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Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/4fwi63xAQvE BUY THE BOOK - MY STORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR STORY: 10 Ways To Toughen Up Your Screenplay From Opening Hook To Knockout Punch - https://amzn.to/3AC6MVk After moving to Los Angeles, Jeffrey Alan Schechter quickly established himself as a versatile writer, able to work in all genres from action films to family comedies, from pre-school to adult drama, from live action to animation. His writing has earned him a Gemini Award as well as nominations for two Emmy awards, a Writers Guild of America award, a Writer’s Guild of Canada award, and a BAFTA award. Over the years Jeff has worked with dozens of studios and networks including Warner Bros, Universal Pictures, ABC, NBC, The Discovery Channel, Nickelodeon, The Hallmark Channel, the BBC, VH1 Films, RHI, and The Walt Disney Company. Jeff is the author of a book on story structure titled My Story Can Beat Up Your Story! and is a noted speaker and lecturer on screenwriting. Jeff is the founde

The video version of this interview here on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acy5KxytQBA&t=17s 0:00 - Why Outlining Is Essential In Screenwriting 13:52 - Simple Ideas Make Great Movies 22:50 - A Writer Has 4 Pivotal Reasons To Write A Screenplay 35:08 - 3 Words That Make Up Every Story 46:35 - Difference Between A Story Engine And A Story Goal 59:43 - 4 Types Of Conflict Writers Should Know 1:15:42 - What Writers Get Wrong With Stakes 1:27:20 - If A Writer Can't Answer This Question, They Don't Know What The Story Is About 1:36:45 - Most Common Mistakes Screenwriters Make In Act 1 1:47:09 - How To Give A Story Meaning 2:00:53 - Save The Cat Beat Sheet: What Everyone Gets Wrong BUY THE BOOK - THE SCREENPLAY OUTLINE WORKBOOK: A step-by-step guide to brainstorm ideas, structure your story, and prepare to write your best screenplay - https://amzn.to/38uXIGA BUY THE BOOK - LOGLINE SHORTCUTS: Unlock Your Story And Pitch Your Screenplay In One Simple Sentence - https://amzn.to/2xF7JP3 Naomi Beaty is a w

The video version of this interview here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/_UyjnR-XBtU Guido Segal was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Before moving to Los Angeles to pursue his MFA in Screenwriting at UCLA, he was a journalist and a film critic, selected as a Juror at la Semaine de la Critique, during the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Segal has worked as a documentary filmmaker for History and Discovery Channel covering political topics (Asylum Seekers; Sicarios). He also has vast experience as an assistant director and screenwriter for films and TV. Segal co-wrote the Argentinian films Leones (2012) and Kékzsakállú (2016). He was also staffed as a TV writer in three shows: Un Año Para Recordar (2011-2012); La Asombrosa Excursión de Zamba (2014-2016); and Siesta Z (2016). The last two animated shows were nominated for International Emmy Awards in the Kids category. Segal has lived in Argentina, Spain and Finland, and taught Screenwriting and Film Analysis in Universidad del Cine (Buenos Aires), Universitat Pompeu

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://youtu.be/Gvw2xwGoIOM BUY THE BOOK - WRITING THE TV DRAMA SERIES: How to Succeed as a Professional Writer in TV https://amzn.to/3apqCsc Pamela Douglas is an award-winning writer with numerous credits in television drama. The Fourth Edition of her book Writing the TV Drama Series (2018) has been adopted by network mentoring programs, and foreign language editions have been published in Germany, Italy, China, Spain and used around the globe. She is also author of the 2015 book The Future of Television: Your Guide to Creating TV in the New World. She has been honored with the prestigious Humanitas Prize for "Between Mother and Daughter" (CBS), an original drama. Multiple Emmy and Writers Guild nominations and awards from American Women in Radio and Television went to other dramas she wrote. She was a creator of the PBS series Ghostwriter, Story Editor of the Emmy-winning CBS series, Frank's Place and wrote for A Year in the Life

