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Tony Gilroy On Crafting the Opening of Andor’s Second Season

Bryan Young sits down for a chat with "Andor" showrunner Tony Gilroy to discuss season two's tone, structure, and more.

A few spoilers for the next arc I think so maybe bookmark for later but really terrific insight into the writing process for Andor, with a big focus on the creative challenges and restrictions of the “ a few days once a year” structure.

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Pulling the Curtain Back at Script Magazine with Editor-In-Chief Sadie Dean and Senior Contributing Editor Susan Kouguell

We each come from a unique position as filmmakers ourselves, which offers a shorthand, not to mention inspiration when interviewing screenwriters and filmmakers. They’re appreciative when we find nuances in their work that perhaps no one has commented on before and for us, it often gives us further insight into our own projects. Canva Susan: One of the most common questions that I get from my…

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“Be the fool for a few pages. Write in the dark. Free associate with your clothes off. Be free, no one is watching. It’s you. Don’t be embarrassed. After half an hour, stop and put the light on, and read this goop you just wrote. The meaningless phrases, the unattached words, all without thinking what’s there, but there will be something there, gold nuggets in the shaken sandy soil. Something will show up. I do that to get started. Unclear always leads to something that clarity misses because it’s stable, ordered, assembled. I am one of the unassembled believers, like how snowflakes arrive unassembled before they can become snowmen.”

Two-time Oscar- winning screenwriter Alvin Sargent discussing his process with interviewer David Konow

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Support Our #creatives® Shares: What 4 Showrunners Look for When Staffing a Writers Room | Vulture

Support Our #creatives® Shares: What 4 Showrunners Look for When Staffing a Writers Room | Vulture. Discussed in this post is a critical part of the production of a TV show: the writers room, where content for a TV show is born. 

Mike Schur, Liz Flahive, Carly Mensch, and Nahnatchka Khan. Photo: Getty Images (photo from Vulture article)

  Discussed in this post is a critical part of the production of a TV show: the writers room, where content for a TV show is born. 

The shared article in this post provides a take on what makes a good writers room. The shared article originally appeared in Vulture: “What 4 Showrunners Look…

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CRAFT: How to Write Dialogue - Walking The Talk - Script Magazine

Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein and Kristopher White give 21 tips on how to write great dialogue in your screenplays.

TIPS #4 THROUGH #8: EVERY PIECE OF GREAT DIALOGUE … •

• Gives information about the character

• Moves the story forward

• Develops theme

• Creates conflict

- See more at: http://www.scriptmag.com/features/how-to-write-great-dialogue-craft-walking-talk#sthash.0VGzddg1.dpuf

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WRITERS ON THE VERGE: A Guide to Screenwriting Partnerships – Part 2

Lee Jessup explores how screenwriting partnerships play out with representation, fallouts, and recommendations for anyone who is considering entering such a writing relationship.

The post WRITERS ON THE VERGE: A Guide to Screenwriting Partnerships – Part 2 appeared first on Script Magazine.

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IMPROVISING SCREENPLAYS: Writing Compelling but Unlikable Characters

Writer and theatrical improviser Brett Wean shares how improv shows us how to create compelling but unlikable characters.

The post IMPROVISING SCREENPLAYS: Writing Compelling but Unlikable Characters appeared first on Script Magazine.

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LEGALLY SPEAKING, IT DEPENDS: Rumors

It's an inescapable fact that rumors fuel the rise and fall of certain reputations in this industry. Christopher Schiller discusses the complexities of the rumor mill in Hollywood.

The post LEGALLY SPEAKING, IT DEPENDS: Rumors appeared first on Script Magazine.

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