Curious About Screenwriting Network

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Welcome to the Curious about Screenwriting Podcast where you'll enjoy listening to fascinating film industry guests who share their insights on how you can take your screenwriting career to the next level.

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Curious About Screenwriting Network episodes:

04.02.2024
Film Inquiry's Interview with Kim Hornby, an ISA Top 25 Writer to Watch in 2024
Each year the ISA lists 25 talented writers. Our first interview is with multi-talented screenwriter & novel writer Kim Hornsby. I spoke with Kim about her journey, projects, and recommendations for other screenwriters! Check out more at FilmInquiry.com
03.15.2024
FSS: Paranormal European Travel - Ireland legends & Faery Lore Above Knockma Hill & at Kilkea Castle & the Hellfire Club
Scott (and his wife Wendy) fill Max in on their adventure across the Emerald Isle, discussing the haunted hot spots and legendary tales they discovered along the way... also the adventures of driving on the other side of the road.
02.28.2024
Chaseedaw Giles, Using Dark Topics to Find the Light in Humanity, Emerging Screenwriter Interview
Chaseedaw Giles moved to LA as everything shut down for the pandemic. However, she used that time to work on her craft. She's taken an approach of being proactive and using darker story topics to find positivity.
02.20.2024
Talking Horror Movies & Haunted Chicago with Jackson Schreiber from Katch Data
Big thanks to the horror blog WonderfullyWeirdAndHorrifying.com for making this conversation happen. What did you think of "Hereditary?"
02.06.2024
Emerging Screenwriter AND Director Interview, Diane Lansing
An ISA Top 25 Writers To Watch in 2019, Diane has taken her work behind the camera, screening her directing work at the DGA and garnering awards and laurels. Creating and collaborating through film are her driving force.
02.01.2024
Introducing Fast Track Fellow & Screenwriter, Kiefer Lloyd
Kiefer Lloyd's a writer who uses genre to explore queer narrative and masculinity. He is a Lambda Literary fellow, an alumnus of the Tin House Fiction Workshop & holds an MFA in fiction from Vermont College.
01.23.2024
Brittany Kelly's Background in Psychology, the Prison System and ...CraigsList
Writer-director Brittany Kelly's utterly fascinating life and outlook has certainly influenced her voice as a storyteller. Though she's experienced a recent personal strategy, she's returning to writing and we are so excited for her future.
12.19.2023
FSS: Paranormal European Travel - Portugal, Sintra's Knights Templar Connection
Join us for an international travel episode as co-Host Scott Markus & his wife headed to Portugal and visit the most famously haunted location in Portugal & visit a city that has a long mystical connection to folklore and witchcraft.
11.29.2023
Amanda & Lita Lopez, Underdogs Excelling as Screenwriting Sisters
Screenwriting SISTERS, Lita and Amanda Lopez, created an amazing drama pilot for a series titled "The Work" that won the Table Read My Screenplay competition in 2022 based on Amanda's social work career.
11.22.2023
Caitlin Gallo & Brittany Harris: Don't be Afraid to Stand Out, Be Uniquely You
You will quickly see how Caitlin and Brittany are writing partners as they practically finish each other’s sentences. These two are high energy, fiercely hard working and driven writers who are part of our ISA Top 25 Writers to Watch...
11.01.2023
FSS 44: Rita Mae Moore, Haunted Lake Geneva & the curious ghosts at Baker House
Haunted history tour guide, Rita Mae Moore, grew up with a ghost hunting mom before working in the police force and having some paranormal experiences there. Today, she's a tour guide & two-time author of a fantasy book series.
10.30.2023
Tray Epps: Follow the fun & the fear in your writing, Emerging Screenwriter Interview
Tray Epps just has a really great, infectious charm. He's multi-faceted, having worked in many different areas of production. He came on our radar during our Diversity Initiative and then landed on Top 25 Screenwriters to watch in 2023.
10.18.2023
FSS 45: IAmNotAStalker's Lindsay Blake on Filming Locations & Some Strange LA Crims stories
Writer/researcher Lindsay Blake has made a career out of a passion - finding where her favorite shows were filmed (starting with "Scream"). Geek out with us as we talk about unique locations across LA including hidden gems & strange LA...
10.16.2023
ISAPresents: The WGA Strike is Over - Now What? With Lee Jessup
Screenwriting career coach Lee Jessup knows that's going on in the entertainment industry better than just about anyone. Chatting with Max Timm, she dives into the details of the strike-ending agreement & what it means to writers and the future.
10.11.2023
Todd Foley & Dan Healey, Emerging Screenwriters: Set Writing Goals that are within your Control
Todd Foley & Dan Healey met on Twitter during the pandemic, swapping scripts which led to them write a horror feature together while living in different states.
09.26.2023
Former Burlesque Performer, Andrea Berting Beat Cancer & Became an Award-Winning Screenwriter