Want to see a video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aCFpiow7sw Dan Attias has worked as a director in the film and television industry for 37 years. As a director of series television he has received the Directors Guild of America award for outstanding direction of dramatic television and has been nominated for multiple Emmy awards for his comedy directing. He continues to work on some of the most celebrated and critically acclaimed American television shows, including Homeland, The Americans, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Billions, and The Boys. Previously he has directed The Sopranos, The Wire, Six Feet Under, True Blood, Entourage, The Killing, The Walking Dead, True Detective, Ray Donovan, Bloodline, Friday Night Lights, Northern Exposure, House, Lost, Alias, among many others. His first professional directing assignment was the feature film, Stephen King’s Silver Bullet, produced by Dino DeLaurentiis. Dan started his career studying acting, then wo

Want to see a video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpSSRjSb8-k Screenwriter, Author, Producer, Director Joston Ramon Theney grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He is known for films such as Wanton Want (2021), Axeman at Cutters Creek (2020) and Jurassic Hunt (2021). WATCH 'WANTON WANT' TRAILER https://youtu.be/VK5__CNz7LA MORE VIDEOS WITH JOSTON RAMON THENEY https://bit.ly/3IQRNIh CONNECT WITH JOSTON RAMON THENEY http://jostonramontheney.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2133820 https://www.facebook.com/JostonRamonTheney https://www.instagram.com/jostonramontheney https://www.linkedin.com/in/joston-ramon-theney-50949617 RELATED VIDEOS What They Will Never Teach You In Film School - https://youtu.be/jzZePZDlHUk How To Become A Movie Director In Hollywood - https://youtu.be/48NACofhMrg A Beginner's Guide To Being A Filmmaker - https://youtu.be/nBz9E5gPJ7s My Filmmaking Journey From The Harbor To Hollywood - https://youtu.be/5UXU6IpaWQY From YouTube To Shazam! Th

Want to see the video version of this podcast, please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3QgTYZ3 Jeff Deverett is formerly from Toronto, Canada where he acquired a Law Degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Finance Degree from The University of Toronto. After his legal internship, Jeff migrated directly into the film & TV industry starting in the Home Video Distribution division of New World Entertainment when VHS & Beta was in its “heyday”. Jeff continued his film & TV Distribution career for 22 years working as Senior VP at Astral Communications (a big public Canadian Media Company); EVP International Distribution for Anchor Bay Entertainment; SVP Domestic Distribution for HIT Entertainment, where he helped manage iconic kids brands Barney, Bob the Builder, and Thomas the Tank Engine; and SVP North American Distribution for Alliance Entertainment. Jeff then founded and launched his own worldwide distribution company, KaBOOM! Entertainment which was eventually sold to eOne Entertainment. After 22 years

To see the video version, please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3Sv3ycV Chris Gore is a writer, comedian, author and television personality who has built a solid reputation as a hilariously outspoken voice in the entertainment world. As a teenager, Chris founded the brutally honest magazine Film Threat, which began as a fanzine while he was a college student in Detroit. As Film Threat evolved into a respected national magazine, he relocated to Los Angeles. The print magazine was retired in 1997 when it was re-launched as a web site. FilmThreat.com found a huge audience online and was named one of the top five movie web sites by the Wall Street Journal. Chris has appeared as a film expert on MSNBC, E!, CNN, Travel Channel, and Reelz Channel. Chis has also hosted shows on FX, Starz, IFC and G4TV’s Attack of the Show as the show’s film expert. His weekly movie review segment DVDuesday was among the most popular on G4. Chris is also an author, having written The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made and The Complet

