Christopher Yost has been working on animated TV series, comics, and features for almost 10 years, for well-known Marvel and D.C. franchises. An internship at Marvel Studios led to writing a script for their animated property X-Men: Evolution. Soon he was writing for titles like D.C.’s The Batman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
