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Write Your Screenplay PodcastLessons from Sundance 2025 Part 1From an ambitious one-shot pilot to a haunting exploration of grief, Jacob Krueger unpacks how three Sundance selections demonstrate the vital principle that "form is function" in screenwriting. Join us for a Special Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hour of Writing Exercises with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/free-writing-classes-thursday-night-writes/2025-02-1438 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastLessons From Sundance 2024 Part 1Jacob Krueger and Christian Lybrook discuss some of the most exciting independent movies premiering at Sundance and what screenwriters can learn from them. 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/free-writing-classes-thursday-night-writes/ Learn more about our programs: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com 2024-02-1429 min

Write Your Screenplay Podcast4th Annual Pitch Festivus!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/free-writing-classes-thursday-night-writes/ Learn more about our programs: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com 2023-12-232h 16

Storytelling SagaLearning the Art and Craft of Screenwriting with Jacob KruegerAli interviews award-winning screenwriter, playwright, producer and director, as well as the founder of Jacob Krueger Studio, Jacob Krueger. Jake shares his journey into screenwriting and founding the studio, his thoughts on starting a project from character, plot or process, a deeper look into what’s behind writer's block, the effect of negative and positive self-talk about your own writing, a different approach to the well-known concept of show, don't tell and much more!2020-11-3055 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastEngineering Your TV Drama Pilot w/ Ron McCantsJake Krueger and Ron McCants discuss how to create the balance between thinking about your TV Drama pilot as an engineer, and getting your voice and the thing you need to say on the page.2020-10-2457 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastCurious About Playwriting: A Conversation w/ Lisa D'AmourJacob Krueger interviews Pulitzer Prize Finalist and Tony Nominee Lisa D'Amour about playwriting and its correlations to screenwriting.2020-10-1140 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastThe Spiritual Side of Screenwriting: A Conversation with Jenna LaurenzoJacob Krueger interviews actor/director/writer and JKS alum about her smash hit film Lez Bomb and the spiritual side of screenwriting.2020-10-0547 min $Jake\'s Take with Jacob Elyachar$ Jake's Take with Jacob ElyacharEpisode #57- Paul Krueger RETURNS To Talk 'Man of Action'It is a pleasure to welcome back my friend, filmmaker, and digital content creator Paul Krueger, back to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast! He is also the podcast’s first returning guest. Throughout 2020, Paul has built a diverse amount of his content through social media such as TikTok and YouTube. In his solo YouTube podcast series, Paul, the filmmaker talked about various topics that range from P90X and scouting locations to personal moments such as changing apartments and vehicles.Recently, Paul wrapped up his first web series: Man of Action. The four-part web...2020-09-1431 min

Story World Explorers#26 - In Conversation with Jacob KruegerThis week’s guest is our good friend, Jacob Krueger! Jake is the founder of Jacob Krueger Studio in New York City which is a studio that offers Screenwriting Workshops, Master Classes, Creative Coaching and Hypnosis for Writers. In addition, Jake is an award winning screenwriter, playwright, producer and director. We’ve known Jacob for 4 years, having met him at Catalyst Stories | Content Festival.We spoke about the dangers of paying for coverage reading and bad feedback for your screenplay, how to look at your dead end job in a positive light, and how every writer...2020-09-101h 04

Write Your Screenplay PodcastOzark pt 2: What's Wrong with Exposition?Jacob Krueger does a deep analysis of Ozark, Season 1, Episode 8, to show both the dangers of exposition and how to approach it in your own TV writing.2020-09-0528 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastOzark: Theme, Engine & Secondary StructureJacob Krueger analyzes the pilot of Ozark and shows the link between theme, hook, engine and secondary structure.2020-08-1929 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastComic Book Writing: An Interview w/ Ron MarzIn his second podcast about the film Parasite, Jacob Krueger discusses how thematic exploration not only informs the tone and structure of your screenwriting, but allows your story to unfold more naturally and take your audience on a powerful journey that can help them see others through more understanding eyes.2020-07-1448 min

Write Your Screenplay Podcast13th: Structure, Theme and Writing For Social ChangeJacob Krueger analyzes 13th and how to use theme to focus the political power of your script.2020-06-1919 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastTIGER KING: PART 2: Genre, Structure, Hook and EngineJacob Krueger analyzes the structure of Joe Exotic’s journey in Tiger King to demonstrate the concepts of structure, genre, hook, and engine in screenwriting and TV writing.2020-05-2928 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastTiger King PART 1: What Gets You Hot?Jacob Krueger analyzes both the ethical shortcomings of Tiger King and the valuable lessons the structure of Tiger King holds for writers of all genres. Learn what made the ethically complicated Joe Exotic such a likable main character, and how to use the concept of genre to make an audience fall in love with your screenplay.2020-05-0720 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastParasite vs Little Miss SunshineIn his second podcast about the film Parasite, Jacob Krueger discusses how thematic exploration not only informs the tone and structure of your screenwriting, but allows your story to unfold more naturally and take your audience on a powerful journey that can help them see others through more understanding eyes.2020-03-2132 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastParasite vs Little Miss SunshineIn the first of a two-part podcast on the film Parasite, Jacob Krueger shares a new way of thinking about genre and how to connect to it in your