A working TV writer and showrunner shares practical craft and industry advice on screenwriting, such as choosing B-stories for feature scripts and spotting amateur mistakes. The posts are concise, grounded in his own credits and coaching experience, and aimed at readers who want insider perspective on the business.
Website: https://michaeljamin.substack.com
Hollywood Gadfly publishes long-form, investigative essays that challenge common beliefs about how the film industry works, such as the Black List and nonprofit labs and grants. Readers get reported analysis, interviews with industry insiders, and multi-part series on how access and privilege shape who succeeds.
A weekly screenwriting lesson covering craft topics such as establishing a protagonist in the opening pages, deciding what earns space in a script, and structuring the midpoint. Each issue offers practical advice drawn from the author's own professional writing experience.
Waffle Lens is a close-reading blog that analyses the writing, character development and craft of TV series and games, with a focus on subtext and narrative structure. Recent issues dissect episodes of Patriot and DTF St. Louis and relate them to other works such as the game Lust for Darkness.
A screenwriter and novelist teaches writers how to craft villains, plan novels, and find personal theme, using examples from films and books. The newsletter offers practical techniques like the Master List and encourages writing a book during November.
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