K-Tock's Korner - Thoughts on screenwriting and the movies

Pick a Line, Any Line…

May 25, 2022May 25, 2022screenwriting

So I just watched a YouTube clip of a Brad Pitt interview in which the interviewer asked him about which lines have stuck with him from throughout his career. Pitt made an interesting observation that

Scenes: A Culmination? Or the Process?

January 24, 2022May 25, 2022screenwritingscenes

The Process. It hasn’t worked out yet for the Philadelphia 76ers and their attempts to build a championship team through high draft picks, but are there lessons for us as screenwriters in the idea of

Would You Want to Know?

September 30, 2021January 24, 2022characterisationforeknowledge

I have been a Scriptnotes listener since the beginning, back when I used to burn it to a CD so that I could play it in my car while driving. It’s only recently, however, that

Predictability

March 15, 2014March 26, 2021predictable, Scriptnotes, story theory

I’ve only posted a couple of times since life was irrevocably changed nine-and-a-half months ago. I’ve been writing a little– but not consistently– and still listening to the Scriptnotes podcast. While helping to vacuum the house today, I

For Better or for Worse

August 31, 2013March 26, 2021learning, scripts

I am endeavouring to read at least one screenplay a month– Not a big target, I know, but it is difficult to fit screenwriting around a fulltime job and staying married. Anyway, I finished Charlie Kaufman’s

Breaking the Chain

July 1, 2013March 26, 2021don't break the chain, Kaelen

My wife and I were expecting our first child towards the end of May, so I was expecting things to get busier. But I made a commitment not to Break the Chain— something I blogged

Three Images

May 20, 2013March 26, 2021On The Page, Scriptnotes, tips, Visual

There’s two podcasts I listen to regularly, Scriptnotes and On The Page. Both of them are about screenwriting, and both offer valuable tips and insights. Randy Wilkins, the guest on episode 220 of the On The Page

Storming the Castle, Inverted

April 30, 2013March 26, 2021Skyfall, Storming the castle

I had a free six-week trial subscription to Quickflix recently, and the new Bond movie, Skyfall, was the last disc they sent out. It didn’t go in quite the direction I thought they were going to

3:10 to Yuma: Opening and Closing Images

April 25, 2013March 26, 20213:10 to Yuma, Closing Image, Opening Image

It’s been a while since I’ve looked at a specifically Save the Cat beat– I still like Blake’s theories, but I prefer to have them percolating in my mind along with other theories, as opposed