screenwriting. He also discusses how to play with tone and use it as a powerful tool to draw your audience in and keep them invested in your characters and story.2020-03-0117 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastThe Irishman: What’s Your Character’s “Thing”?What’s the “thing” that makes your character tick? In this podcast, Jacob Krueger discusses The Irishman and demonstrates how understanding one simple element of character can help you build your structure, sharpen the focus of your rewrites, and create the kinds of characters that attract A-list stars..2020-02-0744 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastThe Power of The First ImageKicking off Season 9 of the Write Your Screenplay Podcast, Jacob Krueger explains the importance of the very first image in your script: how it captures your audience’s attention, introduces them to your main character’s journey, and sets the tone and feel for your film or show. He then shares how to use the concept of the first image to successfully reach your writing goals in the new year.2020-01-0532 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastDoes Your Writing Feel Boring?Jacob Krueger addresses the more subtle and complex form of writer’s block in this week’s podcast. He examines the source of this block and shares how to begin overcoming it by learning how to safely look, listen, and feel your way back into your writing, which allows you to reconnect with your inner creative and your story.2019-10-2525 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastBreak Through Writer’s BlockThis week, Jacob Krueger shares some simple steps toward overcoming the common form of writer’s block and explains how creating manageable goals will reshape the way your mind approaches writing, making it easier to develop a writing routine.2019-10-1121 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastSuccession Season 2: Generating an Advanced Series EngineIn this podcast, Jacob Krueger analyzes the Season 2 pilot episode of Succession and shares how building a series engine from a personal place of truth will help you create the roadmap for a show that can continue to grow for several seasons.2019-09-0618 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood: How To Pitch A Work For Hire ProjectThis week, Jacob Krueger discusses Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and one of the most important skills a screenwriter needs: the ability to develop a distinctive take on historical material or a pitch for a work-for-hire project that makes your approach to a story unique from any other writer.2019-08-2922 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastProduce Your Script: An Interview with Indie Producer and Filmmaker Ramfis MyrthilIn this podcast, indie producer and filmmaker Ramfis Myrthil joins Jacob Krueger for a conversation on the business of self-producing: how to properly pitch your project, master the art of following up, attract financial backing and create the right team to make your movie a success.2019-08-1351 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastChernobyl: How To Write A MiniseriesThis week, Jacob Krueger discusses Chernobyl as an example of how to write an essential and effective miniseries, what makes the miniseries format so unique, and how to determine whether your project has the epic scope, relevant theme, visual beauty, and character journey needed to become a miniseries.2019-07-1124 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastGame of Thrones Final Episode: The Case for CompressionIn his final Game of Thrones podcast, Jacob Krueger discusses the series finale and the lessons it has to offer screenwriters regarding the importance of compression in keeping your audience engaged and on the edge of their seats until the very end.2019-05-3128 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastGame of Thrones Episode 5: Three Levels of StructureThis week, Jacob Krueger analyzes Episode 5 and discusses how the three levels of structure - plot, emotion, and theme - need to tie together to create a powerful journey for both your characters and your audience.2019-05-2026 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastGame of Thrones Episode 4: Lessons in RevisionThis week, Jacob Krueger analyzes Episode 4 and focuses on the importance of revision in keeping an audience connected to your characters by creating a structure that comes from a place of truth.2019-05-1339 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastGame of Thrones Episode 3: The Poetry of ViolenceJacob Krueger discusses The Battle of Winterfell and the poetry and structure behind writing an action sequence built on the interpersonal drama of the characters within it.2019-05-0721 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastGame of Thrones Episode 2: How To Make Them CareThis week, Jacob Krueger discusses the events of Episodes 1 and 2 of Season 8 and shares how you can take an audience along on any journey, but first you have to make them care.2019-05-0412 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastGame of Thrones Episode 1: Save the Best For FirstJacob Krueger compares and contrasts two Game of Thrones pilots: Season 8, Episode 1 and Season 1, Episode 1, to show you the elements of a successful pilot, and how, as a writer, you can benefit from “saving the best for first.”2019-04-2812 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastFrom GoodFellas to Breaking Bad with Stephen MoltonFrom GoodFellas to Breaking Bad with Stephen Molton Jake: Today on the podcast, I have a special guest, Steve Molton. Steve is a mentor here at Jacob Krueger Studio, and he’s also just an extraordinarily amazing human being and writer. He’s a Bloomsbury Press Pulitzer Prize Nominee, he’s a former HBO and Showtime executive, he just did a movie with Frank Pugliese, and he’s a general badass. Today we’re going to be talking about not just how cool Steve is, but also about TV Drama. We’re living in a golden age of telev...2019-02-2632 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastFrom GoodFellas to Breaking Bad with Stephen MoltonThis podcast was taken from our vault. If you are interested in studying Television Writing with Steve our next class is Feb 3rd-March 3rd; you can sign up here. From GoodFellas to Breaking Bad with Stephen Molton Jake: Today on the podcast, I have a special guest, Steve Molton. Steve is a