How Can Writers Deal with Procrastination? (From Script)
In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, Jenna Avery unpacks tackling procrastination head on in this month’s Ask the Coach, and more.
In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, Jenna Avery unpacks tackling procrastination head on in this month’s Ask the Coach. Plus, exclusive interviews with “From Scratch” co-creators, best-selling authors and sisters Attica and Tembi Locke, filmmaker and documentarian Nina Menkes, and more!
A Mosaic of Memory: A Conversation on Adapting “From Scratch” with Co-Creators Attica and Tembi Locke
Attica and Tembi share how the series came to light, how they intentionally approached the subject matter on the page, adhering to their thematic anchor, putting together the writers' room, and their collaborative partnership both as sisters and creatives.
Script University TV Writing Virtual Conference - November 5, 2022
In one full day, you will learn how to craft a crowd-pleasing binge-worthy TV crime drama, learn tips and tricks on writing and pitching a series for streamers, and how to become a showrunner in the new golden age of TV.
SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 453 - Australian Film Grants and Making Supernatural Horror with David Willing
This week, Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker David Willing about the pros and cons of Film Grants in Australia and about making the Supernatural Horror movie Surrogate (2022).
The Banshees of Inisherin Film Review
With crackling dialogue and a plot delving into the nature of friendship and isolation set against a numinous tableau, this is one of the year’s best films.
INDIE SPOTLIGHT: Interview with Slash/Back Writer-Director Nyla Innuksuk and Actors Nalajoss Ellsworth and Tasiana Shirley
Writer-director Nyla Innuksuk, and two of the film's stars Nalajoss Ellsworth and Tasiana Shirley recently spoke with Script about having important conversations about being Inuk, and how that translates on screen and beyond.
From “Greatest Girl Reporter” to “Mother Confessor of Hollywood” Adela Rogers St. Johns Wrote Herself into the History of the 20th Century
Script contributor Dr. Rosanne Welch celebrates the female screenwriters who came before us with this month's spotlight on screenwriting, journalist, and Hollywood trailblazer Adela Rogers St. Johns.
TV Writer Podcast 133 - Comedy Writer Rob Sheridan
This week, host Gray Jones interviews a fellow York University Screenwriting alumnus, veteran comedy writer Rob Sheridan.
Interview with Trailblazing Filmmaker Nina Menkes About Her New Documentary Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Filmmaker Nina Menkes discusses her thought-provoking and illuminating documentary Brainwashed: Sex- Camera-Power, which explores the sexual politics of cinematic shot design, showing how this visual language of cinema connects to both severe employment discrimination against women - especially in the film industry - as well as to the epidemic of sexual harassment and abuse that was exposed through the #MeToo movement.
How Can Writers Deal with Procrastination?
Many writers struggle with a lack of confidence and procrastination, and it does impact how much we write. Procrastination isn’t a struggle for only new writers—experienced, professional writers have to deal with it too. Let’s unpack this—there’s a lot to it.
The Indie Whisperer: A Conversation with Independent Producer and Development and Production Consultant Christina Sibul
Christina Sibul shares with Script her journey from attending Yale School of Drama to finding her way working in the film industry in Los Angeles, collaborating with indie filmmakers, to her approach as a producer and development consultant, and so much more.
