INSPIRED | jen harrington | Substack

Find your spark at the movies.

May 16, 2024

Rub-a-dub-dub, vertically.

"Melrose Place is a really good show."

Feb 13 • jen harrington

"Sort your f'ing life out!"

The character arc as it relates to theme

Feb 11 • jen harrington

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

Same, except my offer doesn't involve horse heads or fish or guns or cannoli.

Feb 6 • jen harrington

A Conversation with Screenwriter Tom Vaughan

Maintaining perspective and resilience in Hollywood.

Feb 4 • jen harrington

LEARN TO WRITE A SCRIPT

"Sort your f'ing life out!"

The character arc as it relates to theme

Feb 11 • jen harrington

"We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and 'X' never, ever marks the spot."

Making Our Roadmap

Jan 28 • jen harrington

Going Back In Time

The Rewrite - Week 1

Jan 21 • jen harrington

Top posts

10 Movies I Won't Watch Out Of Spite

Jan 31, 2025 • jen harrington

10 Movies That Inspire(d) Me To Make Movies

Jul 18, 2025 • jen harrington

7 Movies My Dad Has Probably Seen More Times Than The Actual People Who Made Them

Apr 11, 2025 • jen harrington

The Nonsensical Hell That Is Packaging An Indie Movie

Jul 23, 2025 • jen harrington

When The Needle Drops...

Jan 16 • jen harrington

INSPIRATION

Rub-a-dub-dub, vertically.

"Melrose Place is a really good show."

Feb 13 • jen harrington

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

Same, except my offer doesn't involve horse heads or fish or guns or cannoli.

Feb 6 • jen harrington

Jan 30 • jen harrington

Or, 5 Movies That Had Me Bawling Like A Baby

Jan 23 • jen harrington

THE LIFE OF A SCREENWRITER

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

Same, except my offer doesn't involve horse heads or fish or guns or cannoli.

Feb 6 • jen harrington

A Conversation with Screenwriter Tom Vaughan

Maintaining perspective and resilience in Hollywood.

Feb 4 • jen harrington

"It's how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done"

Getting Your Script Out There

Jan 7 • jen harrington

20 'Do's and 'Don't's When You Are Submitting Your Script

I've read a billion scripts in the last few months for the competition and I've noticed some things...

Sep 17, 2025 • jen harrington

AN INSPIRED MOVIE PODCAST

36:07

Movies I Thought Were The Height of Romance as a Kid That Were Maybe Problematic?: The Podcast Edition

Come for the banter, stay to hear me say the word 'like' a lot.

Feb 21, 2025 • jen harrington

42:51

Movies I Won't Watch Out of Spite: The Podcast Edition

No One Asked for A Podcast But Let's See How This Goes Anyway

Feb 7, 2025 • jen harrington

0:19

Coming Soon (Tomorrow)

Listen now | An Inspired Movie Podcast

Feb 6, 2025 • jen harrington

INTERVIEWS WITH ARTISTS

How People Create: Lena Podesta

Or, Finding Yourself In Your Mistakes As An Artist

Dec 13, 2024 • jen harrington

How People Create: Nicholas McCarthy

Or, How Embracing What You Love Can Help Your Work Connect To A Wider Audience

Nov 15, 2024 • jen harrington

How People Create: Carlos Greaves

Or, How a Very Funny Satirist Goes About Satirizing

Oct 25, 2024 • jen harrington

How People Create: Liz Climo

Or How to Make a Webcomic That Makes The Whole World Feel Good Inside

Oct 2, 2024 • jen harrington

WORKSHOPS

17:45

Screenwriting Questions/Topics, Episode 1:

Watch now | Do you find it's easier to start at the end or the beginning when you outline?

Sep 10, 2025 • jen harrington

35:17

Workshop: Style

And answering a question about needle drops

Jul 2, 2025 • jen harrington

Attend The INSPIRED Screenwriting Workshop for FREE!

Next session: 10:00 am PST on 6/28/25

May 26, 2025 • jen harrington

34:09

Workshop: Inciting Incidents

And a few other tidbits

May 21, 2025 • jen harrington

34:08

Workshop: 8 Sequences

A good place to start when you're ready to outline your idea

Apr 23, 2025 • jen harrington

29:47

Workshop: Brainstorming

The Inspired Screenwriting Workshop, Topic: Brainstorming

Jan 29, 2025 • jen harrington

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