Screenwriting From Iowa

“I think it’s good for a writer to always be an outsider of some sort.” Canadian-born screenwriter Paul Haggis “When I’ve spoken at colleges and schools and—after you give the long spiel about writing from the heart, and all that stuff—the writers always ask, ‘What are people looking for?’ And I say, ‘Stop, stop thinking that […]

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“Very simple litmus test on what you should be writing or what you shouldn’t be writing—never ever write a movie that you yourself wouldn’t pay yourself to see.” Screenwriter Billy Ray (The Hunger Games, Captain Phillips) The Dialogue interview with Mike De Luca P.S. Here we are on day four of the Screenwriting Summer School and […]

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