Marc Scott Zicree is the author of THE TWILIGHT ZONE COMPANION and has written for shows such as STAR TREK – THE NEXT GENERATION, SLIDERS, DEEP SPACE NINE, BABYLON 5, SMURFS, HE-MAN, REAL GHOSTBUSTERS and many more. Marc and his wife Elaine Zicree have worked for virtually all the major studios and networks. In addition to writing, directing and producing great projects for film, TV and books (including the forthcoming GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES), Marc and Elaine mentor thousands of others toward successful careers in the Industry via The Table industry roundtable meetings. THE TWILIGHT ZONE COMMENTARIES BY MARC SCOTT ZICREE https://twilightzonecommentaries.com SUBSCRIBE TO MARC'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/c/MrSciFi MORE VIDEOS WITH MARC SCOTT ZICREE https://tinyurl.com/rarycjrt CONNECT WITH MARC SCOTT ZICREE https://spacecommand-theseries.com http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956002 https://www.youtube.com/c/MrSciFi https://twitter.com/MarcZicree https://www.facebook

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3OvBwMl Brad Rushing began working with Roger Corman's Concorde/New Horizons film studio which afforded him some of his first feature film opportunities as Director of Photography where he learned valuable skills. After a number of years concentrating on indie feature films Brad began to shoot high end music videos photographing award-winning, iconic clips for artists like Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Lionel Richie, Nelly and Eminem. Brad's ground-breaking work on Moby's "We Are All Made Of Stars" won an MTV Video Music Award "Moonman" for Best Cinematography in a Video, and many of the other music videos he shot have won awards such as VMAs, MVPAs and Grammys for Best Video. Brad also won a Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Video for the Alsou video "Always On My Mind." Brad's most recent work is the feature film "A California Christmas" which filmed in Petaluma, CA in July 2020

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3ydv72q Gary W. Goldstein has produced some of Hollywood's biggest box-office hits (Pretty Woman, Under Siege, The Mothman Prophecies and more), generating well over One Billion Dollars in worldwide revenue, receiving multiple Academy Award nominations, People's Choice Awards, a Golden Globe and other honors. Before moving to Los Angeles, Gary practiced as an attorney in San Francisco. He later served as president of two divisions of IAM.com, an internet entertainment company successfully funded at $50MM. Gary's passion as a storyteller goes beyond producing the work of gifted screenwriters. He's committed to sharing with everyone who desires real success and enduring careers as a creative professional his smart, simple strategies that magically transform talent into business success more rapidly and with greater ease. Gary's spoken at TEDx La Jolla, been published by the Huffington Post, and was a contributing autho

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3QIErCu Writing Coach, Teacher, Mentor and Screenwriter Pat Verducci teaches two Advanced Screenwriting courses at UCLA TFT. She has written scripts for Touchstone Pictures, Witt-Thomas Productions, and Walt Disney Animation Studios. She has also worked as a story consultant for Disney/Pixar. She wrote and directed the feature film True Crime, starring Alicia Silverstone, and her writing credits also include documentary shorts for HBO and Showtime. She co-produced Somewhere Between, a feature documentary about four teenaged girls transracially adopted from China, and served as a story consultant on the Tinkerbell franchise for Disney. She is currently the script editor on several feature film projects for Film Victoria and Screen Australia, and is writing Citizen Bella, a documentary on the life of modern dancer Bella Lewitzky. Verducci serves as a mentor at Cinestory and the Meryl Streep funded IRIS/New York Women in

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3N4Hra1 BUY THE BOOK - YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER STORY: The 21st Century Survival Guide To Not Just Telling Stories, But Building Super Stories http://amzn.to/2w7NGUa BUY THE BOOK - YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER WORKBOOK: The Official Step-By-Step Companion of You’re Gonna Need A Bigger Story - https://amzn.to/3EV5TqV Houston Howard is a professor, producer, author, speaker and thought leader in the entertainment and branding communities because of his unique and proprietary transmedia approach to story. Houston has written several books about transmedia including Make Your Story Really Stinkin’ Big and You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Story. He had advised companies such as Mattel, Disney Imagineering, ABC, CBS, Reliance Media Works, West Coast Customs, Samuel Goldwyn Films and Harper Collins Publishing, as well as designing a number of transmedia-focused projects for Fox, the CW, TNT, Slinky and the writers of Toy Story, H

