Write Your Screenplay Podcast
WGA Award-winning screenwriter Jacob Krueger hosts this podcast dedicated to the craft of screenwriting. Instead of rating movies and TV shows like a critic, he breaks down scripts—from beloved ones to those you hated—to uncover lessons for writers. The show also features special guest interviews and answers to listeners' pressing screenwriting questions. It's a practical guide for anyone looking to improve their screenwriting skills.
Episodes
Patriot: What Your TV Pilot Needs To Do Pt 2
Give your pilot everything it needs to take off like a rocket.
In Part 2 of this two-part exploration of Steven Conrad’s pilots, Jacob Krueger turns from the slow-burning DTF St. Louis to Conrad’s earlier series Patriot to explore the power of dramatic efficiency. Both pilots have the same fundamental needs. But where DTF St. Louis takes its time revealing the strange truths beneath its ordinary
DTF St. Louis: What Your TV Pilot Needs To Do Pt 1
In Part 1 of this two-part exploration of Steven Conrad’s pilots, Jacob Krueger breaks down DTF St. Louis to explore what a great TV pilot needs to accomplish – not just as a compelling story, but as a blueprint for an entire series.
You’ll discover:
• What your TV pilot needs to accomplish beyond telling a great story
• Why established writers have more latitude for a slow burn
• How specificity
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Ending Explained: How Odysseus Broke the World
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey becomes most powerful when its monsters reveal the film's hidden structure. Jacob Krueger explains Circe, Scylla, xenia, the Trojan Horse and why Odysseus must leave Ithaca after saving it.
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey: Which God are you serving? Pt 1
Christopher Nolan's Odyssey keeps the monsters and loses the gods. Jake breaks down what the adaptation sacrifices, what it protects, and how to know which god your own adaptation is really serving.
John J. Strauss: How to Get Staffed in a TV Writers’ Room
Emmy-winning showrunner John Strauss (Arcane, Mozart in the Jungle) on how TV writers get hired, survive notes, and pitch. Watch the full interview.
Kat Khavari: Character, Voice, Creative Audacity
As writer, actor, and Sundance-winning creator Kathreen Khavari joins the Jacob Krueger Studio faculty, Jake sits down with her for a candid conversation about voice, character, creative audacity, and the art of paying attention.
From overheard subway conversations to guerrilla filmmaking, Kat shares how she created her breakout viral short Brain of Terror by paying close attention to the strange,
Beef Season 2: Metaphor, Engine, and Breaking the Rules
How do you reinvent a TV series without breaking its engine?
Jacob Krueger breaks down Beef Season 2 to explore one of the most difficult balancing acts in screenwriting: evolving a show's engine without alienating your audience. At first, the second season of Beef appears to deliver the same escalating conflict that powered Season 1 — a small, petty squabble spiraling toward violence. Yet episod
Amadeus: Turn Intrusive Thoughts into Characters
What are intrusive thoughts—and what are you supposed to do with them as a writer?
In this episode of the podcast, Jacob Krueger explores intrusive thoughts not as a psychological obstacle, but as a powerful creative tool. Because the real challenge of writing isn’t eliminating distraction—it’s learning how to transform what interrupts you into inspiration. Drawing on the film and play versions o
Dying for Sex: A Lesson in Tone
How do you make a devastating story feel funny—without losing its truth?
In this episode of the podcast, Jacob Krueger explores Dying for Sex, the extraordinary limited series created by Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock, to break down one of the most elusive tools in screenwriting: tone.
Focusing on a single scene from episode 5, Jake shows how the writers take one of the darkest confront
The TV Bible: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Write One
What is a TV Bible today, and why do you need one to sell your show?
In this episode of the podcast, Jacob Krueger breaks down the TV Bible not as an industry insider’s document, but as a practical creative tool for proving that your show actually works. Because the real challenge of television isn’t writing a great pilot. It’s building an engine that can generate story—episode after episode—with
In the Blink of an Eye: Discover Your Theme And Trust Your Audience
What happens when you take the structure of a movie you love—and try to breathe new life into it?
