Adobe enters the screenwriting
software fray.
Timothy Dowling's father took him to see
Star Wars at the age of three. He had to
know his son would end up poking fun
at George Lucas and remaking
Cactus Flower with Adam Sandler.
Winner, Dale Botten
Fate played a large part in this
prize-winning script being brought to life.
Winner, Jason Groce
The special contest prizewinner helps
a Microsoft employee find romance
on the page.
A 6 year old and his father take a top
genre prize in the 2010 Screenwriting
Expo Screenplay Contest.
Evan Daugherty finds a fairy tale
ending with Snow White and the
Huntsman.
Allan Loeb's (21, The Switch) screenwriting
career has definitely been a rollercoaster
ride but as his latest project, The Dilemma,
hits theaters around the world, Loeb
reveals that his love for the craft has
been the one thing that has propelled
him through the lows and, now, to
even greater heights.
Oscar winners Simon Beaufoy and Danny
Boyle did a fantastic adaptation with
127 Hours. But it's the way they changed
the ending that made it play so well
on the big screen.
BY JEFF GOLDSMITH
The Coen Brothers return
with True Grit.
The Spec Renaissance
After several flat-out crappy years, is
the spec marketplace finally poised
for a comeback?
BY JIM CIRILE
11 Tips for a More Creative 2011
It's time to reflect on the past 12 months
and set new resolutions or get motivated to
actually follow through on past ones.
BY KARL IGLESIAS
Clothes Make the Girl
Kevin Wade's screenplay for Working Girl
uses detailed description to flesh out its
characters. BY MICHAEL HAUGE
BY RUVIN M. SPIVAK
The screenwriters behind two of the most
well-known superhuman teens on television
lend their talent to a big screen adaptation
of an alien boy in hiding who just wants
to lead a normal life.
BY PETER CLINES
Adapting his own Tony-nominated drama,
in which a married couple copes with
the loss of their son, playwright David
Lindsay-Abaire was able to write scenes
he'd only imagined in his head, making the
story more cinematic in the process.
BY PETER DEBRUGE
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The screenwriter behind Miracles and The
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys dips his toe
into the holy water of Catholicism again
with a mostly true tale about the
Vatican's classes on exorcism.
BY PETER CLINES
Elizabeth Meriwether pens a script that
questions just how possible noncommittal
sex is among friends.
BY JEREMY SMITH
Pete Jones and Kevin Barnett discuss how
they formed a comedy writing dream-team
rounded out by the Farrelly brothers.
BY DANNY MUNSO
Writers Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell
used their "third mind" to create former Stazi
agents, make Paris into Berlin and invent a
whole new kind of corn.
BY ADAM STOVALL
With the playwright's blessing, Canadian
director Denis Villeneuve re-conceived Wajdi
Mouawad's dense, dialogue-heavy stage
play, replacing the show's long, angry
monologues with powerful images and
moments of quiet introspection.
BY PETER DEBRUGE
David Leslie Johnson re-imagines
a classic in Red Riding Hood.
BY JENELLE RILEY
The best-selling book "Barney's Version"
gets a film version from scribe
Michael Konyves.
BY JEREMY SMITH
Mike Leigh explains how his latest
improvisation-centered ensemble project
became a year-long group portrait divided
into seasons and unified by "visitations from
Mary" -- a kooky character played by his
longtime collaborator, Lesley Manville.
BY PETER DEBRUGE