Movies: Writing

Unable or unwilling to conform to the rigid atmosphere of Washington and Lee College as a freshman, Ed bailed out after a brief stint there to attend—and graduate from—Miami of Ohio. After graduate work at UK, he left for the Left Coast, and it suite...

Japanese writer Kyoko Murakai comes to in Paris with the purpose of meeting “mythic Parisian women” and uncover the secret of their fulfilling lifestyles, which, she hopes, will serve as an inspiration for the main character of her next novel. This l...

At the beginning of winter, a filmmaker retires for six months to a hermit's cabin in the middle of the forest, cut off from the world and its means of communication. Through the words of four women she has filmed previously, all of whom have dedicat...

Upon a stay in his grandparent's countryside house, young writer Matt begins to encounter strange happenings as he attempts to write his first novel....

A son inherits the unhealthy habits of his work-obsessed father to write the perfect student short story....

Oliver doesn't know how to deal with the fact that he is not with the girl he loves. So in desperation for coping with his feelings he starts to write letters in which he describes all the feelings and thoughts that he's trying to bury deep down....

A mysterious young woman will appear in Clément’s solitary life. She will guide him and accompany him to his inner liberation....

Two different persons who have hopelessly given up on life and the world for different reasons are brought together by fate....

Will Mitchell, a film student in college, has a screenplay due in class in one week but is having sever writers block. This begins a tumultuous few days as Will refuses to leave his apartment until he has a finished script, leading to a worsening and...

Author Frank's debut novel is successful, but he needs the proceeds to pay off a debt and his girlfriend Mascha ends their relationship. He meets another woman, but he and Mascha also seem to make amends. These amorous vicissitudes give him inspirati...

Uses live action and still photography to show how to develop paragraphs logically according to time, space or contrast. Suggests the use of transitions to connect ideas smoothly....

The narration of a letter which consists of themes such as the passing of time, the unexpectedness of life, the fear of death, and the fear of change....

Following the success of her debut novel, All This Could Be Different, author Sarah Thankam Mathews embarks on her second novel, drawing from her adolescence between India and Oman. As Sarah excavates lost place and time, she must contend with the we...

When Roger Lee slips on his front steps, he has no idea the fall will send him spiralling into the darkest chapter of his life. Injured, and drowning in despair, he hits rock bottom—until he discovers the power of his own words. Through pain, he find...

A writer turns his sense of alienation and isolation during a party in the house of the woman he loves into an astronaut's lonely journey to an unknown planet. Both - writer and astronaut - set out in search of answers and life in hostile environment...

A documentary about calligraphy....

When Sarah, a New York actress, calls Joe, a London playwright they begin a very special relationship conducted through trans-Antlantic phone calls. And both Sarah and Joe have very special conditions they both have to fight to overcome their separat...

A film school graduate struggles to come up with an idea for his final project....

A writer struggles to find an idea he likes....

In a future without imagination, storytelling means recycling the past. A vintage tutorial, narrated by an AI, guides creators in combining fragments of old narratives, revealing that creation is construction, not invention....