Write Your Screenplay Podcast

Write Your Screenplay Podcast


Latest Episodes

Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapting a True Life Screenplay
November 03, 2023

Learn how to find your take and balance fiction and truth when adapting a true story or book from this script analysis of Killers of the Flower Moon. If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday

Writer’s Block and the Inner Censor
October 19, 2023

The Inner Censor is a key contributor to writers block heres how to turn it off If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hour of Writing Exercises with Jake every T

Two Kinds of Writer’s Block
October 07, 2023

Learn about the two forms of writers block and how to combat them in your writing career. If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hour of Writing Exercises with Jake

Talk to Me, Part 2: World Building & Structure
September 22, 2023

Learn mirrors and foils, an intuitive approach to world building, structure, character and theme in Jakes script analysis of Talk to Me. If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes!

Talk to Me Part 1: The Vital Role of Your First 10 Pages
September 09, 2023

Learn the vital importance of your screenplays first 10 pages, and what it takes to make them successful on both a commercial and creative level. If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Nigh

The Bear, Season 2: Overcoming Self Doubt As a Screenwriter
August 24, 2023

Learn to escape the refrigerator of doubt and negativity that gets in the way of your screenwriting through Jakes analysis of The Bear, Season 2. If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Ni

Barbenheimer: The Art of Adaptation
August 09, 2023

Learn from Barbie and Oppenheimer the vital role of theme in writing a screenplay adaptation. If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hour of Writing Exercises with J

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3: How to Write Flashbacks and Exposition
July 13, 2023

Learn how to write flashbacks that work and how to handle exposition in your screenplay from Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3. If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy H

Shrinking Part 2: Five Tips For Writing Better Dialogue and Exploding Cliché
June 28, 2023

Jake compares the famous adventure book scene from Pixars Up! and the photo-album scene from Shrinking to show you how to turn a familiar scene into something fresh and new. If you liked this Podc

Shrinking Part 1: Is Writing Like Therapy?
June 16, 2023

Learn from Shrinking about therapeutic and anti-therapeutic writing structures, the challenges of writing therapy scenes, and the links between writing and therapy. If you liked this Podcast, join us