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Screenwriting craft with production scars.
Bulletproof Screenwriting™ Podcast treats screenwriting as both art and job. Alex Ferrari and guest host Dave Bullis steer conversations through software, crowdfunding, IP, short-film momentum, distribution history, and the long patience required to get work made.
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Bulletproof Screenwriting™ Podcast is built for writers and filmmakers who want the craft talk connected to the business reality. It keeps one foot in the draft and the other in the marketplace. Alex Ferrari frames many episodes around concrete problems: choosing writing software, getting useful script coverage, adapting existing material, raising money, promoting a project, or finding a path from shorts and online videos into features. Dave Bullis also appears as guest host in several sampled episodes, keeping the same practical, conversational lane. The show works best when guests are allowed to stay with the details. Guy Goldstein talks about WriterDuet, product choices, mobile writing, and the discipline of serving a bigger vision instead of chasing every possible feature. Patrick Epino’s episode turns crowdfunding into a lived account of stress, public stakes, team promotion, cast appearances, goofy webathons, and constant outreach. Jennifer and Kevin Sluder’s conversation moves through books, options, built-in audiences, horror adaptations, and why existing IP can matter so much in marketing a film. Aaron Kaufman and Brian Levin discuss writing from personal experience, shaping group comedy material, and finding enough structure for a commercial movie. David Feinman’s episode points toward digital marketing and past event promotion to talk about how video, social platforms, and audience behavior changed. Greg Travis brings in the long view, with filmmaking, failure, persistence, and a movie shot years earlier finally reaching release. Michael Ryan’s episode points toward the less romantic corners of film distribution and the people who helped shape its modern era. The show is comfortable with digression, but the digressions usually circle back to the work. It can feel ad-heavy at the top and around breaks. Still, the editorial center is clear: screenwriting is not only about pages, but about decisions, constraints, teams, promotion, rights, timing, and staying in the game long enough to finish something. For listeners who like film-school theory, this is earthier than that. For listeners who want pure celebrity chat, it is more procedural. Its strength is the working conversation, the kind where a guest’s story becomes a takeaway about what to write, what to cut, who to call, and how to keep moving when a project is not behaving.
Made for: Best suited for screenwriters, indie filmmakers, and film-business learners who want practical stories about drafts, tools, financing, marketing, IP, and distribution. It fits listeners who prefer direct industry conversation over polished theory.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by tying craft decisions to real production constraints, from script coverage and mobile writing to crowdfunding pressure and distribution history. Its interviews give guests room to explain how projects actually moved, stalled, or survived.
The Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcast shows you how to make your screenplays bulletproof. Weekly interviews with Oscar® and Emmy® award winning screenwriters, story specialists, best-selling authors, Hollywood agents and managers, and industry insiders. We cover every aspect of the screenwriting process. This is the screenwriting podcast for the rest of us. No fluff. No BS. Just straight talk that will help you on your screenwriting journey. Some of the past guests include 3X Oscar® Winning Writer/Director Oliver Stone, Eric Roth (Dune, Forest Gump), Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead), Richard Linklater (Boyhood, Slacker) James V. Hart (Dracula, Hook), John August (Big Fish, Aladdin), Jim Uhls…
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Practical interviews connect screenwriting choices to the production, legal, software, and marketing decisions that determine whether a project moves forward.
Alex Ferrari treats a screenplay as the beginning of a chain of decisions that extends through production, rights, marketing, and release. His interview questions keep craft tethered to what can actually be made: how collaborators shape a commercial story, how existing material…
The perfect draft gets an awkward question here: will you ever actually make it?
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A practical look at Writer Duet 3.0, its public beta, and the tradeoffs behind screenwriting workflow.
The episode keeps its attention on the practical side of screenwriting software, with Writer Duet 3.0, the public beta, and the new mobile app carrying most of the weight.
A clear, human look at the pressure, outreach, and team effort behind the Awesome Asian Bad Guys crowdfunding push.
A film crowdfunding story turns into a grounded look at how public momentum is made, maintained, and emotionally managed. Patrick frames the push around Awesome Asian Bad Guys through the pressure of announcing a plan before it is secure, the discomfort of possibly failing in…
A practical look at how book-based screen projects move through IP, packaging, and stalled development.
This Bulletproof Screenwriting episode takes a practical route through how a project can move from interest to real momentum: reading a Harrington book, seeing it as a strong property, assembling a pitch packet, handling the option, and then trying to line up writers through…
A social joke turns into a practical screenwriting discussion about structure, collaboration, and shaping lived experience for a commercial movie.
Flock of Dudes starts with a clean social hook: friends in their mid-to-late 20s drifting from bar to bar in New York, until breaking up with the group becomes the movie itself.
A zombie run turns social-video hindsight into practical marketing advice.
Digital marketing gets a grounded reality check through the story of a zombie run that pulled in about 35,000 people around the country in a year.
A practical guide to stock footage, archival rights, fair use, and the business behind screen images.
Selling stock footage opens into a useful look at the business and legal machinery behind archival images. James lays out how filmmakers might use stock material, where fair use can get murky, and why insurance can matter once a rights holder challenges a clip.
A practical look at WriterDuet 3.0, mobile writing, and choosing tools around a screenplay's real working life.
WriterDuet 3.0 gives this Bulletproof Screenwriting conversation a clear center: screenwriting software works best when it serves the writer's actual path, not just the page.
Filmmaking talk from the working side.
Campus talks where ideas meet the screen.
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant explain one topic per episode, from the bicameral mind to Boeing's MCAS.
Multi-part dramatized retellings of scandals like OceanGate's Titan and the Lehman Brothers collapse.
Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins dissect Oscar races, new releases, and Hollywood news.
This episode features an interview with filmmaker Greg Travis, discussing his experiences working with renowned directors, lessons from failure, and the importance of persistence in the film industry.
This episode features an interview with Les Zellan, CEO of Cooke Optics, exploring the history of Cooke lenses, their distinctive look, and practical tips for improving image quality in filmmaking.
Alex Ferrari interviews author and filmmaker James Forsher about his book on stock footage and archival material.
Alex Ferrari hosts guest Dave Bullis interviewing Guy Goldstein, co-founder of WriterDuet screenwriting software.
Alex Ferrari opens with Guy Goldstein and frames the chat around how screenwriting software shapes the work.
This episode features an interview with Patrick Epino about how to turn a YouTube idea into a feature film, focusing on screenwriting and filmmaking strategies.
The conversation focuses on how a promising book can be turned into a film project.
This episode features producers Aaron Kaufman and Brian Levin discussing practical strategies for making movies with limited resources, drawing from their experiences working with Robert Rodriguez.
This episode features an interview with film producer Marc Bienstock, discussing the real roles and responsibilities of a film producer in the industry.
The conversation starts with a zombie story about a pub imagined as a fortress, rifle over the bar and all.
This episode features an interview with filmmaker Greg Travis, discussing his experiences working with renowned directors, lessons from failure, and the importance of persistence in the film industry.
This episode explores the unfiltered history of film distribution with Michael Ryan, co-founder of AFM, discussing its modern beginnings and industry insights.
This episode features an interview with director Sean Mullin about his documentary and how he launched his film directing career, focusing on practical advice for screenwriters and filmmakers.