by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Sep 26, 2021 | Masterclass, Personal, Resources, Tips
Making Movies by Sidney Lumetby Beverly Nault Screenwriters should understand how movies are made, and Sidney Lumet’s book Making Movies is a useful tool for that, full of insights from a director’s point of view. Originally a stage director, he describes...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Sep 26, 2021 | Masterclass, Personal, Tips
From Book to Screen (Part 2) by Joe Gruberman In my previous article (Part 1), I discussed the process of obtaining the screen rights to an existing literary work. These rights include permission to use the source work to write the screenplay and produce the motion...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Sep 26, 2021 | Masterclass, Personal, Tips
DIARY OF A LOST SCRIBE Is it too late to join the circus? by Carlo Dall’Olmo – President and Board Member of PSA When I was a child, I wanted to join the circus. I thought being a clown would be the coolest job…traveling the world, hanging out, handing out...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Aug 30, 2021 | Masterclass, Personal, Tips
You’re Never Going To Find Time To Write by Bill True – Writer and Dept. Chair & Head of Dramatic Writing at the Scottsdale School of Film+Theatre It’s almost fall again, which means another crop of new screenwriters sprouting in my teaching life at the...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Aug 30, 2021 | Masterclass, Personal, Tips
DIARY OF A LOST SCRIBE When the excitement fades by Carlo Dall’Olmo – President and Board Member of PSA I’ve been here too many times before, a great idea pops into my head, my excitement flows and before long I am putting pen to paper on writing the next...
by Phoenix Screenwriters Association | Aug 30, 2021 | Masterclass, Personal, Tips
From Book to Screen (Part 1) by Joe Gruberman Several years into my screenwriting career, I was approached by a librarian friend who thought that a certain Edgar-award winning Young Adult suspense thriller would make an awesome movie. As a favor to her, I read the...
