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, 20232Jun 16, 20232
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, 2023Apr 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 createJul 23, 2023Jul 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 oeuvre4h ago14h ago1
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 twist3d ago183d ago18
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 storytelling5d ago5d ago
Cole HaddoninFanfareDenis Villeneuve, ‘Dune’, and the Problem with Dialogue TodayLet’s explore the forgotten narrative power of silence in screenwritingMay 2227May 2227
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, tooMay 1920May 1920
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 journeyMay 17May 17
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 sequenceMay 157May 157