Episodes

Discover how understanding the format of a musical can allow you to master the two most vital elements of any genre. 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

Learn how to use The Audience Draft to surprise both your audience and your characters as you build the structure of your screenplay. 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

This simple metaphor can help you find your screenplay’s structure intuitively. 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

Learn about getting staffed on a TV show and the experience of working in the writer's room on Homeland from our newest faculty member, Jonathan Redding.

Learn from writer/producer/director Christian Lybrook about the inner work of becoming a professional screenwriter.

Learn from The Bear the vital importance of the first image of your screenplay or pilot, and how to use that first image to build a successful opening sequence for your script, your pilot or your whole season.

Learn the differences between plays and screenplays, and how you can use some of the skills you have as a playwright in order to make the transition into screenwriting or TV writing.

For all its impressive success, Top Gun: Maverick misses a tremendous opportunity to say something that matters. Jake talks about writing’s power to change the world and shares an exercise in writing for political change. If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our FREE writing workshop with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/thursday/ Learn more about our programs: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com​​

Learn from Winning Time how to adapt a true-life story into a TV show or feature film by focusing on your theme. If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our FREE writing workshop with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/thursday/ Learn more about our programs: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com​​

Learn how an effective TV Series Pilot, Show Bible and Pitch Deck work together to help you sell a TV Series. If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our FREE writing workshop with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/thursday/ Learn more about our programs: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com​​

Learn a new way of thinking about archetypes and the Hero’s Journey that will help you transcend stereotypes and create unforgettable characters and structure in your screenplay or TV Show. If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our FREE writing workshop with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/thursday/ Learn more about our programs: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com​​

Learn how HBO’s series The Gilded Age creates high stakes around what appear to be low-stakes plot points and 5 simple steps to raise the stakes in your own screenplay or series pilot. If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our FREE writing workshop with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/thursday/ Learn more about our programs: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com​​

Learn the four elements of character development, and how thinking of characters as verbs instead of adjectives can help you write unforgettable characters.

Learn from acclaimed indie producer Noah Lang how to produce your own low budget film, connect with producers, and build your career, even if you’re not independently wealthy.

Learn techniques for building relationships with the right people to pitch your script and sell your screenplay. Part 4 of How to Sell Your Screenplay

Learn how to identify and target the producers, managers, agents, directors and stars most likely to connect to your writing, not by selling out, but by selling into the very themes that made you want to write in the first place. Part 3 of the How To Sell Your Screenplay podcast series.

There are hundreds of screenwriting competitions and festivals. Can they help you sell your screenplay and break into the film industry? Learn more about our programs: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com​​

Jake examines how emerging writers can break into the film industry and sell a screenplay or TV pilot. Part 1.

Jake shares 5 tips for making writing resolutions that work. Understand the Flash Flood Principle for setting goals for yourself learn how to make New Year’s resolutions for your writing that last a lifetime.

Pitch Festivus is almost here! Jake shares the secrets for how to make an elevator pitch that will help you master what you need for any pitch contest.

Learn how every TV series functions just like Thanksgiving dinner in this new podcast about how to build your TV series engine from pilot to series finale.

Learn how to write exposition without bogging down your screenplay through Jake’s script analysis of the Dune 2021 adaptation.

Using Dexter as a model, learn how to write action in a screenplay and how to turn cliché moments into unforgettable ones.

How can you overcome your fear of pitching? Learn Jake’s approach for overcoming fear and pitching your script like a pro.