10 Screenplay Tips from Sofia Coppola an oscar winning Screenwriter

Oscar winning screenwriter Sofia Coppola Interview about the screenplay writing process in her films On The Rocks, Lost in Translation, The Beguiled, Marie Antoinette, The Bling Ring and Somewhere. Coppola’s frequent collaborators are Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Kirsten Dunst and Rashida Jones. In 1992, Coppola met director Spike Jonze; they married in 1999 and divorced in 2003. Sofia is also a director, producer, and actress. She is the daughter of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. She starred in movies like The Godfather 3. In 2004, Coppola received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the comedy-drama Lost in Translation and became the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. tip 1 - 0:51 - Find a good balance between not being too obvious and people actually understanding what is going on tip 2 - 2:26 - Don’t wait for permission, just start and people will follow tip 3 - 3:13 - Put yourself in your writing; your desires, observations and taste tip 4 - 4:21 - Stop writing at the part when it’s going well, so you’re excited to come back to it tip 5 - 5:47 - Collect little moments and ideas until you have enough material for a story tip 6 - 6:28 - Start your writing with the location and write your story around it tip 7 - 7:37 - When adapting materials, try to keep the essence of it tip 8 - 9:13 - Try to keep every new project a contrast to the previous one to keep the creativity flowing tip 9 - 10:33 - Think of music early on in the writing process tip 10 - 12:23 - Listen to advice but go your own way Follow us on our main Instagram: Follow us on our video Instagram: Follow us on Twitter: Follow us on Facebook: Support us on Patreon: #sofiacoppola #screenwriter #writingtips