Practical Screenwriting
Tony Tostpractical screenwriting advice from an outsider working in an insider industry
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Sydney Sweeney Has Great Scenes
Two modern fashion icons.
This weekend on August 15th, my first movie as a writer-director — Americana — lands in theaters. It’s a crazy quilt of a small town crime story set on the modern day South Dakota-Wyoming border that gradually tur...
The Mark of the One-Note Character
Carey Mulligan in Inside Llewyn Davis — sort of one note, but gloriously so.
When I read scripts that are a bit weaker or beginner-level, one thing I notice is that the characters not only seem to speak the same, but they all seem to have...
The Script I Would Write If I Was Trying To Break In Right Now
If I was trying to break into the industry in 2025, I would write a female-driven version of Uncut Gems. More about why in a minute.
It was a different industry when I broke in back in the middle of 2011.
When it happened, I didn’...
"Our Job Is to Make Entertainment"
In the Poker Face writers room, one of the writers came up to me.
“Hey, want to see my Tony Tost impersonation?” she asked.
“Sure,” I answered.
“Howard Hawks, Howard Hawks, Howard Hawks,” she said.
It was a pretty accurate impersonat...
How I Write Action Lines
This. More of this.
If you’re farther along in your screenwriting development, this post probably doesn’t have too much value to you. It’s pretty basic shit. But then again, I do read scripts by professional or near-professional screenwrit...
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Working screenwriter since 2011. Former poet & academic. Over-educated white trash.
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