Brian Herskowitz talks about How to Write Screenplays and his book “Process to Product” (2014)

Brian Herskowitz talks about How to Write Screenplays Check the book out here https://amzn.to/3iZJv3Z DO YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY? Interview Summary Brian Herskowitz is a screenwriter and producer and has many credits to his name including Tour of Duty, Tio Papi, Hercules, scifi and horror movies, and a documentary on domestic violence. He teaches screenwriting and he talked to me about creating a screenplay. This is the first episode in a short series on screenwriting. 0: 45 – Brian talks about why people should and can write for screen. 2:35 – Brian talks about how some great novels fail in film. 3:15 – Brian talks about why people try to force novels on to the screen. 11:47 – Brian talks about research based and experience based screenplays. 12:40 – Brian talks about Raiders of the Lost Ark and the importance of research. 18:22 – Brian talks about maintaining internal realism in a screenplay. 20:27 – Brian talks about writing for movie like video games. 23:11 – Brian differentiates between doing short and feature length films. 25:50 – Brian talks about writing for mini-series and shows. 30:25 – Brian talks about shorts on youtube and vimeo. 33:03 – Brian talks about people who want to write a very visual script and about getting information to the audience. 36:13 – Brian talks about the best ways to get into writing screenplays. 41:52 – Brian talks about the premise of a screenplay. 45:28 – Brian talks about he breaks down a premise. 47:23 – Brian can be found at brianherskowitz.com Links of interest https://amzn.to/3iZJv3Z https://www.brianherskowitz.com/ Contact Information For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify for the podcast. Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like. Guests: Brian Herskowitz Host: Cris Alvarez Check the book out here https://amzn.to/3iZJv3Z As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.