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 from them as screenwriters. Plus meet special guests, and get answers to your most pressing screenwriting questions! WriteYourScreenplay.com
Latest episodes
Oct 30, 2021 • 28min
Dexter: How to Write Action In A Screenplay
Using Dexter as a model, learn how to write action in a screenplay and how to turn cliché moments into unforgettable ones.
Oct 16, 2021 • 33min
Are You Afraid of Pitching?
How can you overcome your fear of pitching? Learn Jake’s approach for overcoming fear and pitching your script like a pro.
Oct 3, 2021 • 27min
Love on the Spectrum: Understanding Subtext
Learn to write great dialogue and complex subtext by looking where you might least expect it: Netflix’s charming reality TV show Love on the Spectrum.
Sep 4, 2021 • 38min
Life as a Writer: How to Build a Writing Lifestyle
Jake shares professional tips for prioritizing your writing goals as well as personal experiences for how to create your own writing lifestyle.
Aug 21, 2021 • 15min
Ted Lasso: Is Your Screenplay Idea Good Enough?
Learn from Ted Lasso how to take a “seen it before” idea, and turn it into a transcendent screenplay.
Aug 7, 2021 • 28min
Character Development Through Emotional Needs
Learn to develop multidimensional characters that you and your reader can care about, by connecting to your primal emotional needs.
Jul 10, 2021 • 42min
How To Write a Logline
Learn how to write the perfect logline for your movie or TV show by understanding the key elements of top films and TV shows like Jaws, Brokeback Mountain, Bojack Horseman and Get Out.
Jun 23, 2021 • 27min
Halston: How to write a likable main character
Learn from Halston what makes a character likable and how to make an audience root for an “unlikable” main character.
Jun 2, 2021 • 42min
WandaVision: Genre, Structure, Theme, Engine and Your Voice as a Writer
Through a deep analysis of Wandavision’s genre, structure, theme and engine, Jake shows you how to apply the lessons of Wandavision to finding your own voice as a writer.
May 8, 2021 • 27min
Up vs. Soul: What Theme is Driving Your Writing?
How do you fulfill your destiny as a writer? Jake examines how Pete Docter explores this question in two of his best works, Up and Soul, and reveals how struggling to be the writer you want to be may be the very thing that’s holding you back from being the writer you already are.
