Hello, screenwriters. My purpose in these posts is to provide knowledge you wouldn’t normally hear in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting class or screenwriting workshop. This certainly fits that bill. We’re going to talk about SLAMS. What are they? A Slam is when a character has his greatest fear or weakness thrown in his face. […]

Hello, screenwriters. As you all know, I do my darndest to provide information you wouldn’t normally get in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting class or screenwriting workshop. This certainly fits the bill. Here is the end of the first scene from the Social Network by Aaron Sorkin. MARK Final Clubs. Not finals club and there’s […]

Hello, screenwriters. As you all know, I try as much as possible to provide information you wouldn’t normally receive in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting class or screenwriting workshop. This excerpt certainly applies to that principle. We started a couple of week ago looking at the first scene of “Social Network” by Aaron Sorkin.  Here’s […]

Hello screenwriters. As you all know, I try and provide information you wouldn’t normally hear in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting class or screenwriting workshop.  Now that Oscar season is upon us, I wanted to share with you some great dialogue from Aaron Sorkin, who has another Oscar contender up for an Oscar this year, […]

Hello, everyone. I try in these posts to provide information to screenwriters that wouldn’t normally be heard in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting class or screenwriting workshop. In this post, I’m sharing a bit of dialogue from the first episode of My So-Called Life.  Enjoy this great dialogue: INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY – DAY All the […]

Hello, everyone. I always start off these posts by saying I do this to provide information you wouldn’t normally get in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting workshop or screenwriting class. So I just did it again, didn’t I? We will continue looking at great scenes with another selection from television. My SoCalled Life is an […]

Hello, everyone. As  you all know, I try my best to provide information that you wouldn’t normally get in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting class, or screenwriting workshop. And for my money, the best screenwriting happening today is on television. This is a scene from THE WEST WING – by Aaron Sorkin, also one of […]

Hello, screenwriters. We’ve been talking about writing great scenes and what makes them exceptional.   The following is a scene from ‘UNFORGIVEN,’ by David Webb Peoples. I’m going to present this scene for this week’s discussion and see why it merits such recognition. In fact, if you’re reading great screenplays, which we should all be […]

Hello, screenwriters. I do everything possible in this blog to provide information you wouldn’t normally get in typical screenwriting course, screenwriting workshop or screenwriting class. Previously, we were talking about great reversals that happen in screenplays that make those scenes really pop. The example I’m using is “The Proposal,” a masterful romantic comedy written by […]

Hello, screenwriters. As you’re aware, I try to provide information that you don’t normally hear in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting class or screenwriting workshop.  Here another example of that. We’re going to explore some reversals as they apply to screenwriting. There’s nothing an audience likes better than things getting turned on their heads. Here’s […]