VIDEO – What Kind of Structure Does Your Inner Writer Need?
[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] What Kind of Structure Does Your Inner Writer Need? By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type=”thin” text=”Go to top” full_width=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] When I was growing up, my sister and I were the exact opposite kinds of children. I was the kind of child […]
VIDEO – How Do You Know If Your Idea Can Sell?
[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] How Do You Know If Your Idea Can Sell? By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type=”thin” text=”Go to top” full_width=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] The simple answer to this question: You don’t. You don’t know if your idea can sell. Nobody does. Which means if […]
VIDEO – Who’s at Your Table?
[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] Who’s at Your Table? A Meditative Writing Exercise with Jessica Hinds [/spb_text_block] [divider type=”thin” text=”Go to top” full_width=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] ‘Tis The Season of Giving! So, we’re giving you a creative jolt with a video of one of our favorite Meditative Writing exercises. Visualize […]
VIDEO – What Makes a Character Likable?
[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] What Makes a Character Likable? By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type=”thin” text=”Go to top” full_width=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] This is probably the most misunderstood question in all of screenwriting: “What makes a character likable?” If you’ve seen Inside Llewyn Davis, you’ve seen the […]
VIDEO – How to Pitch YOUR Script
[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] How to Pitch YOUR Script By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type=”thin” text=”Go to top” full_width=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] The first thing you need to know when you pitch a script is what the producer is actually buying! In today’s market, nobody is going […]
VIDEO – How I Rewrite
[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] How I Rewrite By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type=”thin” text=”Go to top” full_width=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] I’ve recently received many questions about rewriting—when is the best time to rewrite? How should you approach a rewrite? What should you think about when rewriting? So […]
VIDEO – What’s Wrong With Your Outline?
[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] What’s Wrong With Your Outline? By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type=”thin” text=”Go to top” full_width=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_text_block title=”TRANSCRIPT” pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] In life, what happens if you outline everything that’s going to happen to you today? You get very unpleasantly surprised. What happens if you […]
VIDEO – How to Write Great Dialogue
[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] How to Write Great Dialogue By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type=”thin” text=”Go to top” full_width=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION One of the top questions that we get from our students is “What Makes Good Dialogue?” People are always terrified about dialogue. (Except […]
VIDEO – Finding Your Theme
If you read a lot of screenwriting books, it’s easy start to think of theme as an intellectual tool: something that you apply to your writing in order to make decisions about what should be happening, what your character should be doing or saying or what message your audience should leave the movie believing. But theme actually comes from a much deeper place than that…
