Write Your Screenplay Podcast

Write Your Screenplay Podcast


Latest Episodes

The Girlfriend: Game and Series Engine
October 03, 2025

In this Write Your Screenplay Podcast episode, Jacob Krueger analyzes Amazons The Girlfriend to explore how the game of the scene fuels a lasting series engine. Learn why mirrored perspectives, foi

Weapons: Should You Write a Horror Movie?
September 19, 2025

Thinking about writing a horror movie as your way into Hollywood? Horror is an $8.5 billion genre hungry for new voices and original stories. In this episode of the Write Your Screenplay Podcast, Jaco

K-Pop Demon Hunters: 3 Ways to Elevate Your Writing
September 05, 2025

In this episode of the Write Your Screenplay Podcast, Jacob Krueger explores how K-Pop Demon Hunters transforms a wild premise into a moving story. Youll discover 3 tools every writer can use to elev

Opus: ‘Elevated’ Horror and Allegory
August 22, 2025

In this episode of the Write Your Screenplay Podcast, Jacob Krueger breaks down Mark Anthony Greens Opus to reveal how elevated horror and screenwriting allegory can emerge organically from what alre

Hypnosis for Writers: Break Through Writers Block with Jacob Krueger
August 08, 2025

Learn a powerful self-hypnosis technique to break through past trauma and writers and more deeply connect to your characters and your voice as a writer. Jacob Krueger shares life-changing tools drawn

Sinners: Theme, Tone & the Sea Change
July 25, 2025

Explore how sea change, bifurcated characters, and mythic symbolism power the structure and politics of Ryan Cooglers Sinners. Join us for a Special Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hour of Writing

Adolescence Episode 4: Should You Write a Limited Series?
July 11, 2025

This episode pulls it all together, with a deep dive into the structure of Adolescence Episode 4 and how it fits into the overall structure and series engine of Adolescence and how to know if your pro

Adolescence Episode 3: Adolescence, The Wire and Pattern Based Engine
June 27, 2025

Learn how Adolescence Episode 3 (building upon structural techniques from The Wire) uses a Pattern Based Series Engine to navigate rare changes in characters and narrative form while still preserving

Adolescence Episode 2: Dialectical Screenwriting
June 13, 2025

Learn how to use dialectical structure to deepen your screenplays theme, character arcs, and emotional impact through a deep analysis of Adolescence Episode 2. Join us for a Special Thursday Night W

Adolescence Episode 1: Playing at the Top Of Your Intelligence
June 06, 2025

Learn how Adolescence grabs its audience in the first ten secondsand what screenwriters can take from its naturalistic style, one-shot structure, and emotionally grounded approach to character. Join