My KCRW Interview
The Battlefield Earth interview I did for KCRW’S The Business of the Business.
Corey Mandell is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter who has written projects for Ridley Scott, Wolfgang Petersen, Harrison Ford, Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, John Travolta, Warner Brothers, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000, Fox Family, Working Title, Paramount, Live Planet, Beacon Films, Touchstone, Trilogy, Radiant, Kopelson Entertainment and Walt Disney Pictures.
Corey’s students have gone on to sell or option scripts to Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Disney, Fox, Dimension Films, MGM, Universal, Showtime, FX, Netflix, NBC, HBO, MTV, AMC, Hulu and Amazon.
Others have been staffed on such shows as Community, The Fosters, This Is Us, Bones, Justified, Playing House, The Mentalist, Marvel’s Agents of Shield, Up All Night, State of Affairs, Rosewood, Chicago Fire, You’re the Worst, Pretty Little Liars, Treme, Mozart in the Jungle, BoJack Horseman, The Blacklist, Jane the Virgin, The Leftovers and Succession.
Are You a Real Writer?
The multitude of pretend writers sit around complaining about how impossible it is to have a career while the real writers book job after job. So what is it that makes someone a real writer?
The Life Of A Professional Writer: Breaking In
I was fortunate enough to launch my career while still in film school by having Ridley Scott hire me to write Metropolis. How the heck did that happen?
If You Want An Agent, You Need to Read This
The first thing agents do when evaluating a new writer’s script.
Friends Don’t Let Friends Write to Formula
Why writing to the paradigms gets you ignored in the current marketplace.
Break the Damn Glass — Stop Worrying and Start Writing
One of the main differences that distinguishes amateurs from professional writers is that amateurs sometimes write. They write when they have the time or when they feel like it, or when they take a class and have an immediate deadline. So what do professionals do?
How Breaking Bad Almost Wasn’t
Learn how close Vince Gilligan was to giving up on the project, and what stopped him from throwing in the towel.
The Real Reason Most Scripts Fail
Why do so many writers fail? The conventional answer is that most of them simply don’t possess the required talent. This is absolutely wrong.
Insight From A Nicholl Screenwriting Competition Judge
A contest judges offers advice to those planning on entering the competition.
Beware The Writer Zombies
The world is full of writer zombies seeking to destroy your chances of success.