Category: history
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Preston Sturges and The Talking Draft Method
One of Hollywood’s first great auteurs, from 1940-44, Preston Sturges used the talking draft method to produce seven classic manic yet buttery films.
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Why Is Screenwriting So Hard?
Screenwriting is more in the oral tradition of storytelling (instead of in the book publishing tradition). The reader is hearing you tell them the story in realtime. What does this mean for you?
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History of Dictation in Storytelling
If you believe the legend, Greek poet Homer probably dictated the entire Iliad and Odyssey because, according to tradition, he was blind. Throughout the centuries since, some of the greatest storytellers in the world created many of their classics by talking.
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Some Beatsheet History
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan and his index card beat board. Learn from him and other masters…
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When Director Howard Hawks Invented The Method
Director Howard Hawks invented the Talking Draft Method in order to save the Hollywood career of his pal William Faulkner.
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Why Rod Serling used The Talking Draft Method
Film researchers studying Serling’s 1,152 dictabelt recordings reveal the prolific screenwriter’s perfect Talking Draft Method technique.