mentor here at Jacob Krueger Studio, and he’s also just an extraordinarily amazing human being and writer. He’s a Bloomsbury Press Pulitzer Prize Nominee, he’s a former HBO and Showtime executive, he just did a movie with Frank Pugliese, and he’s a general badass. Today we’...2019-02-2632 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastNurturing The Inner ArtistJake: Hi, I’m Jacob Krueger, and thank you for tuning into a very special episode of The Write Your Screenplay Podcast. This is our 100th episode. I’m so incredibly excited, proud and grateful to all of the listeners that have made this possible for 100 episodes. So, I was thinking, “What am I going to do for my 100th episode?” I wanted to do something special? So, I decided to go back to the source. And for that reason, today I’m going to be interviewing my mom, Audrey Sussman. I’m excited to talk to my mom on this podcast...2018-04-0449 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastNurturing The Inner Artist Jake: Hi, I’m Jacob Krueger, and thank you for tuning into a very special episode of The Write Your Screenplay Podcast. This is our 100th episode. I’m so incredibly excited, proud and grateful to all of the listeners that have made this possible for 100 episodes. So, I was thinking, “What am I going to do for my 100th episode?” I wanted to do something special? So, I decided to go back to the source. And for that reason, today I’m going to be interviewing my mom, Audrey Sussman. I’m excited to talk to my mom on...2018-04-0449 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastCOCO Podcast: Part 1 COCO Podcast: Part 1 – The Script & The Research By Jacob Krueger This week, we’re going to be discussing Coco, the new Pixar movie by Adrian Molina & Matthew Aldrich. If you haven’t seen this beautiful film yet, then you should run to the theatre immediately, because not only is it perhaps the most visually stunning Pixar film yet, but also one of the most structurally interesting for us to learn from as screenwriters and as filmmakers. Often, when you see a film that’s as perfect as Coco, you imagine that these writers must kn...2017-12-0913 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastCOCO (Part 1): The Script and the ResearchCOCO (Part 1): The Script & The Research By Jacob Krueger This week, we’re going to be discussing Coco, the new Pixar movie by Adrian Molina & Matthew Aldrich. If you haven’t seen this beautiful film yet, then you should run to the theatre immediately, because not only is it perhaps the most visually stunning Pixar film yet, but also one of the most structurally interesting for us to learn from as screenwriters and as filmmakers. Often, when you see a film that’s as perfect as Coco, you imagine that these writers must know something that you don’t. That maybe th...2017-12-0913 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastStranger Things 2 Podcast: PART 2 -The Structure of Two SeasonsStranger Things 2 Part 2: The Structure of Two Seasons By Jacob Krueger In last week’s Stranger Things 2 Podcast, we talked about the way a TV pilot starts up the engine of a series, and the challenges, especially in a TV Drama series like Stranger Things where everything changes at the end of the first season, of getting that engine started again in Season 2. Because the main structural elements that drive the engine of the show have mostly been resolved by the end of Season 1, the first episode of Stranger Things, Season 2 ends up functioning like a new pilot, trying to ge...2017-11-1724 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastStranger Things 2 Podcast: PART 2 -The Structure of Two Seasons Stranger Things 2 Podcast Part 2: The Structure of Two Seasons By Jacob Krueger In last week’s Stranger Things 2 Podcast, we talked about the way a TV pilot starts up the engine of a series, and the challenges, especially in a TV Drama series like Stranger Things where everything changes at the end of the first season, of getting that engine started again in Season 2. Because the main structural elements that drive the engine of the show have mostly been resolved by the end of Season 1, the first episode of Stranger Things, Season 2 ends up fu...2017-11-1724 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastStranger Things 2 Podcast Pt.1Stranger Things 2 Podcast: Part 1: Primary & Secondary Structure By Jacob Krueger This week we are going to be looking at Stranger Things, Season 2. And don’t worry if you haven’t seen the whole season, because for this podcast to be valuable, all you need to watch is the first episode. And I’ll save the big spoilers for the end and give you a little warning before we get there. We’re going to be looking at that first episode of Stranger Things, Season 2 in an interesting way-- by comparing it structurally to that unforgettable pilot episode of Season 1, which launched...2017-11-1016 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastStranger Things 2 Podcast Pt.1 Stranger Things 2 Podcast: Part 1: Primary & Secondary Structure By Jacob Krueger This week we are going to be looking at Stranger Things, Season 2. And don’t worry if you haven’t seen the whole season, because for this podcast to be valuable, all you need to watch is the first episode. And I’ll save the big spoilers for the end and give you a little warning before we get there. We’re going to be looking at that first episode of Stranger Things, Season 2 in an interesting way– by comparing it structurally to that unf...2017-11-1016 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastMindhunter: Writing for David FincherMINDHUNTER: Writing For David Fincher Interview With Staff Writer & JK Studio Student Pamela Cederquist Live from ITVFEST By Jacob Krueger Jake: Hello everybody thanks for joining us. This is an exciting event for me for a couple of different reasons. As a lot of you know, we are up here at ITVfest in Vermont, hosting a retreat for our students, so we are doing a live version of my podcast. This is a special episode, because I am so incredibly proud of the woman sitting to my left. Pamela Cederquist is a student of mine, she is taking pretty much ev...2017-10-2041 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastMindhunter Podcast MINDHUNTER: Writing For David Fincher Interview With Staff Writer & JK Studio Student Pamela Cederquist Live from ITVFEST By Jacob Krueger Jake: Hello everybody thanks for joining us. This is an