Getting Into Screenwriting - Danny Stack

The great Danny Stack talks about how he started as a screenwriter, his two top tips for reading scripts, and the importance of professional feedback. This is Part 1 of a 4 part series.

"Show, Don't Tell: Visual Screenwriting" - Philip Eisner

Philip Eisner, screenwriter, talks about conveying visuals through dialogue, "writing visually" vs. "directing on the page," and "externalizing the internal" of a character on the screen.

Developing Characters - Steve Kaplan

Steve Kaplan talks about how screenwriters can develop characters.

How To Write Compelling Loglines

Loglines are a great marketing tool for screenwriters and filmmakers alike. A logline is a one to two sentence synopsis of a screenplay or film. Here are a few tips and guidlines for writing clear concise and compelling loglines from Darius Britt.

Dance of the 1000 robots

New world record in robot mass dancing.

Steven Spielberg - advice

Here's an interesting talk by Steven Spielberg.

He tells his own story from age six, when he was living in New Jersey. It's about circuses and train wrecks and the limits of parental tolerance.

And how these things led to certain choices, and fed an appetite for collective feedback and affirmation.

First posted: 7 October 2012

Coast 2 Coast

This is Pascal Heiduk's declaration of love to basketball.