All these “pearls of wisdom” are interesting and productive. But I have the impression that they can also discourage those who have less perseverance. To say that there will be a lot of rejection, that you have to travel and gain experience, etc... all these are things that are good to hear. But ultimately, all that needs to be encouraged is to simply sit down at your desk, in front of a piece of paper or a computer screen, and write. And that's all. Write, live life, read, watch movies or TV series, learn from others and simply write. Have fun. You'll make your own experience and learn your own things along the way. This is what should be encouraged.

I really love those lectures. For anyone who think they can just write one thing , send it over and make it big. Think again. This is a passion, you got it or you dont.

4:42 so that was where this coming from
Alfred : why do we fall sir?
alfred : so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

2025 and this is still fresh advice, I see why he is successful, he is really dope.

Extremely helpful for any aspiring writer. Thank you for the upload!

Spawn came before Blade, by a year - and that was the first Anti-Hero film that did well with a black actor.

I love hearing storytellers tell their own stories. This is so inspiring. Serious moxie, that guy.

Why the jokes and disparaging comments at Van Damme's expense if this is the person responsible for kick-starting your career?

Love this guy.

is there a longer version of this interview?

I want David S. Goyer to write a biopic of himself and I want Stanley Tucci to play the lead.

Death Warrant is underrated, it is fucking classic ! Goyer is one of the top writers in hollywood. It is actually one of the best Van Damme films.. that and Universal Soldier and Timecop.

Thank you

Good advice if your goal is to write shows that never win awards and are canceled early.

David is right about video game adaptations.

i think he's talking from his perspective, naturally, s a hollywood writer. I think that if you aren't aspiring to be a hollywood writer or a BFI writer, th international scene is incredibly inspiring and expansive-with the advent o more accessible technologies people are making films all over the world in the most unexpected places. Hell, it doesn't take much to see this. Just look the fucking incredible films to come out of 2019; the orphanage, portrait of a lady on fire, woman at war, beanpole, the truth, bacurau. I mean, fuck this is a better time than any to make films! it seems the more profit-driven entities are shifting toward television.

I came here for insights and inspiration, but now I just want to hear David S. Goyer talk about Jean Claude van Damme for 2h.

At 23-24 min: YES, Goyer literally says it! That level of sincere and real writing and wanting to give a character a real arc, THAT is why Man of Steel is a brilliant reboot. And this gives me so much faith its sequels are going to show how great Man of Steel is as a setup film.

There's a Horror Screenplay Contest on 13Horror com which is open now if anyone here is interested.

I loved Man of Steel, and have painstakingly defended the decision to have Superman kill Zod. But Goyer's reasoning for doing it is messy and all over the place.

This "crutch" that exists "outside of the narrative" that he speaks of is there for a reason. I'm surprised that, with the 10 things that he's narrowed down Superman always is, "always finding a way" (especially, when it comes to not killing his enemies) doesn't seem to be one of them. It exists outside of the narrative because the character is bigger than any single storyline's narrative, and him not killing has been held to be iconically synonymous with the character for at least twenty-plus years now. Story after story have been written focusing on Superman's dilemma of whether or not to kill. He always either doesn't kill (What's so Funny about Truth, Justice, and the American Way?), or kills and stops or damn nearly stops being Superman (Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow; John Byrne's "The Man of Steel"). Several generations of writers have solidified the idea that killing his enemies is an act not worthy of Superman, so it is extremely off-putting that in this new cinematic franchise, Superman "Begins", so to speak, by killing someone.

Besides, elsewhere in Man of Steel's story, Goyer seems to abandon the whole "no crutch from outside the narrative" rule anyway. He keeps saying that Superman has to hold himself to a higher standard because people idolize him, but that is an idea of Superman that is coming from outside MoS's narrative. There is nothing in the movie to make us believe without the shadow of a doubt that people will idolize him. If anything, all the destruction that he was part of, have opened up Lex Luthor gaining momentum in instilling fear of the "alien" among the human population. And also, a big part of what makes it okay, for me, that Superman killed Zod is because John Byrne did it in the comics in the 80s, which was something external to MoS' narrative that they obviously drew from anyway.