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3vSYAgU Shaun Paul Piccinino (Peach-ah-nino) is an award winning Filmmaker and Television Director. He has worked in just about every aspect of the business. From acting, to action coordinating, from script writing to producing, from editing to visual effects, all the way to feature film directing. Shaun’s latest work includes 4 movies currently on Netflix, A CALIFORNIA CHRISTMAS starring Lauren Swickard, Josh Swickard & Ali Afshar, WHEELS OF FORTUNE starring Matt Jones, Jeff Fahey, & Noureen DeWulf, LADY DRIVER starring Grace Van Dien, Sean Patrick Flanery & Christina Moore and ROPED starring Josh Swickard, Casper Van Dien and Lauren Swickard. WATCH 'A CALIFORNIA CHRISTMAS' TRAILER https://youtu.be/z9VAeDLNSMg MORE VIDEOS WITH SHAUN PAUL PICCININO https://bit.ly/3yMQGov CONNECT WITH SHAUN PICCININO https://directorshaun.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1626854 https://www.instagram.com/directorshaunpiccinino https:

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3xZuvOi Shane Stanley is a producer/author/instructor/screenwriter known for numerous film and television projects including Desperate Passage (1987) starring Michael Landon, The Desperate Passage Series (1988 to 1995) starring Sharon Gless, Edward James Olmos, Marlo Thomas and Louis Gossett Jr. Street Pirates (1994), Gridiron Gang (2006) starring Dwayne Johnson and Xzibit, A Sight for Sore Eyes (2004) with Academy Award nominee, Gary Busey. Shane is also the author of WHAT YOU DON’T LEARN IN FILM SCHOOL: A Complete Guide To (Independent) Filmmaking. BUY THE BOOK - WHAT YOU DON’T LEARN IN FILM SCHOOL: A Complete Guide To (Independent) Filmmaking - https://amzn.to/3lk3KdP MORE VIDEOS WITH SHANE STANLEY https://bit.ly/2T8N8JU CONNECT WITH SHANE STANLEY https://www.shanestanley.net https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822597 https://whatyoudontlearninfilmschool.com https://www.facebook.com/ShaneStanleyOfficial https://www.insta

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3C1y0DS Shannan E. Johnson, a native of Houston, TX, is a former creative executive at The Syfy Channel turned CEO of the first black-owned script consultancy in the entertainment industry, The Professional Pen. The Professional Pen is a writer-centered service provider helping emerging and established creatives develop their stories for the screen. SUBSCRIBE TO SHANNAN E. JOHNSON’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/ShannanEJohnson MORE VIDEOS WITH SHANNAN E. JOHNSON https://bit.ly/32pCWAF EVEN MORE VIDEOS WITH SHANNAN ON FILM COURAGE 2 https://bit.ly/2MxiQx2 CONNECT WITH SHANNAN E. JOHNSON https://www.awriterforyourwriter.com https://www.youtube.com/ShannanEJohnson https://www.facebook.com/TheProfessionalPen https://twitter.com/shannanejohnson https://www.instagram.com/theprofessionalpen https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannanejohnson RELATED VIDEOS The Professional Pen: Lessons On Screenwriting - Shannan E Joh

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3LqArnP Jim Agnew is a director, writer and producer, known for The Capture (2017), Rage (2014) and Game of Death (2011). A former contributor/writer to Film Threat who played guitar for the Industrial Rock group Hate Dept., Jim has worked with such directors as Dario Argento and John Carpenter as well as Oscar-winning actors, producers and writers. MORE VIDEOS WITH JIM AGNEW https://bit.ly/3fP5wnT CONNECT WITH JIM AGNEW https://jamesjagnew.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0013138 https://www.instagram.com/jamesjagnew https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-agnew-95bb13b2 Business Strategies For Creators And Filmmakers - https://youtu.be/LlQtR1YM4qs Becoming A Screenwriter: 12 Key Tools For Success - https://youtu.be/wirGMNj2gCI Learn How To Become A Professional Screenwriter - https://youtu.be/YDkFfdqWmuQ Screenwriting Lessons And Dialogue Tips - https://youtu.be/AykbLAdyrGI (Affiliates) ►WE USE THIS CAMERA (B&H) – https://

