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…·5 min read·Jun 16, 2023--2--2
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.·4 min read·Apr 15, 2023----
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 create·7 min read·Jul 23, 2023----
Cole HaddoninFanfareQ&A with Nicholas Meyer: The Filmmaker and Author Discusses His Life and LegacyThe storyteller who saved both ‘Star Trek’ and Sherlock Holmes from extinction talks three key artworks in his early oeuvre·17 min read·4 hours ago--1--1
Cole HaddoninCounter ArtsWhat About ‘The Sixth Sense’s’ Other Twist?The famous climactic reveal about Bruce Willis’s character isn’t the film’s most important twist·5 min read·3 days ago--18--18
Cole HaddonQ&A: Screenwriter Dara Resnik Is Living Out LoudThe ‘Home Before Dark’ and ‘The Horror of Dolores Roach’ showrunner discusses her fearless approach to storytelling·10 min read·5 days ago----
Cole HaddoninFanfareDenis Villeneuve, ‘Dune’, and the Problem with Dialogue TodayLet’s explore the forgotten narrative power of silence in screenwriting·13 min read·May 22, 2024--27--27
Cole HaddoninCounter ArtsIn Search of Beautiful Things (and Creative Inspiration)…In 2017, I started an experiment that transformed both my personal and artistic lives — and maybe it can help you, too·9 min read·May 19, 2024--20--20
Cole HaddonQ&A: Screenwriter VJ Boyd Knows How to Make You SquirmFrom ‘Justified’ and ‘Lincoln Rhyme’ to, later this year, ‘The Madness’, the recently minted showunner talks his professional journey·7 min read·May 17, 2024----
Cole HaddoninFanfareHow to Create a Great Action Sequence: Clear and Present DangerA beat-by-beat breakdown of a single scene reveals what goes into a great cinematic action sequence·9 min read·May 15, 2024--7--7