Who better to learn from than the writers nominated for the highest awards in the business?
I always say if you want to learn screenwriting, then you need to just read screenplays. We have a collection of the scripts nominated for the 2022 Academy Awards, but we wanted to also get some tangible advice from the writers that you can apply to your own work.
So get out your pen and paper and start taking down ideas from this year’s Academy Awards Best Original and Best Adapted Screenplay nominees.
Check out this video from Outstanding Screenplays, and let’s talk after.
10 Screenwriting Tips from Best Screenplay Oscar Nominees and Winners of 2022
1. Don’t Look Up Writers: Adam McKay, David Sirota—”Research and think about what kind of narrative is rooted in us as audience members and as people and subvert the expectation of that familiar premise.”
When you sit down to write something, it’s crucial to take the audience into account. So take your time learning a lot about the subjects and story elements you think will connect.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
