Write Your Screenplay Podcast

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Thunderbolts: Theme in Action Movies
Discover how Thunderbolts uses theme to explore depression, trauma, and healing within the structure and genre of a big budget superhero action movieand how to bring emotional depth to your own scree
The Last of Us Season 2: Resetting Your Series Engine
Learn how The Last of Us Season 2 resets its story engineand what it teaches about rebuilding character dynamics, stakes, and tension in your own TV series. Join us for a Special Thursday Night Writ
Nickel Boys and Shawshank Redemption: Primary and Secondary Structure
Learn how Nickel Boys and Shawshank Redemption use secondary structure to shape audience expectationsand how to apply these techniques to the structure of your screenplay. Join us for a Special Thur
The White Lotus: Why Season 3 Feels Different
Learn how Engine and Theme function in all 3 seasons of The White Lotus and how slight changes in The White Lotus Season 3 massively affect the feeling of the series... Join us for a Special Thursday
Anora: Using the “Sea Change” to Supercharge Structure
Discover how Sean Bakers Anora uses a seismic mid-story twist to reshape structure, character, and theme and how to apply it to your screenplay. Join us for a Special Thursday Night Writes! Our Ha
The Brutalist Part 2: Do You Need an Active Main Character?
Discover why Brady Corbets The Brutalist, rejects the idea that protagonists must drive the action and how its unconventional approach grows out of its thematic exploration of the immigrant experienc
The Brutalist Part 1: How to Deal with Experts & Research
Learn how to balance expert research and creative freedom in your screenwriting as we explore Brady Corbets The Brutalist, starring Adrien BrodyJoin us for a Special Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy
The Apprentice: Writing The Antihero
Learn from The Apprentice the art of writing complex antagonists by connecting to the universal emotional needs that drive character choices Join us for a Special Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hou
Lessons from Sundance 2025 Part 2
Learn from Sundance 2025 genre stand-outs Together and Didnt Die how to explore deeply human characters and questions within an elevated horror or zombie format. Join us for a Special Thursday Nigh
Lessons from Sundance 2025 Part 1
From an ambitious one-shot pilot to a haunting exploration of grief, Jacob Krueger unpacks how three Sundance selections demonstrate the vital principle that "form is function" in screenwriting. Join