Episodes

15
Dec. 27, 2020

Pitch Festivus: Pitching Tips from Jake & the Faculty

Jake and his world renowned faculty discuss their best tips on how to pitch your script without sell your soul.
14
Oct. 24, 2020

Engineering Your TV Drama Pilot w/ Ron McCants

Jake 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.
13
Oct. 10, 2020

Curious About Playwriting? A Conversation with Lisa D’Amour

Jacob Krueger interviews Pulitzer Prize Finalist and Tony Nominee Lisa D'Amour about playwriting and its correlations to screenwriting.
12
Oct. 4, 2020

The Spiritual Side of Screenwriting: A Conversation with Jenna Laurenzo

Jacob Krueger interviews actor/director/writer and JKS alum Jenna Laurenzo about her smash hit film Lez Bomb and the spiritual side of screenwriting.
9
July 14, 2020

Comic Book Writing: An Interview with Ron Marz

In 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.
8
June 19, 2020

13th: Structure, Theme and Writing For Social Change

Jacob Krueger analyzes 13th and how to use theme to focus the political power of your script.
7
May 29, 2020

Tiger King PART 2: Genre, Structure, Hook and Engine

Jacob 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.