Rather than rating movies and TV shows like a critic, “two thumbs up” or “two thumbs down,” WGA Award Winning screenwriter Jacob Krueger breaks down scripts without judgment (from scripts you loved, to scripts you hated) to show you what you can learn from them as screenwriters. Plus meet special guests, and get answers to your most pressing screenwriting questions! WriteYourScreenplay.com
Amadeus: Turn Intrusive Thoughts into Characters
Amadeus (1984) · Apr 29, 2026
In the Blink of an Eye: Discover Your Theme And Trust Your Audience
In the Blink of an Eye (2026) · Mar 13, 2026
No Other Choice: Plot vs. Structure (And the Secret to Making Us Care)
No Other Choice (2025) · Feb 27, 2026
How to Divorce During the War: 10 Craft Lessons from Sundance 2026
How to Divorce During the War (2026) · Feb 14, 2026
One Battle After Another: What’s your theme?
One Battle After Another (2025) · Oct 17, 2025
The Girlfriend: Game and Series Engine
The Girlfriend (2025) · Oct 3, 2025
Weapons: Should You Write a Horror Movie?
Weapons (2025) · Sep 19, 2025
Thunderbolts: Theme in Action Movies
Thunderbolts* (2025) · May 30, 2025
A Real Pain: Building Characters With Vignettes
A Real Pain (2024) · Jan 31, 2025
A Complete Unknown: Writing The Biopic
A Complete Unknown (2024) · Jan 19, 2025
Between the Temples – Alternative Forms of Structure
Between the Temples (2024) · Oct 11, 2024
Strange Darling: Primary and Secondary Structure
Strange Darling (2024) · Sep 27, 2024
The Fall Guy: 3 Levels of Subtext
The Fall Guy (2024) · Jun 26, 2024
Monkey Man: Expressionism in Action Movies
Monkey Man (2024) · May 13, 2024
Poor Things: Theme and Meaning
Poor Things (2023) · Mar 30, 2024
Past Lives: Genre and Premise
Past Lives (2023) · Jan 27, 2024
Dream Scenario: Passive Main Characters
Dream Scenario (2023) · Jan 17, 2024
Saltburn: A Master Class in Tone
Saltburn (2023) · Nov 25, 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapting a True Life Screenplay
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) · Nov 3, 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3: How to Write Flashbacks and Exposition
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) · Jul 13, 2023
A Man Called Otto: Character Building
A Man Called Otto (2022) · May 25, 2023
Everything Everywhere All at Once PART 2: The Opening Sequence
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) · May 6, 2023
Everything Everywhere All At Once: Evelyn’s Journey is the Screenwriter’s Journey
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) · Apr 20, 2023
Triangle Of Sadness: Meaning, Structure and the Power of Location in Screenwriting
Triangle of Sadness (2022) · Feb 15, 2023
The Banshees Of Inisherin: Allegory, Stakes and Structure
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) · Jan 26, 2023
Avatar: The Way of Water VS. Avatar – Spectacle and Structure
Avatar (2009) · Jan 11, 2023
Avatar: The Way of Water VS. Avatar – Spectacle and Structure
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) · Jan 11, 2023
Pulp Fiction: A Simple Trick For Shaping Your Audience’s Expectations
Pulp Fiction (1994) · Oct 26, 2022
Top Gun: Maverick – All Writing Is Political
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) · Jul 12, 2022
Dune: Exposition Is Killing Your Screenplay
Dune (2021) · Nov 13, 2021
One Night in Miami: Writing for Political Change
One Night in Miami... (2020) · Apr 3, 2021
The Little Things: How to Write a Trick Ending
The Little Things (2021) · Feb 20, 2021
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: The Art of Adaptation
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) · Jan 23, 2021
The Spiritual Side of Screenwriting: A Conversation with Jenna Laurenzo
Lez Bomb (2018) · Oct 4, 2020
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: How To Pitch A Work For Hire Project
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) · Aug 29, 2019
ROMA: Turning Your Life Story Into A Screenplay
Roma (2018) · Mar 5, 2019
Beautiful Boy – Where Does Screenplay Structure Come From?
Beautiful Boy (2018) · Feb 12, 2019
Destroyer: How to Use Flashbacks in Your Script
Destroyer (2018) · Jan 10, 2019
BlacKkKlansman: Adapting a True Life Story
BlacKkKlansman (2018) · Oct 19, 2018
Hereditary: The Power of the First & Last Image
Hereditary (2018) · Jul 11, 2018
DEADPOOL 2: Where Tone Meets Genre in Screenwriting
Deadpool 2 (2018) · Jun 29, 2018
A QUIET PLACE Part 2: Dialogue, Action & The Theme of Your Screenplay
A Quiet Place Part II (2021) · May 22, 2018
The Florida Project: Structure Without Structure
The Florida Project (2017) · Mar 8, 2018
Star Trek Beyond: Find The Emotional Core Of Your Screenplay
Star Trek Beyond (2016) · Feb 20, 2018
War for the Planet of The Apes: Interview with Writer Mark Bomback
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) · Sep 21, 2017
Annabelle: Creation & the First Ten Pages of Your Script
Annabelle: Creation (2017) · Sep 15, 2017
The Big Sick: How to Adapt a True Life Story
The Big Sick (2017) · Aug 24, 2017
Spider-Man Homecoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) · Jul 13, 2017
Alien Covenant
Alien: Covenant (2017) · Jun 7, 2017
Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2: A Dance Between the Head and the Heart
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) · May 17, 2017