Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg Teach ‘Screenwriting 101’ 

I love their advice about just writing an alternative plot point to see if it works, rather than just endlessly thinking about it. I tend to think and think and think, and never write. Perhaps if I just start writing more, and thinking less, I'll be able to think more clearly, and write a better story.

The thought of having an idea and creating it to a movie is beautiful

I literally just told myself JUST WRITING IT would be faster than continually deliberating...and THERE THEY SAID IT. Love this.

Writing the script for the Tetris movie must be hard, Every time they write a line, it disappears.

I struggle most with the balance between "write your best stuff" and "don't view it as too precious to reshape it"

Good stuff. IMO the last point is the best - a screenplay is not the finished product, but rather the start of a collaborative process. The better the screenplay the more people will want to collaborate on it and get it to the screen.

this is such an awesome video. Thank you guys so much for giving the time to give this. It's such great creative insight appreciate it.

A lot of gems in here, good stuff from established successful screenwriters.

This video actually brought a tear to my eyes... After 21 years of writing... and now trying my hand at screenwriting... I understood and knew what these fine gentlemen were saying... I felt the words. Excellent video. "Thanks Guys"

This was super insightful. I loved how they were super chill about it.

"One person feels way stronger" - ha ha - as a solo writer I have these conversations with myself constantly!

I'm new to this, and I really felt a weight lifted off my shoulders when Evan said "any rule can be broken".

Love this!!

Thanks for all the helpful tips 152

100%! Another advice (this is what I’ve been given) Write for an audience

This was great advice! Aspiring writers like myself really appreciate content like this! THANK YOU

Very helpful

Thanks @rollingstone for this experience.

Riverdale writer needs these lessons Like These guys don’t know what to do

Absolutely love this! Thanks dudes.

Watch as the rogan is so ready to go smoke that joint that his description of a screenplay is actually describing marijuana 8:14

thanks i wish the audio was better

manifesting the ability to one day write a successful film that can relate deeply as Mean Girls does. *chef's kiss*

This was informative athough I can't get anyone to explain how two people can write it together... are they writing as the same time? is one writing a scene and the other adds on? the dialogue? who determines that? how is that done together?

So that's what Evan looks like.

Awesome

Thanks for this. Not really a "101" but fun to watch and some good points made.

📝 ====================================== 1. Pick an idea: Have a premise 2. An idea can come from anywhere *Character then building a plot **A plot then build out the characters ***Title 3. Learn the rules and then break all of them. - - Characters must change - Make it relatable - Something to root for 4. There is no art without CONTRAST (Comedic/Dramatic) 5. Keep the story simple: - Story still works as a regular story 6. Keep Drafting: You will have tons of drafts 7. Disagreements will occur with a partner. The key is to determine the level of care. And the lesser level of care should acquiesce to the stronger level of care.

Yo Seth I bought your Houseplant Indica and Sativa. Not too shabby, and I liked the delivery service, Pineapple Express. ☺️

nice

"and something relatable, i've seen some movies recently about all powerful gods and stuff like that and you need something to anchor a human being to". Wise words of advice coming from the guy who wrote a movie about fucking sausages

I wrote a movie called halfsteppin how do I get Seth to look at it

how’s it possible for people in 2021, and especially filmmakers, to have bad audio? Get new AirPods Evan

It's 2020 what are these mics?

The script they are working on in quarantine is probably console wars

No one is going to improvise,so everything should be there in the paper when you go to shoot...that's true.

Love Seth

When I saw Seth Rogan is giving the advice, I knew this wouldn't be pretentious so I knew it'd be good advice

I think pizza would be comparable to a pit of dead bodies to the walking talking produce... or maybe a taco or a sandwich too.

I have an idea for a horror movie. Today kids and adults play video games. In these games like Call of Duty and Apex Legends people are super mean to one another. My idea is that someone or something can find the exact location of someone and they get back at the other person in real life. This already kind of happens in real life because sometimes gamers find other gamers and SWAT them. My idea is that the find them and kill them and everyone else in the home. The twist would be that everyone is looking for a human but in the end it is not human at all. Maybe the supernatural being is the toxic hate build up of years of unchecked hate. I don’t know, I get a lot of silly movie ideas. I have watched a lot of movies over the years. I love the advice from this video, thanks.

not gonna lie pretty good but the end

Horrible zoom

Goldberg ... oz behind the curtain lol

Did they tell you the bit about reading scripts on screenwriting competitions and stealing the best ideas off lesser well-known screenwriters?

Somebody needs to teach them how to write a 2nd Act😂😂😂

superbad = best comedy of all time

such bad sound. Good info, but bad sopund.

I have the ideas for the best T.V. shows and I have the best movie's all in my head and I do meen the best. I'm not good at the writing part. If I could somehow come in contact with the right person or producer my ideas would make us ritch. I see the dumbest stuff that somehow makes it on T.V. and movies. Somebody help me it will defiantly be worth your time.

logic [] [101] :...1 point - bad, {2 points - good}, 3 points - possible, 4 points - (not) possible, *5 points - "dont try(?!)", 6 points - not possible...*

F your earbuds, dude! My ears are bleeding 😂

They haven't wrote a good movie in over 10 years .......

here watch us ... the rich kids from point grey vancouver show you how to rip off albert brooks and woody allen. Now listen to my annoying laugh as i resonate with you being a funny good guy stoner. The grand finale..... watch how my career actually took off because i’m jewish and not based on contrived marginal talent. How do I sleep at night knowing that knocked up was a script ripped off from rebecca in toronto? just great...

the worst part of this is the segment from 0:01 to 8:41

Screenplay is not a work of art. ---- Seth Rogen Me: Seriously? It is a work of art. Real screenwriters would agree.

Not impressed

Seth Rogen is a joke.