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Terminator Genisys writers Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier talk time travel paradoxes

December 4, 2015

Tricks and Lies

December 4, 2015

There are two major types of twist endings in a script. These two types of endings will separate the really good scripts from the really bad ones. The difference in these twists is the difference between trick and a lie.

Spec Spotlight: Eric Koenig, writer of "Matriarch"

December 4, 2015

Eric Koenig is a dentist in the Air Force, stationed at a remote desert base 45 minutes north of Palmdale, California. He is also a writer on the verge, having just sold his first spec script, Matriarch, in a major six-figure deal to Paramount Pictur...

Spec Spotlight: Chris Hager, writer of "Proxima"

December 4, 2015

Chris Hager became a screenwriter because he was frustrated. One night, while watching a movie at his home, Chris found himself lamenting the quality of what he was seeing on screen.

Spec Spotlight: David Weil, writer of "Moonfall"

December 4, 2015

The list of David Weil’s achievements is quite extraordinary. In 2013, his first spec script Half Heard In The Stillness was featured on the Black List, Hollywood’s annual survey of the town’s “most liked” screenplays. Last year, his second spec Moon...

Humbug writers Todd R Jones and Earl Richey Jones on Selling the Big Pitch with Ice Cube

December 4, 2015

Writers’ Roundup

December 4, 2015

Interview with Markus Goerg

December 4, 2015

Markus Goerg is one manager I’ve been aware of for quite some time. Though his management company, Heroes and Villains, is a relatively young one (launched in 2008), his name garners such respect among those in the know that I was delighted at the op...