Write Your Screenplay Podcast

Jacob Krueger discusses the unique structure of Roma, and how to use the lessons from Alfonso Cuarón’s script to a true life story from your own life as a screenplay or film.

From Goodfellas To Breaking Bad with Stephen Molton by Jacob Krueger Studio

Beautiful BOY ISA Final Candidate by Jacob Krueger Studio

Jacob Krueger shows you how to adapt a true life story, without falling into the many pitfalls of adaptation, using both the strengths and weaknesses of BlacKkKlansman as a model.

Jacob Krueger does a deep analysis of a scene from Succession to show you how to create subtext in your dialogue.

Learn how Succession and Arrested Development actually share the same foundational structure and series engine. Part 1.

Hereditary script analysis podcast with Jacob Krueger. Learn from the movie Hereditary how the first and last image of your script relate to screenplay structure.

Jacob Krueger talks about the role of tone in genre, and how the writers of Deadpool controlled the tone to handle heavy topics in such a lighthearted way.

Jacob Krueger interviews head TV writer, screenwriter and director Katie Torpey

In the first installment of this podcast, we looked at A Quiet Place in relation to writing action and discussed how all of screenplay formatting really exists for one purpose: to isolate visual moments of action. How does this relate to theme and character and dialogue and all those other elements of A Quiet Place and screenwriting in general? Well, that’s what we’re going to cover in this podcas...

Jacob Krueger analyzes the screenplay for A Quiet Place, and teaches you how great action and great screenplay formatting really boil down to four simple concepts.

In this podcast episode, Jacob Krueger analyzes the seemingly unrelated scripts for Isle of Dogs and the Roseanne reboot, and shows you what you can learn from each about writing for political change.

In this very special 100th Episode, Jacob Krueger and Audrey Sussman PhD discuss how learning to nurture the inner artist that is the source of your creativity can change not only your writing, but also your life.

Jacob Krueger breaks down Season 4, Episode 9 of Bojack Horseman to show you how the writers of Bojack break the rules of structure to create the tone of the series.

On this podcast episode, Jacob Krueger breaks down The Florida Project, to show the underlying structure that makes this seemingly structureless film so successful.

"...On this podcast episode, Jacob Krueger interviews Doug Jung, co-writer of Star Trek Beyond, and Emily Dell, indie writer & director of Compass Rose and Helen..."

"...Writing really is self-exploration. Facing certain things that you may not be dealing with in every day and recognizing those things and giving them a voice..." - Sebastian Stan

Building on the ideas from Part 1 of this series on how to revise your screenplay, Jacob Krueger shows you how to take your screenplay revision process to the next level.

In the first installment of this Revision Tips Podcast, Jacob Krueger shows you a simple approach to take your screenplay rewrite to the next level.

Jacob Krueger shows you how one song, "Remember Me", was used to build the structure for Coco's Screenplay.

Jacob Krueger analyzes the structure of the screenplay for Coco and the role of research when writing a script.

Jacob Krueger reveals the hidden keys to a successful TV pilot with a deep structural analysis comparing the Stranger Things 1 pilot and the first episode of Stranger Things 2.

Jacob Krueger analyzes the first episode of Stranger Things 2, to show you the difference between Primary and Secondary Structure in a TV pilot.

"...I got lucky. I got to work with David Fincher. He is willing to give anything to the creative process. He was willing to play with "what if". For me, it was about being of service to somebody else's story. I had to accept that the "nos" were part of the process of finding the "yes" and not taking any of it personally..." Pamela Cederquist.

Jacob Krueger breaks down the structure of mother! and the three simple screenwriting concepts that make it both succeed and struggle to connect to its audience.