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3IF1qtA BUY THE BOOK - METHOD WRITING: The First Four Concepts https://amzn.to/39l0NX1 BUY THE BOOK - ADVANCED METHOD WRITING https://amzn.to/3tFJqrq Jack Grapes is an award-winning poet, playwright, actor, teacher, and the editor and publisher of ONTHEBUS, one of the top literary journals in the country. He has won several publishing grants and Fellowships in Literature from the National Endowment for the Arts. He's also received nine Artist-in- Residence Grants from the California Arts Council to teach writing in various schools throughout Los Angeles. He is the author of 13 books of poetry, including TREES, COFFEE, AND THE EYES OF DEER, and BREAKING DOWN THE SURFACE OF THE WORLD. A spoken-word CD, Pretend, was recently issued by DePaul University. He is also author of a chapbook of poems and paintings titled AND THE RUNNING FORM, NAKED, BLAKE. His most recent publication is LUCKY FINDS, a boxed set of 50 cards tha

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBz9E5gPJ7s Aaron Fradkin is a writer, director, and editor based in Los Angeles, California. His Youtube channel Cineguac features filmmaking and editing tutorials. In addition, Aaron (along with partner Victoria Fratz) operates the independent production studio/Youtube channel Social House Films. His latest movie VAL is now in release. SUBSCRIBE TO AARON FRADKIN’S YOUTUBE CHANNELS SOCIAL HOUSE FILMS - https://bit.ly/3jSq3Y9 CINEGUAC - https://bit.ly/2DmgOyo WATCH 'VAL' TRAILER https://youtu.be/J2c7JgZXNms WATCH ‘ELECTRIC LOVE’ TRAILER https://youtu.be/Iai7q6XWxZc CONNECT WITH AARON FRADKIN https://www.aaronfradkin.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3322482 https://www.instagram.com/aaronfradkin (Affiliates) ►WE USE THIS CAMERA (B&H) – https://buff.ly/3rWqrra ►WE USE THIS EDITING PROGRAM (ADOBE) – https://goo.gl/56LnpM ►WE USE THIS SOUND RECORDER (AMAZON) – http://amzn.to/2tbFlM9 ►WRITERS, TRY FIN

Want to see the video version of this podcast? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKb5HN4uZxA BUY THE BOOK - CHRIS GORE'S ULTIMATE FILM FESTIVAL SURVIVAL GUIDE, 4TH EDITION: The Essential Companion for Filmmakers and Festival-Goers (Chris Gore's Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide) - https://amzn.to/3e69S7m BUY THE BOOK - THE 50 GREATEST MOVIES NEVER MADE https://amzn.to/3tvKTkg SUBSCRIBE TO CHRIS GORE’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/FilmThreat WATCH TEASER TRAILER FOR 'FILM THREAT SUCKS' https://youtu.be/fhj-C_Z-h6w MORE VIDEOS WITH CHRIS GORE https://bit.ly/3lcbuSm CONNECT WITH CHRIS GORE https://filmthreat.com https://www.instagram.com/filmthreat https://www.facebook.com/filmthreat https://twitter.com/filmthreat https://www.youtube.com/FilmThreat (Affiliates) ►WE USE THIS CAMERA (B&H) – https://buff.ly/3rWqrra ►WE USE THIS EDITING PROGRAM (ADOBE) – https://goo.gl/56LnpM ►WE USE THIS SOUND RECORDER (AMAZON) – http://amzn.to/2tbFlM9 ►WRITERS, TRY FINAL DRAFT FREE FOR 30-DAYS! (FINAL DRAFT)