Karl Iglesias on Screenwriting
Karl Iglesias discusses the elements of a well-written screenplay, today’s movie landscape, and writing for emotional impact.
By Brianne Hogan. The emotional response of the audience is the most paramount and important thing when it comes to storytelling. Karl Iglesias Karl Iglesias is an author, script consultant, and much sought-after screenwriting teacher. He also has a habit of being at the right place at the right time. A son of flamenco dancers, […]
Meet the Reader: Phil Clarke
"The good news for fledgling writers is that it's okay to suck." Phil Clarke talks about about lessons he learned from the greats, common mistakes that drive him crazy, and the differences between the film industries in Hollywood and the U.K.
Phil Clarke is a London-based script consultant who’s never known a time when he wasn’t interested in films. From a very early age, Clarke would “stare mesmerised at movies playing on the TV,” he recalls. “Not just the magnificent visuals, the larger-than-life characters, but also the strange list of names at the end scrolling upwards. […]
Meet the Reader: Olga Lexell
Script Reader Olga Lexell talks about how to avoid the slush pile, what type of scripts get the all-important green light, and why randomness is not the same as originality.
Interview Olga Lexell, script reader, on screenwriting advice, better spec scripts, story notes, and what readers want.
Laugh Tracks to Paychecks: How Luciano Casimiri Built a Comedy Career in Toronto & LA
Luciano Casimiri discusses writing and teaching comedy.
Comedy writer Luciano Casimiri shares screenwriting tips on building a TV writing career between Toronto & LA. Read the interview!
Meet the Reader: Nicole Saltz
"Protagonists are kind of like North Stars." Script consultant Nicole Saltz talks about what she looks for in screenplays.
Growing up, script consultant Nicole Saltz was more interested in reading books than screenplays. Heavily influenced by her mother, an English teacher, and her maternal grandmother (“A great lover of literature”), young Nicole, a Toronto resident by way of South Africa, could be found with her nose in a book rather than glued to a […]
