A process that would help me “crack the code” and write consistently powerful, moving screenplays on demand. Sinking my teeth into any nuggets of information I could find, collecting advice from the greats I met alone the way, and trying my best to assemble it into a coherent, replicable process. I spent more than half my life in Hollywood, honing my craft, paying my dues, and trying to master the craft of screenwriting anyway I could.

When I was first starting out, there was only one answer: Trial and error. Sounds good, right? The next question is: how? A great screenplay communicates who you are and what you have to say about the world.Īnd once you’ve written that one great screenplay-you’ll have a world of opportunities at your fingertips.A great screenplay is your calling card.A great screenplay is compelling enough to make it through some jaded agent's slush pile.A great screenplay plays on the primal human instinct of story, for conflict, for emotional contrast, and the fundamental change of human nature.But to make it as a professional screenwriter, you need ONE GREAT SCREENPLAY that rises above what “anybody” can do. With some conviction and an idea, anybody can write a full-length screenplay. To punch through the slush pile, you need ONE GREAT SCREENPLAY that readers CAN’T PUT DOWN. I saw it with myself, with my colleagues, with my “competitors,” and-most excitingly-with my students. But in my experience as a working screenwriter in Hollywood for more than 40 years and a professor of screenwriting at NYU Tisch for over a decade, I’ve seen it happen time and time again. This may seem like an oversimplification. All you need is ONE GREAT SCREENPLAY to make a name for yourself in the film industry.

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