Writing Toolkit: How to Make Theme Work for You

When I started writing, I often began with an image in my head, or a piece of dialogue that had just come to me out of nowhere, and I’d build from there.  Most likely I’d build my narrative castle on air and then, once that castle was built, I’d try to shove a foundation under …

Charlie Kaufman and the Art of Adaptation

Adapting a novel into a film is a sensitive and hazardous process, especially if the novel has already garnered a following of avid readers. When adapting an already existing work the screenwriter may have the leisure of not having to come up with everything from scratch, but they must endure the added stress of wanting …