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 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·2 days ago--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·5 days ago--5--5
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 HaddonThe 5AM StoryTalk Coffee Reading: Issue 14A compilation of new and older arts-related articles that you might’ve missed·5 min read·Jun 2, 2024----
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·May 30, 2024--5--5
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·May 27, 2024--32--32
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·May 24, 2024----