Somewhere among reinventing journalism, crafting cult essay collections, and padding her pocketbook writing screenplays in Hollywood, Didion managed to become a quietly legendary cook and a master dinner party host. If she’s ever known for anything other than her writing, it may be for her curly...
Raymond Chandler was a British-American novelist who wrote several screenplays and short stories. He published seven novels during his lifetime. The first, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. An eighth, Poodle Springs, unfinished at his death, was completed by another great crime writer, Robe...
These are a collection of audio-drama podcasts we produce based on top-tier un-produced Hollywood and Broadway screenplays, tele-plays, and stage-plays. Our goal is to bring audiences these amazing stories. 2. What makes these stories a Greatest Script and not others?
, and he co-wrote the screenplays for the upcoming the force awakens and the as-yet-untitled movie about han solo when he was a kid. “fly casual?” that was him. “do or do not; there is no try?” him. 1 so when i got the chance to talk to kasdan as part of my reporting...
his screenplays. The Rocky movies change the spelling of Ali’s last name, taking away the “i” and adding an “ly.” It wasn’t untilRyan Coogler, an African-American filmmaker, took over the franchise with last year’s superb “Creed” that the Apollo/Ali ...
A graduate of Arizona State University with a PhD in 20th Century American Literature, Michael has written novels, short stories, stage plays, screenplays, and how-to manuals. Michael’s background in storytelling draws him to find the most fascinating aspects of any topic and transform them ...
Villains at Christmastime can be motivated by all manner of grievances or desires. Some hate Christmas, and wish to see an end to the foolish frivolities. Others are career baddies - they’d be committing these misdeeds any time of the year, it just so happens they’re ruining Christmas wi...
There’s a rule of thumb in filmmaking: “Show—don’t tell.” In many screenplays, that means swapping a long-winded monologue for an understated glance. When it comes to action movies, this rule reigns supreme, perhaps more so than any other genre. “Show, don’t tell,” levels up...
Following the success of Reservoir Dogs, the screenplays that Tarantino wrote during his tenure as a video store clerk became hot properties: Tony Scott directed Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette in True Romance and Robert Rodriguez directed George Clooney and Salma Hayek in From Dusk Till Dawn...
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