Remembering Tobe Hooper One of the most beautiful things about the Festival in our first few years was the serendipity which often occurred; being in the right place at the right time. One Saturday morning,… Read More
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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
Panelist Spotlight – Deniese Davis is More than Insecure
By Alexandra T. Mitchell Recently, Deniese Davis is known and celebrated for being one of the producers of HBO’s Insecure, starring Issa Rae. What you may not know is that Deniese has been producing for... Read More
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: Writing a Romantic Comedy
Tess Morris (writer, Man Up): “The challenge with writing a romantic comedy film is you’ve got to make people now sit up and go, “Why is this a different story?” Like, it’s a one-night... Read More
Weekly Writing Wisdom: Sporting the Screenplay
Bobby Farrelly (writer/director: There’s Something About Mary, director: Kingpin, Fever Pitch): “All of our characters are underdogs. They’re underdogs to the world, and that’s sort of the nature of comedy in that you have to... Read More
