Author Richard Farrell on How to Write a Script

Today on the Morning Media Menu, journalist, author, and screenwriter Richard Farrell gave advice for aspiring screenwriters and memoir writers.

Farrell recently publisher his heroin memoir “What’s Left of Us,” and helped write The Fighter–an upcoming film starring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg. Among all screenwriting guides, Farrell recommended the writing handbook by Christopher Vogler, “The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers.”

Click here to listen to the show, but here’s a sample quote from Farrell: “When I first was working on this project, Scott Silver called me up and he said, ‘Richard, you can write. You can write probably better than two-thirds of the writers in Hollywood today making a ton of money every year. The only thing you have to learn is structure. That’s the key.’”

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