'Creative Screenwriting' - How to write a movie

If writing a screenplay is on your list of things to try, or if you're interested in hearing smart people discuss the process of developing a story, you'll enjoy the excellent series of 'Creative Screenwriting' podcasts.

Nicely hosted by the magazine's senior editor, Jeff Goldsmith, there are now over 85 podcasts, recorded over the past three years, that you can choose from. Each one consists of an interview - ranging from 20 minutes to over an hour - with the writing team behind a current film.

The format of the podcast is often the same. Beginning with 'breaking-in' stories (How did they get their start?), host Goldsmith walks listeners through the entire process - with the writers sharing often great anecdotes and insight along the way - of what's involved when creating a story, making a movie and building a career as a writer.

Nearly all of the Creative Screenwriting podcasts are well worth a listen - but here are some particular highlights: John Logan on working with Stephen Sondheim and Tim Burton on 'Sweeney Todd', Michael Moore on 'Sicko', Diablo Cody on her Oscar-winning 'Juno', Todd Haynes' on "I'm Not There', Ronald Harwood discussing 'Diving Bell and the Butterfly', Simon Pegg on 'Hot Fuzz,' Luc Besson on 'Angel-A,' Garth Jennings on 'Son of Rambow', Aaron Sorkin on 'Charlie Wilson's War' and David Lynch on 'Inland Empire.' They're all good and there's lots more. The team at Creative Screenwriting deserve a big audience for these intelligent, informative podcasts. (Their magazine isn't bad either).

If you're curious to hear for yourself, best to go to Itunes, search for 'Creative Screenwriting' and subscribe to their catalogue of downloads for free...

Comments

[Mike]

Thanks for your comment Jacob. We had a look at Scripped - cheers for the link. For those interested -they offer free web-based screenwriting software. Their blog too is worth a visit - http://scripped.com/blog/

[Jacob]

Creative Screenwriting Magazine has always been a good resource. It's what got me started screenwriting. Now I'm writing a script on http://www.scripped.com and I plan to get coverage so I can try to make it big.