Write Your Screenplay Podcast

The success of The Martian is extremely exciting if you’re a screenwriter, especially because it breaks so much of the traditional Hollywood dogma. Often, as screenwriters, we think that our movies have to exist within some kind of orthodoxy: that there are certain things that you are just not allowed to do, and if you do them somehow you have no chance of writing a movie that’s a hit. And yet, The Martian seems to throw all of those cares to the wind. If you’ve taken the average Screenwriting 101 class you’ve probably been taught a couple of concepts that are supposed to be the rules for all movies. You’ve probably been taught that structure is always built on characters’ change. Yet, here is a character who doesn’t change at all. Find out more about Jacob Krueger Studio: WRITER RESOURCES: www.writeyourscreenplay.com/blog WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS: writeyourscreenplay.com/classes