Screenwriter and showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine joins the No Film School Podcast to unpack her career and creative process behind hit adaptations, including The Boys and The Housemaid. She shares how she got her start, how she discovered her voice in genre, and the intense pitch process behind landing The Housemaid. Rebecca also offers practical advice for writing contained stories, building a compelling script from source material, and creating work that audiences actually want to watch.In this episode, we discuss:How Rebecca’s early jobs and script coverage experience helped her become a screenwriterWhy she embraced genre writing and how her perspective as a woman informs her workThe pitch process for adapting The Housemaid, and how she knew it was the right fitHow she avoids voiceover and instead finds cinematic ways to externalize internal character thoughtsThe importance of blocking and movement when writing contained, single-location storiesHer writing habits: page goals, scene sketching, talking out dialogue, and moreWhat filmmakers can learn from writing bottle episodes or adapting materialWhy thinking about your audience is key to writing something people actually want to watchGuests:Rebecca SonnenshineSubscribe to the No Film School Podcast on:Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogleGet your question answered on the podcast by emailing podcast@nofilmschool.com Listen to more episodes of the No Film School podcast right here: ...
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