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, 20231Apr 15, 20231
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 HaddoninCounter ArtsWhat a Coffee Shop Taught Me about Screenwriting (and Life)A Hollywood coffee shop, popular with screenwriters, taught me many lessons about the importance of community in a competitive industry1d ago21d ago2
Cole HaddonWhat Would David Lynch Do?Let’s reflect on the legendary director’s six tips for creative filmmaking4d ago14d ago1
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 good6d ago96d ago9
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 shitJun 1221Jun 1221
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’Jun 91Jun 91
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 storytellersJun 610Jun 610
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 artistJun 4Jun 4