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“What I wanted to do with this movie was take this interesting relationship that I have been exploring over the course of my writing, over 20 years, and this dynamic, and set it against the backdrop of something so objectively worse than anything the...
Write On: 'Three Women' Creator Lisa Taddeo
“One of the things that I really wanted to focus on, and I felt it immediately after meeting Lina the housewife in Indiana [played by Betty Gilpin in the show], whose husband no longer wanted to kiss her on the mouth, I felt like this woman was as im...
Write On: Screenwriting Coach Lee Jessup & Literary Manager Jeff Portnoy
“The streaming bubble finally popped, and I think the tip of the spear that popped it was the double strikes we had last year and now we’re calling it the great contraction. It’s a really tough time for up-and-coming writers to break in. It’s tough f...
Write On: 'Here' Screenwriter Eric Roth
“I think [ Here] has some of the imagination of Forrest Gump, but it’s not Forrest Gump. It’s a different animal. I mean, it has the same kind of humanity to it, which is what I’m pretty good at,” says Eric Roth about his latest film Here, co-written...
Write On: Seth Sherwood Horror Masterclass
“Comedy and scares are so similar. I’ve found that in a lot of my scripts, it’s almost like you’re taking the peaks and valleys of humor, and the peaks and valleys of scares, and flipping them on each other. So, you have the scare that you come down ...
Write On: 'Hysteria!' Creator and Showrunner Matthew Scott Kane
“We wanted the whole series, but specifically the pilot episode, to lure you in with the kind of comfort and coziness of the 80s nostalgia and the trappings of John Hughes movies, and all of that, while also giving it the 80s heavy metal flavor, and ...
5 Trends in the Screenwriting Marketplace Every Screenwriter Should Know
For over two decades, Lee Jessup has been coaching the careers of both emerging and professional screenwriters with the goal of helping them take their career to the next level. You may also know that Jessup has been mentoring winners of the Final Dr...
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HOLD YOUR BREATH Writer Explores Dark Side of Motherhood in Horror Tale
Hold Your Breath is an achingly beautiful film that resonates in many powerful ways. While hitting many of the necessary tropes of psychological horror, it’s the incredible acting performances that hook you and won’t let you escape – even when it’s h...