HeyJaredWrite 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.
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DTF St. Louis: What Your TV Pilot Needs To Do Pt 1 (opens the original)
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In Part 1 of this two-part exploration of Steven Conrad’s pilots, Jacob Krueger breaks down DTF St. Louis to explore what a great TV pilot needs to accomplish – not just as a compelling story, but as a blueprint for an entire series. You’ll discover: • What your TV pilot needs to accomplish beyond telling a great story • Why established writers have more latitude for a slow burn • How specificity can give even a “normal” opening a little kink • Why you can’t sacrifice what’s working now for a pa
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Ending Explained: How Odysseus Broke the World (opens the original)
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Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey becomes most powerful when its monsters reveal the film's hidden structure. Jacob Krueger explains Circe, Scylla, xenia, the Trojan Horse and why Odysseus must leave Ithaca after saving it.
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey: Which God are you serving? Pt 1 (opens the original)
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Christopher Nolan's Odyssey keeps the monsters and loses the gods. Jake breaks down what the adaptation sacrifices, what it protects, and how to know which god your own adaptation is really serving.
John J. Strauss: How to Get Staffed in a TV Writers’ Room (opens the original)
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Emmy-winning showrunner John Strauss (Arcane, Mozart in the Jungle) on how TV writers get hired, survive notes, and pitch. Watch the full interview.
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