THE STORY VAULT BLOG

Today's featured dish is inspired by the Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcast with Alex Ferrari. Alex has started to ask his guests which three screenplays they would recommend for writers to read. I've decided to pitch in my three picks.

1) Heathers

I used to say "there's no such thing as a perfect screenplay." If there's an exception to every rule, Daniel Water's script is it. If I had to choose one screenplay that I wish I had written it would be Heathers.

2) The Bourne Identity

Tony Gilroy's words are like a magnet. He combines economy with tension that just rivets me to the page. He's a phenomenal wordsmith.

3) Out of Africa

Kurt Luedtke, in contrast, was a painter and a poet. He was a master of emotion. Anyone who says a screenplay isn't art hasn't read Out of Africa.

Three very different screenplays by three very different writers. Each one as engaging as any novel.