exciting event for me for a couple of different reasons. As a lot of you know, we are up here at ITVfest in Vermont, hosting a retreat for our students, so we are doing a live version of my podcast. This is a special episode, because I am so incredibly proud of the woman sitting to my left. Pamela Cederquist is a student of...2017-10-2041 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastMother! PodcastMother!: Intellect vs. Intution as Screenwriting Tools By Jacob Krueger Before we get started with this week’s podcast, I want to take a moment to remind you that you still have a few days left to register for our Annual TV Writing Retreat, October 11-15 in Manchester Vermont. This is our biggest event of the year. We bring our entire faculty-- including Jerry Perzigian, former showrunner of Married With Children, The Golden Girls and The Jeffersons, our Pulitzer prize nominated TV Drama teacher Steve Molton, me, and of course the rest of our award-winning teachers--and we all head up to...2017-10-0742 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastMother! Podcast Mother! By Jacob Krueger Before we get started with this week’s podcast, I want to take a moment to remind you that you still have a few days left to register for our Annual TV Writing Retreat, October 11-15 in Manchester Vermont. This is our biggest event of the year. We bring our entire faculty– including Jerry Perzigian, former showrunner of Married With Children, The Golden Girls and The Jeffersons, our Pulitzer prize nominated TV Drama teacher Steve Molton, me, and of course the rest of our award-winning teachers–and we all head up to ITVfest, th...2017-10-0742 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastWar for the Planet of The Apes: Interview with Writer Mark BombackWar for the Planet of The Apes: Interview with Writer Mark Bomback By Jacob Krueger JAKE: Today I’m really excited to be hosting my friend Mark Bomback as a special guest on this podcast. As you probably know if you are a listener, Mark is the writer behind the latest two installments of the Planet of the Apes trilogy, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes. As well as a host of other hugely successful blockbusters including Insurgent, Total Recall, The Wolverine and Live Free or Die Hard. First, I just wa...2017-09-2142 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastWar for the Planet of The Apes Podcast with Writer Mark Bomback War for the Planet of The Apes Podcast with Writer Mark Bomback By Jacob Krueger JAKE: Today I’m really excited to be hosting my friend Mark Bomback as a special guest on this podcast. As you probably know if you are a listener, Mark is the writer behind the latest two installments of the Planet of the Apes trilogy, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes. As well as a host of other hugely successful blockbusters including Insurgent, Total Recall, The Wolverine and Live Free or...2017-09-2142 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastAnnabelle: Creation & the First Ten Pages of Your ScriptAnnabelle: Creation & The First 10 Pages of Your Script By Jacob Krueger This week we’re going to be discussing Annabelle: Creation, directed by David F. Sandberg and written by Gary Dauberman. Normally, since this is a screenwriting podcast, I don’t talk a lot about directors. But this is a case of a good director taking a struggling script, and turning into something far better than what exists on the page. I’m not saying Annabelle: Creation is a fully successful film. The truth is it’s a pretty cheesy horror movie, full of holes, gaps in logic, violations of its own r...2017-09-1523 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastAnnabelle: Creation Podcast Annabelle: Creation & The First 10 Pages of Your Script By Jacob Krueger This week we’re going to be discussing Annabelle: Creation, directed by David F. Sandberg and written by Gary Dauberman. Normally, since this is a screenwriting podcast, I don’t talk a lot about directors. But this is a case of a good director taking a struggling script, and turning into something far better than what exists on the page. I’m not saying Annabelle: Creation is a fully successful film. The truth is it’s a pretty cheesy horror movie, full of holes, ga...2017-09-1523 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastHow To Write A Web SeriesHow To Write A Web Series By Jacob Krueger Jake: This week we are on with Karin Partin, and we are going to be talking about Web Series, which is something I haven't talked about yet on the podcast. Karin teaches our Web Series Writing Classes here at Jacob Krueger Studio and has a lot to say about Web Series writing and producing. We’re going to be looking at Web Series from a creative point of view, and also talking about how you can use a Web Series and very little money to actually launch your career and get not...2017-09-0845 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastHow To Write A Web Series How To Write A Web Series By Jacob Krueger Jake: This week we are on with Karin Partin, and we are going to be talking about Web Series, which is something I haven’t talked about yet on the podcast. Karin teaches our Web Series Writing Classes here at Jacob Krueger Studio and has a lot to say about Web Series writing and producing. We’re going to be looking at Web Series from a creative point of view, and also talking about how you can use a Web Series and very little mo...2017-09-0845 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastThe Big Sick: How to Adapt a True Life StoryThe Big Sick: How To Adapt a True Life Story By Jacob Krueger This week we are going to be talking about The Big Sick by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani. I am excited to talk about The Big Sick not just because it was a successful film, but also because it allows me to talk about a topic that I have wanted to discuss for some time: How to adapt a story from your life. There is a wonderful scene in The Big Sick, one of the scenes that actually doesn’t get talked a lot. Kumail (for th...2017-08-2424 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastThe Big Sick Podcast The Big Sick: How To Adapt a True Life Story By Jacob Krueger This week we are going to be talking about The Big Sick by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani. I am excited to talk about The Big Sick not just because it was a successful film, but also