Andrea Berting made the most of her time during the pandemic to dive into screenwriting for the first time. Andrea comes from a place of body positivity, but how do you reconcile reality when your body is what's trying to...
09.25.2023
FSS: Road Trip Through Roswell w/ Max & Scott
The ISA's Max Timm & Scott Markus take a road trip across America to join the picket lines in Hollywood. On the way they stop at some unique locations associated with unique histories and stories.
09.25.2023
Seth Michael Donsky: Be Merciless in Editing, Emerging Screenwriters Interview
Seth Michael Donsky has a lot of projects right on the verge. He writes stories about people outside of the mainstream. We are fortunate that he's willing to share so much of his trial and error knowledge of the industry...
08.19.2023
JCS: Julia Morizawa & the Shore Scripts Short Film Fund
Do you have a short script that's ready to go into production? Whether you're looking for the production budget (including camera rentals) or finishing funds, check out the Short Film Fund from Shore Scripts.
08.15.2023
FSS 42: Colin Dickey - Secret Societies & Truth Behind Famous Legends
Colin Dickey is a wonderful writer and spectacular researcher. His work reveals hidden or lost truths behind famous stories we've all heard. His latest book is Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy.
08.11.2023
JCS: Screenwriter Steve Vitolo on creating the Scriptation Software & Screenwriting Contests
Steve Vitolo is the Emmy Award winning founder of Scriptation. He has written for the acclaimed series Black-ish, as well as Hot in Cleveland and Crowded.
08.05.2023
Katie Crone, Fast Track Fellow | Writing Tips from Fellowship Winners
We sit down with recent Fast Track Fellow Katie Crone to discuss her award-winning screenplay, her writing process & her experience going to meetings as part of her Fast Track experience
08.01.2023
FSS 41: Comedy Night! Patti Vasquez, Stand-Up Comic, Screenwriter & Mom Breaking into Hollywood while living outside of LA
As we call into session this meeting of the Fantastic Story Society, we are thrilled to induct a new member. Her life as a writer and performer has evolved on stage in front of an audience, from Leprechauno to pregnant...
06.14.2023
AJ Bermudez, Emerging Screenwriter: Production is an Invitation to be Generous
AJ Bermudez has utilized screenplay contests to forward her screenwriting career, including Shoot Your Sizzle, where she shot a concept of her thriller pilot, Nightingale.
06.05.2023
Wendy J. Wilkins, Writer's Assistant to stand-up comic & Award-Winning Emerging Screenwriter
Wendy Jean Wilkins might have a long history as a writer, storyteller and production crew member. However, it was more recently that she's found her voice as a writer and now her career is reaching new heights.
06.01.2023
Minda Wei, Emerging Screenwriter: Engineer-Turned-Comedy Screenwriter
Minda Wei’s just your typical comedy writer-slash-former supercomputer builder. Her writing explores themes of freedom, love, and the choices we make when anything is possible.
05.22.2023
Joey Day Hargrove, Emerging Screenwriter
Joey Day Hargrove is a comedy writer, focusing on quirky stories about finding belonging. She’s utilized screenplay contests to build her career. She believes in using laughter to shape culture.
05.15.2023
Ariane Hahusseau, Historical & Darly Comedic Emerging Screenwriter
French writer Ariane Hahusseau, an AFI alum, writes empowering screenplays with passionate protagonists. She loves period dramas & dark humor. She’s recently optioned an original script & was hired to write a thriller drama feature.
05.08.2023
Emily Wahlund, From Acting at Groundlings to being a Video Game Writing Mom, Emerging Screenwriter
Emily Wahlund was raised on television (in a good way), initially gravitated towards acting before realizing how important writing was to her personal creative pull. She's currently a mom who writes features, pilots and for video games.
05.06.2023
Ryan Shrime, Actor-turned-Emerging Screenwriter
Ryan Shrime has gone through just about any high-end acting training you can name. He's taken that knowledge of acting and character to successfully applied it to his screenwriting career.
05.05.2023
FSS 40: Cassie Carpenter, LA & Hollywood Ghost Stories: Warner Pacific Theater & the Hillview Apts Speakeasy
Cassie Carpenter regularly leads tours of Haunted Los Angeles and Hollywood. After attending a haunted University in Southern California to major in theatre, it's only fitting! In this episode, we discuss a number of her favorite haunted LA locations.
04.25.2023
Marcus Stricklin, Cancer Fighter to Optioned Writer, Emerging Screenwriter
A later-in-life writer, Marcus writes comedies and dramas across different genres, primarily focuses on exploring the oddities of complex relationships between people in every day walks of life.
04.17.2023
Desa Larkin-Boutte, Emerging Screenwriter: Does a Great Resume Guarantee Anything?
Desa Larkin-Boutte's screenwriting journey has taken her working on set, in post-production & in the writer's room for beloved shows including Better Call Saul, The Walking Dead & Westworld, the later of which she is a credited writer.