In this episode of the podcast, Jacob Krueger explores In the Blink of an Eye, the ambitious sci-fi drama written by Colby Day that premiered at Sundance and is now streaming on Hulu. Deeply influenced by Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain, the film unfolds across three timelines connected by shared ques
No Other Choice: Plot vs. Structure (And the Secret to Making Us Care)
Why do we stay emotionally locked into a story even when the plot sounds flat on paper—or morally repellent in practice? In this episode, Jacob Krueger breaks down Park Chan-wook’s darkly hilarious, deeply unsettling No Other Choice to reveal the engine that makes it so powerful: not plot, but structure. Using the film’s escalating moral pressure as a case study, Jake shows how structure is built
How to Divorce During the War: 10 Craft Lessons from Sundance 2026
What does it actually mean to adapt a story- and how can radically different adaptations emerge from the same source material? In this episode, Jacob Krueger looks at the novel and film versions of Hamnet and the ’90s award darling Shakespeare in Love to show how finding the location of your adaptation shapes character, structure, tone, and theme—and why successful adaptations are defined less by
Hamnet vs Shakespeare in Love
What does it actually mean to adapt a story- and how can radically different adaptations emerge from the same source material? In this episode, Jacob Krueger looks at the novel and film versions of Hamnet and the ’90s award darling Shakespeare in Love to show how finding the location of your adaptation shapes character, structure, tone, and theme—and why successful adaptations are defined less by
5 Steps To Raise The Stakes In Your Screenplay
What if raising the stakes in your screenplay has nothing to do with explosions, danger, or bigger plot events?
In this rerelease of a classic episode, Jake takes on one of the most misunderstood producer notes—raise the stakes—and reframes it from the ground up. Stakes, he explains, don’t begin with what happens on screen. They begin with empathy: our connection to a character, what they want, an
Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail: A Writer’s Guide to Lasting Change
Every year, writers make New Year’s resolutions with the best intentions—only to watch those resolutions crumble under real life. The problem isn’t discipline or willpower, but the same structural mistakes that cause character arcs to collapse in screenplays. Learn how to build 2026 resolutions that actually work by drawing on the same techniques writers use to create journeys of lasting change fo
Eddington vs First Blood: Genre Reimagined
What happens when a classic modern “Western” like First Blood is reimagined for a world where moral clarity has collapsed? In this episode, Jacob Krueger analyzes Ari Aster’s Eddington in comparison to First Blood to reveal how theme drives character, action, dialogue, and structure when adapting within a genre.
Pluribus: Don’t Save the Cat
Pluribus isn’t just a masterclass in character, it’s a study in how the world around your protagonist shapes our empathy. Jake explores how Vince Gilligan uses contrast, irony, and a disruptive structural design in the pilot and second episode of Pluribus to draw us toward a protagonist who isn’t trying to be likable, revealing a deeper craft approach to writing truthful, compelling characters wit
Steven Bagatourian: The Fire, The Math & The Voice of the Screenwriter
With the LA Screenwriting Weekend approaching, Jake sits down with writer and teacher Steven Bagatourian to explore the balance between fire, craft, and voice. Together they dig into why instinct needs structure, why structure needs heat, and how the voice you’re seeking often emerges in the friction between the two.
The Studio: How to Introduce Your Main Character
What do bad jokes, fake smiles, and status games have to do with story structure? In this episode, Jacob Krueger breaks down The Studio’s pilot to show how Matt Remick’s first few minutes on screen don’t just reveal his character, they build the entire engine of the series. You’ll learn how to dramatize want, play status like a pro, and design openings that echo across every episode.
Rushing: What’s Your Inciting Incident?
Many writers rush to the inciting incident around page 10-12, weakening their script’s foundation. Jake Krueger shows how slowing down and embracing presence can transform your writing and creative journey.
One Battle After Another: What’s your theme?