because it allows me to talk about a topic that I have wanted to discuss for some time: How to adapt a story from your life. There is a wonderful scene in The Big Sick, one of the scenes that actually doesn’t ge...2017-08-2424 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastLittle Miss Sunshine to Dead Poets Society: Writing More than One Main Character[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] From Little Miss Sunshine to Dead Poets Society: Writing a script with more than one main character. by Jacob Krueger This week, we’re going to be talking about a whole bunch of movies, but they all have one thing in common. They all have more than one main character. There’s a lot of debate about the question of whether new screenwriters should write scripts with only one main character, or whether it’s okay for them to write scripts with multiple main character...2017-08-1620 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastMore than one main character "...There’s no doubt that some of the most successful movies ever, from Dead Poets Society to Little Miss Sunshine, have more than one main character. And at the same time, there are genuine risks when we start telling a story from the point-of-view of more than one main character. In this podcast, Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger shows you how to write a script with more than one main character and how to avoid the pitfalls when building this kind of complicated screenplay structure..." The post More than one main character appeared first on Write Your Sc...2017-08-1520 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastAtomic Blonde[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] ATOMIC BLONDE Script Analysis: Guns are No Fun by Jacob Krueger This week we are going to be talking about Atomic Blonde by Kurt Johnstad. I would like to start this script analysis by talking about the way that I saw Atomic Blonde, because this was actually my first experience with 4DX. I went to a 9:15 screening and I am wondering, “Why am I spending $28 on this screening?” But it was the only screening that I could make. I show up, and I have no i...2017-08-0929 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastDunkirk vs. Saving Private Ryan[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] DUNKIRK PODCAST Dunkirk vs. Saving Private Ryan: What is Your Screenplay About? by Jacob Krueger This week we are going to be looking at Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan. On top of being an extraordinary cinematic experience, Dunkirk is a particularly interesting script to look at as screenwriters, because it breaks pretty much every rule that you’ve likely been told about screenwriting or about filmmaking in general, or certainly about the war movie genre. When we think about big budget war movies, we generally thi...2017-07-2929 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastSpider-Man Homecoming[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Spider-Man Homecoming: How To Write a Great Antagonist Hello, I am Jacob Krueger and this is The Write Your Screenplay Podcast. On this podcast, rather than looking at movies in terms of “two thumbs up, two thumbs down, loved it or hated it,” we look at them in terms of what we can learn from them as screenwriters. We look at...2017-07-1317 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastThe Craft of Screenwriting[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] The Craft of Screenwriting: See, Hear and Feel Everything In last week’s podcast, we discussed the many differences between playwriting and screenwriting. So this week we’re going to be getting deeper into the craft of screenwriting: what it takes to write a script...2017-07-0832 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastPlays vs Screenplays[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] What makes writing a screenplay so much different from writing a play? Transcript From Podcast: The process of writing a screenplay is different from writing a play in many essential ways. The first is the difference in the use of action. For screenwriters, action is...2017-06-2426 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastWonder Woman[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Wonder Woman: The Structure and The Politics of The Action Blockbuster Transcript From The Podcast: If you’ve been following my podcast, you know that I’ve been talking for some time about the desperate need for some smart people to start writing superhero movies...2017-06-1321 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastAlien Covenant[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Alien Covenant: Setting Up A Trick Ending Podcast Transcript: This week, we are going to be looking at Alien: Covenant, by John Logan and Dante Harper. One of the things that makes Alien: Covenant especially worth studying for screenwriters of all genres is that it...2017-06-0737 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastChuck, Rocky & The Art of Adaptation[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Chuck, Rocky & The Art of Adaptation Podcast Transcript: This week we are going to be looking at Chuck by Jeff Feuerzeig, Jerry Stahl, Michael Cristofer and Liev Schreiber. What is really interesting about Chuck is that hidden underneath this little character driven drama is actu...2017-05-2424 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastGuardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2: A Dance Between the Head and the Heart[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2: A Dance Between The Head and the Heart Podcast Transcript: This week we’re going to be looking at Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2, written and directed by James Gunn. If you listened to my podcast on Guardians of the...2017-05-1730 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastHow To Be a Latin Lover: Turning Sadness into Salsa[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] How To Be a Latin Lover: Turning Sadness Into Salsa Podcast Transcript: This week we’re going to be talking about How To Be a Latin Lover, by, Chris Spain and Jon Zack. And, while this wonderfully silly screenplay may not teach you how to b...2017-05-1122 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastColossal: Externalizing the Internal[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Colossal: Externalizing the Internal Podcast Transcript: If you haven’t seen Colossal yet, this is definitely a movie that you need to check out. Because whether you love genre-bending monster movies or not, Colossal is a film that shows you just how much you can...2017-05-0421 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastHOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR SCREENPLAY IS DONE?