Write Your Screenplay Podcast

Rather than rating movies and TV shows like a critic, “two thumbs up” or “two thumbs down,” WGA Award Winning screenwriter Jacob Krueger breaks down scripts without judgment (from scripts you loved, to scripts you hated) to show you what you can learn fro

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Barbenheimer: The Art of Adaptation

Posted August 9, 2023 • 00:46:34

Learn from Barbie and Oppenheimer the vital role of theme in writing a screenplay adaptation. If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night...

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3: How to Write Flashbacks and Exposition

Posted July 13, 2023 • 00:40:09

Learn how to write flashbacks that work and how to handle exposition in your screenplay from Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3. If you liked this Podcast,...

Shrinking Part 2: Five Tips For Writing Better Dialogue and Exploding Cliché

Posted June 28, 2023 •

Jake compares the famous “adventure book” scene from Pixar’s Up! and the photo-album scene from Shrinking to show you how to turn a familiar scene...

Shrinking Part 1: Is Writing Like Therapy?

Posted June 16, 2023 • 00:15:02

Learn from Shrinking about therapeutic and anti-therapeutic writing structures, the challenges of writing therapy scenes, and the links between writing...

A Man Called Otto: Character Building

Posted May 25, 2023 • 01:02:04

Learn an intuitive approach to character building through A Man Called Otto, and how to write characters more truthfully by connecting to your own emotional...