In this episode of the Write Your Screenplay Podcast, Jacob Krueger analyzes Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, revealing how theme, character development, and structure shape a screenplay’s emotional impact. Learn practical rewriting strategies, how to uncover hidden stories, and why authentic character motivation is key to crafting scripts that resonate deeply with audiences.
The Girlfriend: Game and Series Engine
In this Write Your Screenplay Podcast episode, Jacob Krueger analyzes Amazon’s The Girlfriend to explore how the “game of the scene” fuels a lasting series engine. Learn why mirrored perspectives, foils, and escalation drive audience engagement—and what happens when writers break the very patterns that hold a show together. Perfect for writers seeking practical screenwriting tools for TV structure
Weapons: Should You Write a Horror Movie?
Thinking about writing a horror movie as your way into Hollywood? Horror is an $8.5 billion genre hungry for new voices and original stories. In this episode of the Write Your Screenplay Podcast, Jacob Krueger analyzes Zach Cregger’s Weapons to reveal why the most powerful horror films are built not on gore or jump scares, but on character dynamics, emotional journeys, and human struggles that res
K-Pop Demon Hunters: 3 Ways to Elevate Your Writing
In this episode of the Write Your Screenplay Podcast, Jacob Krueger explores how K-Pop Demon Hunters transforms a wild premise into a moving story. You’ll discover 3 tools every writer can use to elevate their screenwriting: research that makes your world culturally rich and emotionally grounded, themes that turn spectacle into resonance, and characters whose voices and actions carry real emotiona
Opus: ‘Elevated’ Horror and Allegory
In this episode of the Write Your Screenplay Podcast, Jacob Krueger breaks down Mark Anthony Green’s Opus to reveal how elevated horror and screenwriting allegory can emerge organically from what already exists on the page. Through deep analysis of character wants, political themes, and mirrored choices, you'll learn how to create meaning without exposition, use your first image to establish emoti
Hypnosis for Writers: Break Through Writers Block with Jacob Krueger
Learn a powerful self-hypnosis technique to break through past trauma and writer’s and more deeply connect to your characters and your voice as a writer. Jacob Krueger shares life-changing tools drawn from hypnosis, NLP and neuroscience.
Sinners: Theme, Tone & the Sea Change
Explore how sea change, bifurcated characters, and mythic symbolism power the structure and politics of Ryan Coogler’s Sinners.
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Adolescence Episode 4: Should You Write a Limited Series?
This episode pulls it all together, with a deep dive into the structure of Adolescence Episode 4 and how it fits into the overall structure and series engine of Adolescence and how to know if your project should be a Limited Series.
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Adolescence Episode 3: Adolescence, The Wire and Pattern Based Engine
Learn how Adolescence Episode 3 (building upon structural techniques from The Wire) uses a Pattern Based Series Engine to navigate rare changes in characters and narrative form while still preserving the feeling of the series
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Adolescence Episode 2: Dialectical Screenwriting
Learn how to use dialectical structure to deepen your screenplay’s theme, character arcs, and emotional impact through a deep analysis of Adolescence Episode 2.
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Adolescence Episode 1: Playing at the Top Of Your Intelligence
Learn how Adolescence grabs its audience in the first ten seconds—and what screenwriters can take from its naturalistic style, one-shot structure, and emotionally grounded approach to character.
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Thunderbolts: Theme in Action Movies
Discover how Thunderbolts uses theme to explore depression, trauma, and healing within the structure and genre of a big budget superhero action movie—and how to bring emotional depth to your own screenwriting.
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The Last of Us Season 2: Resetting Your Series Engine
Learn how The Last of Us Season 2 resets its story engine—and what it teaches about rebuilding character dynamics, stakes, and tension in your own TV series.
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Nickel Boys and Shawshank Redemption: Primary and Secondary Structure
Learn how Nickel Boys and Shawshank Redemption use secondary structure to shape audience expectations—and how to apply these techniques to the structure of your screenplay.
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The White Lotus: Why Season 3 Feels Different
Learn how Engine and Theme function in all 3 seasons of The White Lotus and how slight changes in The White Lotus Season 3 massively affect the feeling of the series...
