The Jerry Seinfeld Chain
How the Jerry Seinfeld Chain can make you a better writer.
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.
Why Story Structure Formulas Don’t Work — Part Two
Avoiding a well travelled path to failure.
Why Story Structure Formulas Don’t Work — Part Three
The need for Authentic Story Design.
Rules For Creative Thinking
Rule #8 is so essential.
Some Suggested Screenwriting Books
Some recommended books.
A Dangerous Fairy Tale
Anyone tempted to buy into the fairy tale that talented writers are born, needs to read this.
If Eddie Izzard Taught Screenwriting
Both funny and true.
The Real Objective
What writers need to do to have success.
Some Profound Advice
Chase perfection with all your heart, mind and soul, always knowing damn well that you will never catch it, but forever chase it with everything you’ve got so you can have a shot at catching excellence.
David Mamet’s Memo to the Writers of The Unit
The essential need to train yourself to write in compelling conflict.