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--1--1
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 HaddonWhat Would David Lynch Do?Let’s reflect on the legendary director’s six tips for creative filmmaking·6 min read·2 days ago--1--1
Cole HaddoninFanfare‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Is a MasterClass on How to Introduce ProtagonistsA breakdown of one of the many reasons why this sequel is so goddamn good·5 min read·4 days ago--5--5
Cole HaddoninCounter ArtsGuys, What If Peak TV Broke Our World?Or: How the proliferation of ‘content’ on our TV screens has helped turn our reality into a lonely, anxiety-inducing multiverse of shit·14 min read·Jun 12, 2024--21--21
Cole HaddonQ&A: Filmmaker Lena Waithe Has Made It to the Emerald CityThe screenwriter, actor, and producer discusses her journey from Chicago to Hollywood and back to where it started with ‘The Chi’·14 min read·Jun 9, 2024--1--1
Cole HaddoninFanfareSometimes a Staircase Is Just a Staircase… Or Is It?Francis Ford Coppola has some thoughts on ‘The Godfather’ that proves how hard it can be to interpret the intentions of storytellers·4 min read·Jun 6, 2024--10--10
Cole HaddoninCounter ArtsQ&A: Writer-Director Keith Powell on Being a Diversified ArtistThe ’30 Rock’ alum’s Zen-like approach has helped him weather the uncertain life of an artist·14 min read·Jun 4, 2024----
Cole Haddon5AM StoryTalk Coffee Reading: Issue 14A compilation of new and older arts-related articles that you might’ve missed·5 min read·Jun 2, 2024----