James Cameron knows how to get a story in motion. Jake Sully, a paraplegic Marine, is assigned his late twin brother’s avatar. Though it’s not his body, the avatar gives him an opportunity to walk again. In Avatar‘s screenplay (available…
After seeing Chewed Up a few years back, Louis C.K. became my favorite comedian (if you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor). On the stand-up front, he’s at the top of his game. Untouchable. Unfortunately, his films, well, they…
For those of you unaware of Scrippets, it’s a screenplay-related plugin for WordPress, bbPress, phpBB, Drupal, vBulletin, Blogger and Expression Engine. If you have a screenplay blog, or for some reason want to place a “scrippet” in one of your…
The biggest challenge was that there wasn’t a linear story in the book as such. It was a lot of flashbacks and jumped around. Structurally, that makes for an interesting book, but it’s a very tricky structure for a mainstream…
I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that writing can be one of the most self-tormenting occupations one can choose, and for the simplest of reasons: If one cares about the work, if aiming high and stretching is a personal…
If you’re writing a spec screenplay,your title page should contain the following information: Your script’s title The name of the writer(s) Your contact information
You’ll find links to both the Gladiator script and screenplay analysis below. Download the Gladiator script from MyPDFScripts. Download ScreenplayHowTo’s Gladiator script analysis (PDF). Click here to go back to our Gladiator screenplay analysis page for an extensive write-up on…
The links for the Good Will Hunting script and screenplay analysis are below. Download the Good Will Hunting script from The Script Source (PDF). Download ScreenplayHowTo’s Good Will Hunting script analysis (PDF). Click here to go back to our Good…
Some may complain “The Big Lebowski” rushes in all directions and never ends up anywhere. That isn’t the film’s flaw, but its style. 1 ~Roger Ebert Read The Big Lebowski script from AwesomeFilm. Download ScreenplayHowTo’s The Big Lebowski screenplay analysis…
Our general rule is look at the structure of Die Hard, and if you’re not doing that, you’re probably wrong. 1 ~Thomas Lennon Find the Die Hard script at IMSDb. Download ScreenplayHowTo’s Die Hard screenplay analysis (PDF). Click here to…
