Write Your Screenplay Podcast

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Adolescence Episode 2: Dialectical Screenwriting
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
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
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