Write Your Screenplay Podcast
1) Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail: A Writer’s Guide to Lasting Change
Every year, writers make New Year’s resolutions with the best intentions—only to watch those resolutions crumble under real life. The problem isn’t discipline or willpower, but the same structural mis...Show More
2) Eddington vs First Blood: Genre Reimagined
What happens when a classic modern “Western” like First Blood is reimagined for a world where moral clarity has collapsed? In this episode, Jacob Krueger analyzes Ari Aster’s Eddington in comparison t...Show More
3) Pluribus: Don’t Save the Cat
Pluribus isn’t just a masterclass in character, it’s a study in how the world around your protagonist shapes our empathy. Jake explores how Vince Gilligan uses contrast, irony, and a disruptive struct...Show More
4) Steven Bagatourian: The Fire, The Math & The Voice of the Screenwriter
With the LA Screenwriting Weekend approaching, Jake sits down with writer and teacher Steven Bagatourian to explore the balance between fire, craft, and voice. Together they dig into why instinct need...Show More
5) Steven Bagatourian: The Fire, The Math & The Voice of the Screenwriter
With the LA Screenwriting Weekend approaching, Jake sits down with writer and teacher Steven Bagatourian to explore the balance between fire, craft, and voice. Together they dig into why instinct need...Show More
6) The Studio: How to Introduce Your Main Character
Bad jokes, fake smiles & status games? Jacob Krueger breaks down The Studio to show how Matt’s intro builds the emotional engine of the whole series.
7) Rushing: What’s Your Inciting Incident?
Stop rushing to page 10-12. Learn how slowing down and being present deepens your screenplay and connects you to your characters.
8) One Battle After Another: What’s your theme?
Explore the link between theme, character, and structure in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another with Jacob Krueger’s screenplay analysis.
9) The Girlfriend: Game and Series Engine
Learn how The Girlfriend builds and breaks its series engine. Jacob Krueger shows how “game of the scene” fuels TV writing, structure, and audience tension.
10) Weapons: Should You Write a Horror Movie?
Want to know the key to elevated horror? Jacob Krueger reveals how true genre elevation emerges from mining the thematic and emotional depth already present in your screenplay.