Arc Studio Presents
Breaking Story With 'Breaking Bad' Writer/Producer Thomas Schnauz
March 7, 2024
8:33 PM Pacific · 11:33 PM Eastern
Virtual event
Featuring Thomas Schnauz
About the event
Writer/Producer Thomas Schnauz (Breaking Bad, The X-Files, Better Call Saul) shares how to come up with stories for TV and gives advice for screenwriters.
Chapters
1:32 — What Tom learned from working on ‘The X-Files’
2:16 — The biggest industry changes since Tom started writing TV
4:11 — Breaking story with index cards
6:57 — What is a ‘beat’ in screenwriting
7:47 — Breaking a season’s story
10:16 — Getting into your characters’ headspaces
11:52 — Writing your way out of corners
13:33 — How does an idea become a card on the board?
15:11 — Coming up with tense scenes as a group
16:54 — The elements of a good scene
18:11 — Making “filler scenes” interesting
19:01 — Moving from a fully-carded episode to a script
20:44 — Dealing with writer’s block
21:45 — What should happen in Act 1 of your script?
