Write Your Screenplay Podcast

Learn the structure and engine of Deadpool & Wolverine and how to craft compelling set pieces with both visual and emotional stakes in your action writing.

Learn from The Boys how to develop a consistent yet evolving story engine across multiple seasons of a TV series, using theme as a guiding principle for character development and plot progression.

Learn the secrets of elevated psychological horror writing in this breakdown of the structure of two related scripts: Longlegs and Hereditary.

Learn life-changing techniques to silence the inner questions and doubts in your head, and know if it’s time to quit or time to redouble your efforts in pursuing your passion as a screenwriter. If you enjoyed our podcast, don't miss out on Thursday Night Writes – our lively writing exercises Happy Hour hosted by Jacob Krueger every Thursday at 7:00 pm ET! RSVP here: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/t... Discover more about our programs: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com

Through a beat-by-beat analysis of the split-screen scene of The Fall Guy, discover how to find your voice within the container of a big Hollywood action movie. If you enjoyed our podcast, don't miss out on Thursday Night Writes – our lively writing exercises Happy Hour hosted by Jacob Krueger every Thursday at 7:00 pm ET! RSVP here: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/t... Discover more about our programs: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com

Learn how Dev Patel uses expressionism within the action movie format of Monkey Man to explore class in India. Edit Snippet

“Civil War, like Apocalypse Now, doesn’t have the traditional Hollywood narrative structure. It’s built more like a zombie road trip into the heart of darkness….”

Learn the 7 forms of conflicts and how connecting to your character’s internal antagonist can provide a bedrock to your structure and the key to your personal wisdom.

Discover how Yórgos Lánthimos' Poor Things uses a simple theme to navigate profound questions about identity, the past, and the search for one's authentic voice.

Learn screenwriting tips from Sundance films Nocturnes, Every Little Thing, Black Box Diaries, Eno, Thelma, Kidnapping, Inc, and lectures from Jonathan Nolan and Steven Soderbergh.

Jacob Krueger and Christian Lybrook discuss some of the most exciting independent movies premiering at Sundance and what screenwriters can learn from them.

Learn how Past Lives both honors and subverts the genre elements implied by its premise, and how to apply those concepts to your own writing in any genre.

How can the new Nicholas Cage movie be a hit with the critics but leave audiences cold? Three words: Passive Main Character.

Learn 5 simple steps to set New Year’s Resolutions for your writing that actually stick!

Learn pitching from Jacob Krueger and top JKS faculty members. If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hour of Writing Exercises with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/t... Learn more about our programs: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com​​

Learn the secrets of a winning pitch for contests and festivals, and prepare your pitch for our upcoming Pitch Festivus! event.

Learn how Emerald Fennell mashes up genre and controls tone in Saltburn.

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.

The Inner Censor helps build writer's blocK –here’s how to turn it off

Learn about the two forms of writer’s block and how to combat them in your writing career.