Write Your Screenplay Podcast

Write Your Screenplay Podcast


Latest Episodes

Steven Bagatourian: The Fire, The Math & The Voice of the Screenwriter
November 27, 2025

With the LA Screenwriting Weekend approaching, Jake sits down with writer and teacher Steven Bagatourian to explore the balance between fire, craft, and voice. Together they dig into why instinct needs structure, why structure needs heat, and how the voic

The Studio: How to Introduce Your Main Character
November 14, 2025

What do bad jokes, fake smiles, and status games have to do with story structure? In this episode, Jacob Krueger breaks down The Studios pilot to show how Matt Remicks first few minutes on screen dont just reveal his character, they build the entire en

Rushing: What’s Your Inciting Incident?
October 31, 2025

Many writers rush to the inciting incident around page 10-12, weakening their scripts foundation. Jake Krueger shows how slowing down and embracing presence can transform your writing and creative journey.

One Battle After Another: What’s your theme?
October 17, 2025

In this episode of the Write Your Screenplay Podcast, Jacob Krueger analyzes Paul Thomas Andersons One Battle After Another, revealing how theme, character development, and structure shape a screenplays emotional impact. Learn practical rewriting strate

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, foils, and escalation drive audience engagementand what h

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 elevate their screenwriting: research that makes your world

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 already exists on the page. Through deep analysis of charac

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 from hypnosis, NLP and neuroscience.

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 Exercises with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET