“I want to entrance and surprise.” Stephen Poliakoff on Close to the Enemy
Stephen Poliakoff discusses handling multiple characters, seeing what your protagonist sees, and avoiding the distancing effect of period dramas.
Stephen Poliakoff discusses handling multiple characters, seeing what your protagonist sees, and avoiding the distancing effect of period dramas.
Into the Badlands: Blood-splattered Heroes and the One Degree of Jackie Chan
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar on keeping the martials arts authentic, why a fight scene is like jazz, and writing for Jackie Chan.
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar on keeping the martials arts authentic, why a fight scene is like jazz, and writing for Jackie Chan.
“Don’t bow to that trope.” Ben Younger on Bleed for This
The pros and cons of taking ten years off from screenwriting, the boxing film as a parable, and choosing what to tell.
The pros and cons of taking ten years off from screenwriting, the boxing film as a parable, and choosing what to tell.
True Memoirs of an International Assassin: A Tonal Tightrope
Jeff Morris and Jeff Wadlow on writing characters into a corner, the challenge of balancing action and comedy, and giving yourself permission to quit for the day.
Jeff Morris and Jeff Wadlow on writing characters into a corner, the challenge of balancing action and comedy, and giving yourself permission to quit for the day.
Defending Your Time to Write: Michael Lannan on Looking
Michael Lannan on defending your time to write, writing what scares you, and the importance of observation.
Michael Lannan discusses defending your time to write, writing what scares you, and the importance of observation, and offers great advice for writers.
