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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...

"Breaking into TV Writing" with Anton Schettini
Anton Schettini is a TV writer best known for writing sitcoms like Happy Together and Superior Donuts – and even a drama called Snap. But before he was an actual writer, he spent years working his way up the Hollywood ladder as a production assistant...

SATURDAY NIGHT: Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan On Telling a Real-Time Story
Chaos. Genius. Drugs. Comedy. Revolution. These five words may not seem to go together at first glance, but they perfectly sum up the rollercoaster ride that is the new film Saturday Night. Told in real time, the film takes us back to 1975 when a det...

Write On: 'Pachinko' Showrunner Soo Hugh
“Sometimes I think [the show Pachinko] is almost too personal. I feel like every show, you look at it and say, ‘How much of myself is in this show?’ I did a show [The Whispers] about children who were communicating with an invisible alien force and s...