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Anora: Using the “Sea Change” to Supercharge Structure
Discover how Sean Baker’s Anora uses a seismic mid-story twist to reshape structure, character, and theme — and how to apply it to your screenplay.
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The Brutalist Part 2: Do You Need an Active Main Character?
Discover why Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, rejects the idea that protagonists must drive the action and how its unconventional approach grows out of its thematic exploration of the immigrant experience.
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The Brutalist Part 1: How to Deal with Experts & Research
Learn how to balance expert research and creative freedom in your screenwriting as we explore Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, starring Adrien Brody-
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The Apprentice: Writing The Antihero
Learn from The Apprentice the art of writing complex antagonists by connecting to the universal emotional needs that drive character choices
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Lessons from Sundance 2025 Part 2
Learn from Sundance 2025 genre stand-outs Together and Didn’t Die how to explore deeply human characters and questions within an elevated horror or zombie format.
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Lessons from Sundance 2025 Part 1
From an ambitious one-shot pilot to a haunting exploration of grief, Jacob Krueger unpacks how three Sundance selections demonstrate the vital principle that "form is function" in screenwriting.
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A Real Pain: Building Characters With Vignettes
Learn from “A Real Pain” how to master the art of character vignettes - those crucial first moments that create the lens through which you can build the structure of your screenplay, hook A-list talent, and unlock your own understanding of who your characters truly are.
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A Complete Unknown: Writing The Biopic
Learn what makes A Complete Unknown work as a biopic, and how to approach the complex relationship between truth and dramatization in the adaptation of any true life story.
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How to Prepare a 3 Minute “Elevator Pitch”
Get your 3 minute pitch ready for our free online pitching event (or any other pitching opportunity) with this podcast recording of Jake’s recent Thursday Night Writes class.
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Keep Your New Years Resolutions: Do You Need More Discipline?
Learn practical techniques for transforming your writing blocks into bridges by understanding the psychology of creative resistance and how to work with it rather than against it.
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Ensemble Pieces with Erin Brown Thomas
In this interview with Erin Brown Thomas, you’ll learn how to write an effective ensemble film through deep analysis of Erin’s Sundance film, Chasers and PT Anderson’s Magnolia.
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The Penguin: What’s The Container for Your Show or Movie?
Learn from The Penguin how to master the art of packaging complex, character-driven stories within commercial frameworks that can sell in today's Hollywood marketplace.
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How To Get The Most From Film Festivals
Learn how to strategically choose and attend film festivals, build meaningful industry relationships and advance your screenwriting career through authentic networking and mentorship opportunities.
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The Starless Sea: Harnessing The Power of Metaphor
Learn from Erin Morganstern’s brilliant novel The Starless Sea how to harness your subconscious mind to create writing that resonates on both literal and metaphorical levels.
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Between the Temples – Alternative Forms of Structure
Learn from Between The Temples how to create compelling structure in your screenplay, even when working with passive main characters or unconventional narratives.
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Strange Darling: Primary and Secondary Structure
Learn from Strange Darling the difference between primary and secondary structure in screenwriting, and how harness both to provide maximum impact for your audience.
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The Bear Season 3 and Furiosa: The Past is Prologue
This unlikely pairing of The Bear, Season 3 and Mad Max, Furiosa will teach you how to build an engine for a TV Series or Film Franchise, and how to avoid BREAKING that engine in later installments.
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Deadpool vs Wolverine: Action Movie Structure and Set Pieces
Learn the structure and engine of Deadpool & Wolverine and how to craft compelling set pieces with both visual and emotional stakes in your action writing.
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The Boys, Season 4: The Series Engine
Learn from The Boys how to develop a consistent yet evolving story engine across multiple seasons of a TV series, using theme as a guiding principle for character development and plot progression.
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Longlegs vs Hereditary: Character Wants
Learn the secrets of elevated psychological horror writing in this breakdown of the structure of two related scripts: Longlegs and Hereditary.
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Is It Time to Quit?
