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  • How to Divorce During the War: 10 Craft Lessons from Sundance 2026

    How to Divorce During the War: 10 Craft Lessons from Sundance 2026
    Feb 14 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 fidelity to source material than by the clarity of your intentions
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    43 Min.
  • Hamnet vs Shakespeare in Love

    Hamnet vs Shakespeare in Love
    Jan 30 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 fidelity to source material than by the clarity of your intentions
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    40 Min.
  • 5 Steps To Raise The Stakes In Your Screenplay

    5 Steps To Raise The Stakes In Your Screenplay
    Jan 16 2026
    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, and how hard it is for them to get it.
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    16 Min.
  • Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail: A Writer’s Guide to Lasting Change

    Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail: A Writer’s Guide to Lasting Change
    Dec 31 2025
    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 for their characters.
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    Weniger als 1 Minute
  • Eddington vs First Blood: Genre Reimagined

    Eddington vs First Blood: Genre Reimagined
    Dec 26 2025
    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.
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    Weniger als 1 Minute
  • Pluribus: Don’t Save the Cat

    Pluribus: Don’t Save the Cat
    Dec 12 2025
    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 without having to “save the cat.”
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    Weniger als 1 Minute
  • Steven Bagatourian: The Fire, The Math & The Voice of the Screenwriter

    Steven Bagatourian: The Fire, The Math & The Voice of the Screenwriter
    Dec 4 2025
    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.
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    1 Std. und 33 Min.
  • The Studio: How to Introduce Your Main Character

    The Studio: How to Introduce Your Main Character
    Nov 14 2025
    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.
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    52 Min.