Curious About Playwriting? A Conversation with Lisa D’Amour
Jacob Krueger interviews Pulitzer Prize Finalist and Tony Nominee Lisa D’Amour about playwriting and its correlations to screenwriting.
The Spiritual Side of Screenwriting: A Conversation with Jenna Laurenzo
Jacob Krueger interviews actor/director/writer and JKS alum about her smash hit film Lez Bomb and the spiritual side of screenwriting.
Ozark pt. 2: What’s Wrong with Exposition
Jacob Krueger does a deep analysis of Ozark, Season 1, Episode 8, to show both the dangers of exposition and how to approach it in your own TV writing.
Ozark pt 1: Theme, Engine, and Secondary Structure
Jacob Krueger analyzes the pilot of Ozark and shows the link between theme, hook, engine and secondary structure.
Comic Book Writing: An Interview with Ron Marz
In his second podcast about the film Parasite, Jacob Krueger discusses how thematic exploration not only informs the tone and structure of your screenwriting, but allows your story to unfold more naturally and take your audience on a powerful journey that can help them see others through more understanding eyes.
13th: Structure, Theme and Writing For Social Change
Jacob Krueger analyzes 13th and how to use theme to focus the political power of your script.
Tiger King PART 2: Genre, Structure, Hook and Engine
Jacob Krueger analyzes the structure of Joe Exotic’s journey in Tiger King to demonstrate the concepts of structure, genre, hook, and engine in screenwriting and TV writing.
Tiger King PART 1: What Gets You Hot?
Jacob Krueger analyzes both the ethical shortcomings of Tiger King and the valuable lessons the structure of Tiger King holds for writers of all genres. Learn what made the ethically complicated Joe Exotic such a likable main character, and how to use the concept of genre to make an audience fall in love with your screenplay.
Parasite vs Little Miss Sunshine
In his second podcast about the film Parasite, Jacob Krueger discusses how thematic exploration not only informs the tone and structure of your screenwriting, but allows your story to unfold more naturally and take your audience on a powerful journey that can help them see others through more understanding eyes.