Learn life changing techniques to silence the inner questions and doubts in your head, and know if it’s time to quit, or time to redouble your efforts in pursuing your passion as a screenwriter.
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The Fall Guy Part 2: Write For Hollywood Without Selling Out
Through a beat-by-beat analysis of the split screen scene of The Fall Guy, discover how to find your voice within the container of a big Hollywood action movie.
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The Fall Guy: 3 Levels of Subtext
In this beat by beat analysis of a scene from The Fall Guy you’ll learn about the 3 levels of subtext and the link between subtext and metafilm in screenwriting.
Baby Reindeer: Writing the True Life Story
Learn how to adapt your own true life story plus the unexpected structural connections between Baby Reindeer, Beef and Breaking Bad
Monkey Man: Expressionism in Action Movies
Learn how Dev Patel uses expressionism within the action movie format of Monkey Man to explore class in India.
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Civil War vs Apocalypse Now: The War Movie
“Civil War, like Apocalypse Now, doesn’t have the traditional Hollywood narrative structure. It’s built more like a zombie road trip into the heart of darkness….”
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Steve Molton: Internal Antagonists and the 7 Forms of Conflict
Learn the 7 forms of conflicts and how connecting to your character’s internal antagonist can provide a bedrock to your structure and the key to your personal wisdom
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Poor Things: Theme and Meaning
Discover how Poor Things by Yórgos Lánthimos' uses a simple theme to navigate profound questions about identity, the past, and the search for one's authentic voice.
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BEEF: Improv Tools For Screenwriters
Learn from Beef how to apply the improv concepts of Game and Escalation to screenwriting in any genre.
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Lessons From Sundance 2024, Part II
Learn screenwriting tips from Sundance films Nocturnes, Every Little Thing, Black Box Diaries, Eno, Thelma, Kidnapping, Inc, and lectures from Jonathan Nolan and Steven Soderbergh.
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Lessons From Sundance 2024, Part I
Jacob Krueger and Christian Lybrook discuss some of the most exciting independent movies premiering at Sundance and what screenwriters can learn from them.
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Past Lives: Genre and Premise
Learn how Past Lives both honors and subverts the genre elements implied by its premise, and how to apply those concepts to your own writing in any genre.
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Dream Scenario: Passive Main Characters
How can the new Nicholas Cage movie be a hit with the critics but leave audiences cold? Three words: Passive Main Character.
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5 Steps To Keep Your New Year’s Writing Resolutions
Learn 5 simple steps to set New Year’s Resolutions for your writing that actually stick!
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4th Annual Pitch Festivus!
Learn pitching from Jacob Krueger and top JKS faculty members.
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10 Tips For a Winning “Elevator” Pitch
Learn the secrets of a winning pitch for contests and festivals, and prepare your pitch for our upcoming Pitch Festivus! event.
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Saltburn: A Master Class in Tone
Learn how Emerald Fennell mashes up genre and controls tone in Saltburn.
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Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapting a True Life Screenplay
Learn how to find your “take” and balance fiction and truth when adapting a true story or book from this script analysis of Killers of the Flower Moon.
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Writer’s Block and the Inner Censor
The Inner Censor is a key contributor to writer’s block – here’s how to turn it off
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Two Kinds of Writer’s Block
Learn about the two forms of writer’s block and how to combat them in your writing career.
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Talk to Me, Part 2: World Building & Structure
Learn mirrors and foils, an intuitive approach to world building, structure, character and theme in Jake’s script analysis of Talk to Me.
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Talk to Me Part 1: The Vital Role of Your First 10 Pages
Learn the vital importance of your screenplay’s first 10 pages, and what it takes to make them successful on both a commercial and creative level.
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The Bear, Season 2: Overcoming Self Doubt As a Screenwriter
Learn to escape the “refrigerator” of doubt and negativity that gets in the way of your screenwriting through Jake’s analysis of The Bear, Season 2.
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Barbenheimer: The Art of Adaptation
Learn from Barbie and Oppenheimer the vital role of theme in writing a screenplay adaptation.
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