Film Courage: …And I’m wondering what your take is on rejection because it doesn’t feel so great. Jeff Leisawitz: I…don’t want rejection but embrace it just like failure. Failure and rejections are signposts telling you that you are doing something right. If you are [...]
Film Courage: At what moment did you say “I’m really going to do this!” Because we all love to think of these awesome ideas and then they last what, maybe a day, a week, whatever? That is essentially what the book (Not F*ing Around: [...]
Film Courage: Jeff, regarding screenwriting, can you talk about the Power of Intention and how a writer needs to check their own intention, either during the writing of the script, before the writing of the script or afterward? Jeff Leisawitz: Sure. So we’re all [...]
Fail fast. I dare you. Fail at writing a decent screenplay. Fail to distill it into a killer logline. Fail to communicate your big idea with that hot shot movie producer. How do you feel when you read that? Knot in the stomach? Flashes of past trauma? Kinda wanna puke? Yeah, me too. Failing sucks. [...]
What hurts you deeply? What’s the scariest, most f*ed up, most traumatic moment of your life? What patterns of dysfunction, failure, or unending pain have been haunting you all your days? Tap into this darkness. Express it through your characters. Then write a story that matters. Why do people love movies, TV and stories and [...]
Writing screenplays is hard work. I know. I’ve written a bunch. Not only do you have to know story structure, dialogue, formatting, tone, pace, and about a hundred other things, you actually have to sit there and do it. Sometimes this is the hardest part. As a professional writer, award winning musician, [...]