[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] How do you know when your screenplay is done? Podcast Transcript: Recently we’ve been getting a lot of questions from our listeners, so I’m going to use today’s podcast to answer one of the most frequently asked questions. If you have a quest...2017-04-2137 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastHOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR SCREENPLAY IS DONE?One of the hardest things in screenwriting is knowing when you’re finished. Because art is so subjective, there’s always something that can be added, changed, improved or rewritten. Which is why, in the arts, we often don’t get the same feeling of completion that an accountant gets. Or that a salesperson gets. Or that a burger flipper gets. There’s no clear place where it is truly done where all the criteria have been met. So if we’re going to be successful, we need a different way of evaluating ourselves. We need a different...2017-04-2137 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastFIX YOUR PITCH![spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] FIX YOUR PITCH! This is perhaps the most dangerous screenwriting lecture you will ever hear. That’s because today I’m going to be talking about one of the most dangerous concepts for screenwriters: the concept of pitch. The reason that pitch is so dangero...2017-04-1428 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastBeauty and the Beast[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Is Your Idea Commercial? This week, we’re going to be looking at Beauty and the Beast. It could be argued that a virtually shot-for-shot live action remake of an animated film that premiered in 1991 is an odd choice for a...2017-04-0617 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastGET OUT[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] GET OUT This week we’ll be talking about Get Out, written and directed by Jordan Peele. Over the past couple of podcasts, we’ve been talking a lot about the idea of using Hollywood genre movies as a catalyst for change— not by fighti...2017-03-2315 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastINCEPTION[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] INCEPTION REDUX This week, we’re going to do a little blast from the past, by revisiting Christopher Nolan’s Inception. Having just seen Get Out! which I’ll be discussing in next week’s podcast-- and which deals pretty brilliantly with the themes of race w...2017-03-1639 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY – What’s Your Structural Focus?[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY What's Your Structural Focus? This week we’ll be looking at Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Which is about as far as we can go from last installment’s Oscar Winner Manchester By The Sea. Rogue One is a si...2017-03-0223 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastManchester by the Sea: Tests, Flashbacks & Characters That Don’t Change[spb_column width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] By, Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [/spb_column] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] MANCHESTER BY THE SEA: Tests, Flashbacks & Characters That Don't Change We’re used to seeing character driven movies that are about characters going through great personal changes. We’re used to watching these kind of family stories, especially dysfunctional family stories. We’re used to wat...2017-02-1633 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastLa La Land: Form Equals Function[spb_text_block title="PODCAST - La La Land: Form = Function" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] La La Land: Form = Function By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="La La Land" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] La La Land: Form Equals Function They say if you want to get along with your friends, there are two things you should avoid discussing: politics, and La La Land. B...2017-02-0814 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastNOT La La LandNOT La La Land By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="NOT La La Land" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] I had planned this week to talk about La La Land. But with the new executive order barring refugees, immigrants and green card holders from our country, I want to use this podcast for something much more important. As filmmakers, writers, actors, directors, producers, executives, we have a sacred responsibility to our audience. Our...2017-02-0240 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastThe Craft of Screenwriting[spb_text_block title="PODCAST - Second Challenge Check-In" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] The Final Challenge Check-In! By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="The 2017 Screenwriting Challenge!" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] This article was taken from our vault. If you want to know the latest classes that are offered at the studio you can see them here. For this final 2017 Screenwriting Challenge check-in, and be...2017-01-1943 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastThe Second Challenge Check-In![spb_text_block title="PODCAST - Second Challenge Check-In" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] The Second Challenge Check-In! By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="The 2017 Screenwriting Challenge!" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Greetings from Thailand! You can probably hear the sounds of the jungle and of rushing water around me. It’s been raining here for the last 12 days, and pretty much every path has turn...2017-01-1221 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastFirst Challenge Check-In![spb_text_block title="PODCAST - First Challenge Check-In" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] The First Challenge Check-In! By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="The 2017 Screenwriting Challenge!" