I believe that every story deserves to be told, or at least have the opportunity to be told. Podcasts are instrumental in learning how to tell a story. because they offer easy access to the world's leading screenwriters.
What do I mean when talking about story development? It is the overarching process of idea generation to script completion. Story development has many facets, from writing on spec to assignment, writing in a writer's room or team, pre-production planning, and even production.
Once the seed of a story is identified, preexisting intellectual property, such as a book or graphic novel, is adapted into a shooting script, or an original story is developed through character, plot, setting, tone, conflict, point-of-view, and theme.
If you are a lost runaway, listen to these podcasts and find your way home.
3rd and Fairfax is the corner where the Writer's Guild of America West sits. It is also the title of their podcast. This podcast offers a unique blend of insight and craft due to its stable rotating hosts, who work and are active in the screenwriting community and interview a different writer every episode. The podcast is precision crafted with the nuts and bolts tight.
I love John and Craig. John August and Craig Mazin are Hollywood veterans who have been podcasting their screenwriting journeys for over 13 years. Their podcasts have over 650 episodes and include guest hosts and other Hollywood pros who discuss the nitty-gritty of how the sausage gets made.
Mad About Movies has been going strong for over 12 years and has over a thousand episodes. It provides a fun look at a different movie every week from a fan and critic's perspective. The hosts are not working screenwriters but lovers of movies. Each podcast discusses one individual film at a time and provides fun opinions and a meandering analysis.
What separates this podcast from the others is that Final Draft is the industry standard for screenwriting software. Almost everyone uses it, and many pros swear by it, so this provides a rock-solid, built-in audience. The guests are high-profile writers with major motion pictures under their belts.
Independent film needs independent screenwriting podcasts. There is the business of film, and then there is the business of filmmaking. The host has produced his limited indie projects outside the Hollywood system, and his guests are primarily indie writers.
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