04.04.2023
Annika Pampel, Emerging Screenwriter
Annika's impressive and still blossoming career started behind the Berlin Wall. Making her way to America, she's has worked in front of and behind the camera, also working as an assistant to James Cameron.
03.27.2023
Yolanda T. Ross, Emerging Screenwriter
Multi-hyphenate, Yolanda T. Ross tried to do the corporate life, but creativity and the entertainment industry beckoned her back. After establishing herself as an actress, writing her own stories became her next drive.
03.10.2023
Melissa Birks, Emerging Screenwriter
Melissa Birks, a past Fast Track Fellow for the ISA is fascinated by history and isn't afraid of macabre history as she's frequently featured serial killers in her writing. Hear how she's used contests to advance her career.
03.06.2023
Carlos Gutierrez & Michael Goldenberg, an Emerging Screenwriting Team
Carlos Gutierrez & Michael Goldenberg are all about taking chances. They aren't afraid to take a big swing or try something edgy in their screenwriting. Carlos & Michael let ya know there's nothing wrong with the occasional 'stunt script.'
02.23.2023
FSS 39: Jason Woliner's True Crime...ish Series Paul T. Goldman, Borat & His Daring Escape from a Debutante Ball
Comedy director Jason Woliner has worked on some of our favorite comedies, from What We Do in the Shadows & Last Man on Earth to New Girl & the Borat sequel. He's back with the infinitely fascinating crime mystery Paul...
02.19.2023
Peres Owino, Emerging Screenwriter
One time Fast Track fellow and ISA Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch, Peres Owino, has come a long way bother in her career and literally as the LA-based, African-born writer is celebrating the release of a show on Netflix, "African...
02.14.2023
The Last Queens Painter - Table Read My Screenplay Grand Prize Winning Read
Performed in Park City, UT during Sundance. An ambitious painter vaults to fame when Marie Antoinette selects her as a portraitist, but the impending French Revolution threatens her career, her family, & her friendship with the hated Queen
02.06.2023
Lindsey Galloway, Emerging Screenwriter
We sit down with Emerging Screenwriter Lindsey Galloway during the Sundance Film Festival as her screenplay was about to make its 'premiere' during a staged live reading as the Grand Prize Winner of Table Read My Screenplay.
01.26.2023
Rachel Kelechi Caulker, Emerging Screenwriter
Rachel K. Caulker loves telling genre stories with her unique West African background, having shunned 'traditional' employment for the entertainment industry. She's made contests work for her while pursuing deeper education & making contacts.
01.18.2023
ISA Insider News - Box Office Boom, Critics Vs Audiences & A Happy Ozone Layer
Shayna and Max spend the bulk of the episode discussing audience response to films, both in terms of box office hits and misses and why critics and audiences often have drastically different viewpoints of films. They take a deep dive...
01.14.2023
Jason Scott Goldberg, Emerging Screenwriter
Jason Goldberg has already produced "Glorious" for Shudder & served as writer/producer of "Stay Out of the F*ing Attic." He's got a large & growing resume as a producer who loves finding new talent while developing his own writing career.
01.12.2023
ISA Insider News - Golden Globes, the Spec Market & the Weinermobile
Max & Shayna look back at the Golden Globes while taking a deep dive into writing spec scripts and what your expectation should be when writing them. Finally, they discuss some current series and the Weinermobile.
01.06.2023
Lisa Garvey: Emerging Screenwriter Interview
Successful and further emerging screenwriter, Lisa Garvey, made the shift into novel writing as part of her screenwriting journey.
01.05.2023
ISA Insider News - New Year, New Movies & New Heroes
Max & Shayna kick off the new year with a look ahead to the movies that should make waves in 2023 and unfortunate news about diversity among film directors. Plus, diving into some basic screenwriting issues with "Glass Onion."
01.04.2023
FSS 38: Christopher Hatton's "Raven's Hollow," Edgar Allan Poe & Being Haunted by an Aggressive Ghosts
Sci-Fi & horror writer-director Christopher Hatton joins us to discuss a variety of topics including Edgar Allan Poe, Singapore spiritual beliefs, Area 51, his own terrifying ghost story & his newest movie: Shudder's paranormal mystery "Raven's Hollow."
12.28.2022
Preview: Thriller Writer/Director, Ted-Campbell - an Industry Pro Interview
With countless productions under his belt as an assistant director, Ted Campbell has always wanted to tell his own stories. Now, he's directing his own screenplays. He was also once an ISA Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch.
12.17.2022
Producer & Former Studio Executive Navid McIlhargey, an ISA Industry Pro Interview
We sit down with producer and former studio executive Navid McIlhargey to discuss the state of the industry and the current challenges and opportunities for feature filmmakers and writers.

