PinnedCole HaddonFree Screenwriting Resources to Help with Your Next ScriptA compilation of the most useful tools I’ve provided for aspiring and emerging screenwriters to challenge themselves and improve their…Jun 16, 20233Jun 16, 20233
PinnedCole HaddonScreenwriting Tales from My Life in HollywoodThese essays about my career in the US film/TV business will hopefully leave aspiring screenwriters better prepared than I was.Apr 15, 20232Apr 15, 20232
PinnedCole HaddonMy Artist-on-Artist Conversations with Celebrated ScreenwritersAfter 15 years as a professional film/TV screenwriter, I’ve started talking with old and new friends about who they are and how they createJul 23, 2023Jul 23, 2023
Cole HaddonWhat Akira Kurosawa Watched (Or: 100 Ways to Expand Your Cinematic Mind)And if not expand it, at least make your life a hell of a lot more interesting…16h ago16h ago
Cole HaddonIn Search of Beautiful Things (and Creative Inspiration) — October 202431 moments of everyday beauty from this past month — photographed by readers and curated by me — to help inspire you on your journeys3d ago3d ago
Cole HaddoninFanfareThis 100-Year-Old Silent Film Will Challenge Everything You Think You Know About Structure‘The Big Parade’ is one of the first great anti-war films, but it’s also a perfect demonstration of ‘narrative mirroring’ in storytelling5d ago35d ago3
Cole HaddonQ&A: Writer-Director Kay Cannon Can Do Anything (So Back Off, World!)The ‘Pitch Perfect’ filmmaker discusses her creative origins, storytelling craft, and making films/TV in an age of such profound adversitySep 272Sep 272
Cole HaddonJohn Steinbeck’s Six Tips to Good WritingLet’s discuss the Pulitzer Prize winner and Nobel laureate’s approach to his workSep 253Sep 253
Cole HaddoninThe Writing CooperativeHow to Make Art That Confronts the Darkness (Or Not)10 filmmakers, authors, and comic book writers debate whether artists have any responsibility to tackle how completely shit everything isSep 222Sep 222
Cole HaddoninFanfareQ&A: TV Showrunner Frank Spotnitz on What He’s Learned from Trading Hollywood for EuropeOne of the defining voices of ‘The X-Files’ reimagined both his life and career when he transplanted his family to the U.K. ten years agoSep 2115Sep 2115