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] We’re now 5 days into the screenwriting challenge, and we’re so excited about the tremendous response that we’ve had, and how many people have been doing such amazing work. We’re going to...2017-01-0514 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastThe 2017 Screenwriting Challenge[spb_text_block title="PODCAST - The 2017 Screenwriting Challenge" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] The 2017 Screenwriting Challenge! By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="The 2017 Screenwriting Challenge!" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] We’re going to do something special this podcast, because the holidays are a particularly challenging time for writers. And the New Year can come with its own added pressures. We all do our be...2017-01-0100 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastArrival: The Writer’s Journey[spb_text_block title="PODCAST - ARRIVAL: The Writer's Journey" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Arrival: The Writer's Journey By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="Arrival" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] This week we’re going to be talking about Eric Heisserer’s script Arrival. It's really a beautiful thing when you see a friend create something that is such a pure expression of who they...2016-12-1132 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastTransparent: The Series and the Craft[spb_text_block title="PODCAST - TRANSPARENT: The Series and the Craft" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Transparent: The Series and The Craft By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="Transparent" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] This week we're going to be talking about the series, Transparent. This is a series I've been wanting to talk about for a very long time. And we're going to...2016-11-1826 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastDr. Strange: Feeding The Genre Monster[spb_text_block title="PODCAST - DR. STRANGE: Feeding The Genre Monster" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Dr. Strange: Feeding the Genre Monster By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="Dr. Strange" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] This week we're going to be looking at Doctor Strange. And one thing that is inarguable, whether you loved Doctor Strange or hated Doctor Strange, is that this film...2016-10-2838 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastHell or High Water: More than Just a Heist Movie[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Hell or High Water: More Than Just a Heist Movie By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="Hell or High Water: More Than Just a Heist Movie" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] This week we're going to be talking about Hell or High Water. One of the things that's really cool about Hell or High Water, and one...2016-10-2020 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastA TRIP TO CAMBODIA, 7 ACT STRUCTURE & THE ART OF THE OUTLINE[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] A TRIP TO CAMBODIA, 7 ACT STRUCTURE & THE ART OF THE OUTLINE By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="A Trip To Cambodia" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] This week, we’re going to take a break from analyzing other people’s movies, to talk about 7 Act Structure and Screenplay outlining in a different way, by adapting a trip I to...2016-10-0830 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastSully: Does Your Movie Need An Antagonist?[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] SULLY - Does Your Movie Need An Antagonist? By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="Sully - Does Your Movie Need An Antagonist?" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] PLEASE NOTE: I recently had a very interesting conversation with Todd Komarnicki, who turns out to be as lovely a person as he is a writer. We talked about the tr...2016-09-2348 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastSTRANGER THINGS (Part 2)[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] STRANGER THINGS - Part 2 - Writing A Pilot That Sells By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="Stranger Things - Part 2 - Writing A Pilot That Sells" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] This podcast was taken from our vault, if you are interested in finding out more please check out our upcoming TV Comedy Class with Jerry Perzigian...2016-09-1535 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastSTRANGER THINGS (Part 1)[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] STRANGER THINGS - Part 1 - The Show Engine & the Bible By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="Stranger Things - Part 1 - The Show Engine & the Bible" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] If you haven’t already seen all of Stranger Things, don't worry. We're going to limit this podcast to really looking at the pilot and we're go...2016-09-0828 min

Write Your Screenplay Podcast3 Most Important Elements When Writing For Hire[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] The 3 Most Important Elements When Writing for Hire By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="3 Most Important Elements When Writing For Hire" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] This week, we'll be taking a break from our regular programming to bring you an excerpt from one of Jacob Krueger's Master Classes. Jake: You know, writing for assignment is very...2016-08-2738 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastSuicide Squad – Script Soup[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Suicide Squad: Script Soup By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="Suicide Squad: Script Soup" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] What’s interesting about Suicide Squad is that this is a very bad script by a very good writer (David Ayer also wrote Training Day). So instead of looking at the script like most critics have done and sim...2016-08-1731 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastSwiss Army Man: The ‘Bad Screenplay’ Experiment[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Swiss Army Man: The 'Bad Screenplay' Experiment By Jacob Krueger [/spb_text_block] [divider type="standard" text="Go to top" full_width="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_text_block title="Swiss Army Man: The 'Bad Screenplay' Experiment" pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] This week, we're going to be talking about Swiss Army Man by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. This is an extraordinary script, and one of the great examples of just how far...2016-07-1432 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastPODCAST – DIY Film Making: One Man’s JourneyAdam shot a feature film, New Low, for $2000 and ended up a official selection of the Sundance Film Festival in 2010. He then managed to parlay that success into Paperback, a second feature at a much higher budget, which premiered at the Austin Film Festival this year. If you are a film student here at Jacob Krueger Studio, you know it’s an extraordinarily exciting time to be a filmmaker. We are seeing more and more people like Adam, who are making their own material. These writers have stopped waiting for people to say “yes” to them, and instea...2016-01-211h 01

Write Your Screenplay PodcastD.I.Y. Filmmaking: One Man's Journey to Sundance & BeyondWe’re going to take a little detour from our regularly scheduled podcast and bring you an interview by Jacob Krueger Studio Director Chris Littler, with filmmaker Adam Bowers. Adam shot a feature film, New Low, for $2000 and ended up a official selection of the Sundance Film Festival in 2010. He then managed to parlay that success into Paperback, a second feature at a much higher budget, which premiered at the Austin Film Festival this year. If you are a film student here at Jacob Krueger Studio, you know it’s an extraordinarily exciting time to be a filmmaker. We are seei...2016-01-211h 01

Write Your Screenplay PodcastBuildout Your Script: part 2: A Decision Every MomentAs we continue to build out the new home for Jacob Krueger Studio (in expectation of a Jan 1 move in!) this series of podcasts will explore the many ways in which building out a space is like building out a script, taking some of the lessons I’ve learned in our buildout, and applying them to writing. Today’s podcast covers a topic that any screenwriter, and anyone who has ever built out a space, knows well. The millions of little decisions you have to make at every moment of your buildout, and on every page of your script. Find out...2015-12-1028 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastMe, Earl and The Dying Girl: Two Levels of StructureWhether you loved or hated "Me, Earl and the Dying Girl," you have to admit that the movie is deeply emotionally moving, both in its humor and its sadness. It’s not easy to move an audience emotionally. Especially when they come to a movie called "Me, Earl and the Dying Girl." It’s not easy to actually move them to a point of personal exposure with a film like this, because of the protective wall that the audience is naturally going to put up between themselves and the film. So in this podcast, Jacob Krueger discusses how to get an a...2015-07-2523 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastAmerican Sniper: Is Your Adaptation Running Toward The Truth?Jacob Krueger discussed one of the more controversial movies of this year: American Sniper by Jason Dean Hall. "Let me just start off by saying that my politics are certainly not Clint Eastwood’s politics and that made American Sniper a hard movie for me. I think it made American Sniper a hard movie for a lot of people." Listen to Jacob breakdown the elements in the movie that succeed as well as the areas that could have been pushed much further in both the script and in the movie. Find out more about Jacob Krueger Studio: ADAPTATION SEMINAR: http://ww...2015-02-2135 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastTV Series Writing: What You Need To Break In - Part 2Everyone agrees that some of the best writing in Hollywood right now is happening in television. And with brand new web networks like Netflix and Amazon hungry for quality new series, now is one of the most exciting times to be a TV Writer. So what do you need to break into this exciting industry? In this podcast, three experts in the industry come together to teach you exactly what you need to succeed in the world of series. Whether you’re writing a half hour comedy, an hour-long drama, or an episode for your own web series, you’ll lear...2014-09-181h 16

Write Your Screenplay PodcastTV Series Writing: What You Need To Break In - Part 1Everyone agrees that some of the best writing in Hollywood right now is happening in television. And with brand new web networks like Netflix and Amazon hungry for quality new series, now is one of the most exciting times to be a TV Writer. So what do you need to break into this exciting industry? In this podcast, three experts in the industry come together to teach you exactly what you need to succeed in the world of series. Whether you’re writing a half hour comedy, an hour-long drama, or an episode for your own web series, you’ll lear...2014-09-1858 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastPODCAST – Writing the Action Movie: How “Amazing” is SPIDERMAN 2?Writing the Action Movie: How “Amazing” is Spiderman 2? An Interview with Jacob Krueger and George Strayton Setting aside whether you loved or hated The Amazing Spiderman 2, discover what you can learn from the script. Note: includes spoilers! PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Jacob Krueger: I’m Jacob Krueger and this is the Write Your Screenplay podcast. I’m here with a special guest today this is George Strayton. George teaches our Action Movie Writing class here at the studio and really has a tremendous background in the action movie world. He’s worked with Sam Raimi, he’s worked with...2014-05-1836 min

Write Your Screenplay PodcastPODCAST – Frozen: Do You Want To Build A Screenplay?Frozen: Do You Want To Build A Screenplay? By Jacob Krueger Listen to the podcast of this article The structure for Disney’s Frozen begins with a piece of terrible advice. Confronted with a child with an extraordinary talent, the Grand Pabbie of the trolls tells her that until she learns to control her gift, she must hide it from the world. If you’re a screenwriter, you probably know what that feels like. You know what it’s like to feel like you can’t control your own gifts. And you know what it’s like to f...2014-04-2911 min