Interview: Joanne Sarazen—From Playwright to Screenwriter
... the thing about screenwriting that's interesting is that everybody wants to talk about what you're doing, like, four years after you did it.
Moments of Magic: Writer LaDarrion Williams and the Conjuring of 'Blood at the Root'
It’s great to have big dreams, but we need little dreams along the way ...
Full Circle: From Lollapalooza to Lolla—Director Michael John Warren
These ideas haunt me and the only way to get them out is to put them down.
The Nuance of War: An Interview with Darren Haruo Rae
This story is bigger than just my grandfather and the 442nd, it is about the 120,000 Americans who were punished simply because of their ethnicity and how each person responded to it.
Michael Nilon's Elongated Journey to Arcadian
But as I got a little bit older, I wanted to write more. I'd visit sets. I’d watch. I'd think, ‘I could that.’ I saw the evolution of my career.
The Multi-Hyphenate Opportunity: An Interview with Graham Reznick
... you need to discover new ways of telling stories, try out new and different kinds of writing, go out on a limb and try something crazy in a discipline you’ve never done before.
'Undeniable' North Star: An Interview with P.J. Palmer
... don’t write what scares you, write what will change your life. And I took that as meaning: be vulnerable, tell your truth, even if it alters how people see you.
Running a Crowdfunding Campaign: An Interview with Liz Manashil
It’s scary, it’s dramatic, and it puts a lot of pressure on a campaign, but it also incentivizes people in a different way because they know you’ll lose everything.
An Interview with Writers Nilanjana Bose and Jakub Ciupinski
“How do you guys write together and stay married?” ... the only arguments we have in our marriage are about the motivations of our character.
Author & Screenwriter Katharyn Blair—The Burden of Glorious Purpose
“Write something you care about, then find out why afterwards.”
Below the Line: Makeup Artist Nicki Ledermann
You can be the best makeup artist in the world, but if you don't get along with people and can't read the trailer, the room, the atmosphere, the actor … If you don't have that, then you will never make it in the film business.
The Fantastic Two: An Interview with Screenwriters Ian Springer & Jeff Kaplan
... desperation can kick in—you chase “what’s popular” rather than staying true to your creative vision.
The Very Model of a Modern Major Musical
It may start with our mother’s heartbeat, but when we enter the brutal reality of the world, we hear the cascading rhythms of human voices, outside world noises … and, if we’re lucky … some form of musical notes.
Interview: Screenwriter Turned USA Today Bestseller, Jamie Lee Scott
... as soon as you get your first one-star review, you have made it. I mean it ... Then, have a glass of wine, stick your tongue out and move on.
Q&A: Screenwriter and Director Frank Tremblay
"... it's really all about practicality, trying to stay open-minded but realistic in what you can achieve or could get made, and go through the door that opens."
