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Write On: 'Miller's Girl' Writer/director Jade Halley Bartlett

January 30, 2024

“Personally, I think writing is bleeding. It's blood magic. It's very hard to do,” says writer/director Jade Halley Bartlett of the new Southern gothic romance, Miller’s Girl.

Write On: 'American Fiction' Writer/Director Cord Jefferson

January 18, 2024

“I think that approaching the grand things through the smallest entryways possible is the best way to go about taking on these massive issues… So yes, this movie is about race and racism and art and who's allowed to make certain kinds of art - these ...

Write On: 'Dumb Money' Writers Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo

January 8, 2024

“When we were starting [to write screenplays], we were told, ‘Write your story, write your story, write your story.’ But our story is not that interesting. So, I would say, don't write your story necessarily, write the story that you fall in love wit...

Write On: 'Blackberry' Writers Matt Johnson & Matthew Miller

December 22, 2023

Final Draft's Write On Podcast sits down with Blackberry writers Matt Johnson and Matthew Miller to talk about how they wrote this epic story of the rise and fall of the world's first portable email phone machine.

Write On: 'Air' Writer Alex Convery

December 20, 2023

The film Air was released in theaters back in April – right before the WGA Writer's Strike. It tells the story of how the iconic partnership between Nike shoes and basketball player Michael Jordan came to be way back in 1984. It’s one of those partne...

Write On: 'Saltburn' Writer/Director Emerald Fennell

December 19, 2023

“I like having sympathy for the devil. And all of them are devilish!” says Emerald Fennell about her characters in the new film Saltburn.

Write On: 'The Iron Claw' Writer/Director Sean Durkin

December 16, 2023

Write On: 'Silo' Showrunner Graham Yost

December 15, 2023

“It really comes down to scene work. Do these characters pop? Is this fun to read? Is it fun to imagine what’s going to happen next? When you get to the end of that pilot do you want to find out what’s going to happen in the next episode? It’s all of...

Write On: 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Writers Chris Miller, Phil Lord and Dave Callaham

December 12, 2023

“The lesson we keep learning is that the thing that breaks you [into Hollywood] is your weirdest idea. The thing that only you can write… All of our friends who have done that – it's been a fulcrum in their career,” says Phil Lord, co-writer of Spide...