Work In Progress Is Living Up to Its TitleAbby McEnany explains how season two of the great Showtime dramedy was reformulated to capture the swirling emotional confusion of 2020.
So You Want to Become a Working ScreenwriterIf screenwriting is your “spark,” what do you need to know? Soul co-writer Mike Jones explains the lessons he learned in the Hollywood trenches.
Sequels Are Killing the Art of the ScreenplayConsider The Mummy, a textbook case of what happens when a studio’s drive to build franchises, tentpoles, and universes rearranges a screenplay’s DNA.
ByDavid Edelstein
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Who’s Afraid of Max Landis?A look inside the mind of one of Hollywood’s most successful — and divisive — screenwriters.