Write Your Screenplay: Recent Episodes
None
Learn how to adapt your own true life story plus the unexpected structural connections between Baby Reindeer, Beef and Breaking Bad
Learn how Dev Patel uses expressionism within the action movie format of Monkey Man to explore class in India.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
“Civil War, like Apocalypse Now, doesn’t have the traditional Hollywood narrative structure. It’s built more like a zombie road trip into the heart of darkness….”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 the 7 forms of conflicts and how connecting to your character’s internal antagonist can provide a bedrock to your structure and the key to your personal wisdomIf 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
Discover how Poor Things by Yórgos Lánthimos' uses a simple theme to navigate profound questions about identity, the past, and the search for one's authentic voice.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 from Beef how to apply the improv concepts of Game and Escalation to screenwriting in 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 screenwriting tips from Sundance films Nocturnes, Every Little Thing, Black Box Diaries, Eno, Thelma, Kidnapping, Inc, and lectures from Jonathan Nolan and Steven Soderbergh. 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
Jacob Krueger and Christian Lybrook discuss some of the most exciting independent movies premiering at Sundance and what screenwriters can learn from them. 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 Past Lives both honors and subverts the genre elements implied by its premise, and how to apply those concepts to your own writing in 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
How can the new Nicholas Cage movie be a hit with the critics but leave audiences cold? Three words: Passive Main Character.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 5 simple steps to set New Year’s Resolutions for your writing that actually stick!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 pitching from Jacob Krueger and top JKS faculty members.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 the vital importance of your screenplay’s first 10 pages, and what it takes to make them successful on both a commercial and creative level.
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 to escape the “refrigerator” of doubt and negativity that gets in the way of your screenwriting through Jake’s analysis of The Bear, Season 2.
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 from Barbie and Oppenheimer the vital role of theme in writing a screenplay adaptation.
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 write flashbacks that work and how to handle exposition in your screenplay from Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3.
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
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 into something fresh and new.
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 from Shrinking about therapeutic and anti-therapeutic writing structures, the challenges of writing therapy scenes, and the links between writing and therapy.
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 an intuitive approach to character building through A Man Called Otto, and how to write characters more truthfully by connecting to your own emotional needs.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
Jake does a deep, line by line analysis of the opening sequence of Everything Everywhere All at Once to help you understand how to write a great opening sequence for your own movie.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
Understand the structure of Everything Everywhere All at Once and how Evelyn’s journey relates to the journey of every screenwriter trying to build structure in their 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
Learn the difference between plot and structure through Jake’s deep structural analysis of Succession, Season 4, Episode 1.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
A deep analysis of Episodes 1-3 of HBO’s series The Last of Us, and how you can use theme to push against the normal expectations of your TV series.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 Series Engine works in a limited series through Jake’s analysis of The White Lotus and The White Lotus, Season 2.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
Jake analyzes the meaning and structure of Triangle of Sadness, and how to build your visual acuity as a writer through the use of location in 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
Learn about the meaning of The Banshees of Inisherin and how Martin McDonough builds a feeling of high stakes in the structure of his allegory.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
Jake analyzes the structure of both Avatar screenplays and shows you the how to harness the power of spectacle in your own writing.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 why most New Year’s Resolutions fail, and how to set Resolutions for your writing that actually work, by understanding the dance between the conscious and subconscious parts of writer’s mind.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
Jake and JKS faculty members Steven Bagatourian, Keatyn Lee, Ron McCants, Karin Partin Wells, and Jonathan Redding blow the lid off of pitching in our annual 3-hour pitching extravaganza. 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
Jake explodes the myths about pitching, helps you understand the real purpose of a pitch and how to make your pitch most effective.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
Getting back to writing after you’ve stopped for awhile can be like entering a creepy shed covered with cobwebs. Here’s how you can overcome procrastination and writer’s block to make it safe to write again.
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
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.
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
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
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?
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
Follow Us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejkstudio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejkstudio/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejkstudio TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejkstudio
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.
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.
Jake shares professional tips for prioritizing your writing goals as well as personal experiences for how to create your own writing lifestyle.