AFF’s first Writers’ Day Retreat of the year took place at New Republic Studios this past Sunday and we thank all of our writers for coming out. We hope that you were able to leave the event… Read More
Writing Wisdom
Weekly Writing Wisdom: Frank Marshall
Frank Marshall: Writing From The Heart Frank Marshall on Starting Out Looking back, you don’t realize it at the time, but you know, Billy Friedkin, Francis Coppola, Steven, George, all starting their careers as well,… Read More
Weekly Writing Wisdom – Damon Lindelof
Weekly Writing Wisdom: Noah Hawley
Noah Hawley: creator, Legion, Fargo (TV series) “When you are thinking about writing a place or setting a show in a place, specifically, you have to think about how the show is going to grow… Read More
Weekly Writing Wisdom – Improvising
Jason Segel “I think that improv-ing and writing are the exact same skill except when you’re writing you’re improv-ing all the characters. You know, that’s for dialogue, structure is a whole other thing, but,… Read More
Weekly Writing Wisdom – Writing Organically
Marta Kauffman “I think in that way, it really helped, and we were self taught. We never took writing classes. We were thrown head on into DREAM ON, had never done TV, we were self-taught… Read More
Weekly Writing Wisdom: Paula Pell
Weekly Writing Wisdom – Callie Khouri
Callie Khouri (writer, Thelma & Louise, creator, Nashville (TV series) Callie Khouri on writing your own story: “People know how to tell stories. Don’t say that there’s this way that you do it that… Read More
Weekly Writing Wisdom: Nancy Meyers – AFF 2016 Awardee
Nancy Meyers (writer: Private Benjamin, Father of the Bride, writer/director: Something’s Gotta Give, It’s Complicated) “I think the movies I’ve written or co-written are about something. I have no need to just write a comedy… Read More