Think about Family Guy, and the character of Buzz Killington. Dude walks into a rockin’ party, opens his mouth, and the air goes out of the room. That’s what I’m about to do when I bring up today’s subject of –hit it, Buzz!—Writing The Killer Synopsis! Let’s define our terms. Synopsis is not a treatment. […]
We talked previously about collaboration and the art of creative disagreement. That means finding collaborative partners who will not be yesmen, who will challenge you, and push the project to a new level. I’ve been fortunate to have some wonderful collaborative relationships, both in theater and film. I started in theater writing plays for my […]
“Story is free.” –John August With micro-budget filmmaking you need to lean on the written word to keep costs down. Think about costs at script level. Don’t wait until you get on set to try to save a dime. One of the ways to do this is to create strong sub-plot characters. Think about tributaries […]
SPOILERS! Yes, that’s in 16 font, folks. I don’t want to hear the whining of people who are a day late and a dollar short on their binge watching. I mean, how long are we supposed to wait for you to catch up? Hope this doesn’t spoil it, but… Rosebud? It’s a SLED! Seriously, […]
We talked a few weeks back about the graying of characters—making a difference in your screenplay by working your characters to max out complexity. How do we do that? A few of the way might be to surprise the shit out of your audience in the path you take the characters, and them. It’s to […]
