ISM 010: Inside the Mind of Screenwriter Paul Castro (August Rush)

By Bulletproof Screenwriting | November 5, 2020

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Inside the Mind of Screenwriter Paul Castro (August Rush)

Today we go inside the mind of screenwriter Paul Castro (August Rush). We’ve all read in Variety or The Hollywood Reporter of some no-name screenwriter selling his or her screenplay for a million bucks. Ever wonder how they did it? What structure did they use? What “tricks of the trade were” employed?

May I introduce Paul Castro, the original writer of one of my favorite films August Rush. Paul Castro is a produced, award-winning screenwriter and world-renowned screenwriting professor. His project, August Rush was produced by Warner Brothers and starred the late great Robin Williams, Keri Russell, Freddie Highmore, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The film took Paul Castro into the belly of the Hollywood beast.

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