Summary: <br> Screenwriter <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193485/">Richard Curtis</a> is a legend in romantic comedy writing -- Bridget Jones's Diary, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Love Actually to name a few. So, how did one amazing rom-com writer get to adapt a period drama about a boy separated from his horse during World War I? He got a call from Steven Spielberg, that's how. <br> <br> "I wanted to see if I could do it before I agreed to it," Curtis says of being asked to co-write War Horse, Spielberg's Christmas-opener, starring Jeremy Irvine and Emily Watson. The script is co-written by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot and Gabriel & Me), and adapted from the children's novel, of the same name, by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0606190/">Michael Morpurgo</a>. <br> <br> The War Horse experience is one Curtis will always remember. Script sat down with the famed screenwriter to get some insight into his process. <br> Podcast highlights: <br> <br> <br> How to overcome writer's block ... <br> "At every point, we try to work out what's the richest thing you can do ..." <br> "I'll do a day on plot, a day on scenes, a day on character, do the different bits separately ..." <br> "Lil' piece of advice: Call your girl characters by girl names and your boy characters by boy names ..." <br> <br> <br> Click below to listen:
