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Write On with 'Spencer' Screenwriter Steven Knight

Write On with 'Spencer' Screenwriter Steven Knight

FromWrite On: A Screenwriting Podcast


Write On with 'Spencer' Screenwriter Steven Knight

FromWrite On: A Screenwriting Podcast

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Jan 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The acclaimed British screenwriter, showrunner and producer breaks down writing the haunting Princess Diana biopic for director Pablo Larraín (Jackie): "The instruction I gave to myself is that because this is a princess and it's a castle, it's a fairy tale, and I think most fairy tales are horror stories with a happy ending… I wanted to go there to make this a fairy tale, and it does have a happy ending, but along the way, it's a princess who's held captive in a haunted castle."   Steven goes on to give advice about hooking the reader in the first ten pages of your screenplay: "Don't think that there is a 'right' way of doing this… The thing that writers should try to do - especially those first ten pages - is make it as unlike anything that anybody's ever seen because we all know that the people who are going to read the script have read a thousand scripts that month and have seen it all, know it all, but if something happens when they're reading it that they weren't expecting, you have attention.   Don’t forget to subscribe to the Write On Podcast on iTunes!     Now available on Google Podcasts!    
Released:
Jan 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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