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Can You Really Teach Screenwriting?

Nature versus nurture

Dec 24, 2024

Can You Really Teach Screenwriting?

Dec 24, 2024

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Hawaiian Punch Line

Among the many perks enjoyed over several decades as a UCLA screenwriting professor, few compete with the visits I made throughout the ’90s…

Dec 18, 2024

Hawaiian Punch Line

Dec 18, 2024

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The Biggest Mistake a Writer Can Make is to Pay Attention to Hollywood Trends

A recipe for frustration and failure in the movie business

Dec 4, 2024

The Biggest Mistake a Writer Can Make is to Pay Attention to Hollywood Trends

Dec 4, 2024

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Stumbling and Bumbling Your Way to Success

Neil Simon guest-lectured in my UCLA screenwriting class. One of the students asked him, “Do you laugh at your own jokes?”

Nov 27, 2024

Stumbling and Bumbling Your Way to Success

Nov 27, 2024

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What’s More Important: Character or Story?

Maybe it’s a false dichotomy or a trick question

Nov 22, 2024

What’s More Important: Character or Story?

Nov 22, 2024

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Want to Be a Better Screenwriter? Play God.

The view is great

Oct 26, 2024

Want to Be a Better Screenwriter? Play God.

Oct 26, 2024

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Essential Scenes in Essential Movies

How to woo the movie-going world

Oct 10, 2024

Essential Scenes in Essential Movies

Oct 10, 2024

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Definitely Maybe

A great way to break into Hollywood

Oct 2, 2024

Definitely Maybe

Oct 2, 2024

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Why I Love Cold Callers

And maybe you should, too

Sep 27, 2024

Why I Love Cold Callers

Sep 27, 2024

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Why a Movie’s Setting Doesn’t Matter

Trust the legal experts

Sep 20, 2024

Why a Movie’s Setting Doesn’t Matter

Sep 20, 2024

Richard Walter

Richard Walter

Screenwriter, bestselling author, and 40 years leadership @ UCLA’s prestigious screenwriting program. Get 40 lessons from 40 years: richardwalter.com/newsletter

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