What's Curious About Screenwriting Network about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Curious About Screenwriting Network episodes:

Film Inquiry's Interview with Kim Hornby, an ISA Top 25 Writer to Watch in 2024

FSS: Paranormal European Travel - Ireland legends & Faery Lore Above Knockma Hill & at Kilkea Castle & the Hellfire Club

Chaseedaw Giles, Using Dark Topics to Find the Light in Humanity, Emerging Screenwriter Interview

Talking Horror Movies & Haunted Chicago with Jackson Schreiber from Katch Data

Emerging Screenwriter AND Director Interview, Diane Lansing

Introducing Fast Track Fellow & Screenwriter, Kiefer Lloyd

Brittany Kelly's Background in Psychology, the Prison System and ...CraigsList

FSS: Paranormal European Travel - Portugal, Sintra's Knights Templar Connection

Amanda & Lita Lopez, Underdogs Excelling as Screenwriting Sisters

Caitlin Gallo & Brittany Harris: Don't be Afraid to Stand Out, Be Uniquely You

FSS 44: Rita Mae Moore, Haunted Lake Geneva & the curious ghosts at Baker House

Tray Epps: Follow the fun & the fear in your writing, Emerging Screenwriter Interview

FSS 45: IAmNotAStalker's Lindsay Blake on Filming Locations & Some Strange LA Crims stories

ISAPresents: The WGA Strike is Over - Now What? With Lee Jessup

Todd Foley & Dan Healey, Emerging Screenwriters: Set Writing Goals that are within your Control

Former Burlesque Performer, Andrea Berting Beat Cancer & Became an Award-Winning Screenwriter

FSS: Road Trip Through Roswell w/ Max & Scott

Seth Michael Donsky: Be Merciless in Editing, Emerging Screenwriters Interview

JCS: Julia Morizawa & the Shore Scripts Short Film Fund

FSS 42: Colin Dickey - Secret Societies & Truth Behind Famous Legends

JCS: Screenwriter Steve Vitolo on creating the Scriptation Software & Screenwriting Contests

Katie Crone, Fast Track Fellow | Writing Tips from Fellowship Winners

FSS 41: Comedy Night! Patti Vasquez, Stand-Up Comic, Screenwriter & Mom Breaking into Hollywood while living outside of LA

AJ Bermudez, Emerging Screenwriter: Production is an Invitation to be Generous

Wendy J. Wilkins, Writer's Assistant to stand-up comic & Award-Winning Emerging Screenwriter

Minda Wei, Emerging Screenwriter: Engineer-Turned-Comedy Screenwriter

Joey Day Hargrove, Emerging Screenwriter

Ariane Hahusseau, Historical & Darly Comedic Emerging Screenwriter

Emily Wahlund, From Acting at Groundlings to being a Video Game Writing Mom, Emerging Screenwriter

Ryan Shrime, Actor-turned-Emerging Screenwriter

FSS 40: Cassie Carpenter, LA & Hollywood Ghost Stories: Warner Pacific Theater & the Hillview Apts Speakeasy

Marcus Stricklin, Cancer Fighter to Optioned Writer, Emerging Screenwriter

Desa Larkin-Boutte, Emerging Screenwriter: Does a Great Resume Guarantee Anything?

Annika Pampel, Emerging Screenwriter

Yolanda T. Ross, Emerging Screenwriter

Melissa Birks, Emerging Screenwriter

Carlos Gutierrez & Michael Goldenberg, an Emerging Screenwriting Team

FSS 39: Jason Woliner's True Crime...ish Series Paul T. Goldman, Borat & His Daring Escape from a Debutante Ball

Peres Owino, Emerging Screenwriter

The Last Queens Painter - Table Read My Screenplay Grand Prize Winning Read

Lindsey Galloway, Emerging Screenwriter

Rachel Kelechi Caulker, Emerging Screenwriter

ISA Insider News - Box Office Boom, Critics Vs Audiences & A Happy Ozone Layer

Jason Scott Goldberg, Emerging Screenwriter

ISA Insider News - Golden Globes, the Spec Market & the Weinermobile

Lisa Garvey: Emerging Screenwriter Interview

ISA Insider News - New Year, New Movies & New Heroes

FSS 38: Christopher Hatton's "Raven's Hollow," Edgar Allan Poe & Being Haunted by an Aggressive Ghosts

Preview: Thriller Writer/Director, Ted-Campbell - an Industry Pro Interview

Producer & Former Studio Executive Navid McIlhargey, an ISA Industry Pro Interview