Free Screenwriting Resources
There are over 16,000 posts and 70+ archive topics on this blog. To help navigate the site, here are 30 Free Screenwriting Resources from Go Into The Story. And all of them are free!
1, 2, 7, 14: A simple formula to be a more productive and better screenwriter.
30 Days of Screenplays: Links to download a month-load of scripts for you to read and analyze.
115 Words for “Walks” / 90 Words for “Looks”: Both practical and to inspire you to use strong, active verbs in your writing.
150 Story Ideas: Cobbled from the news and offered to readers each April for the last 5 years… to do with as you please.
Business of Screenwriting: Hundreds of columns about understanding Hollywood and how to survive as a working writer.
Character Types: Use archetypes to inform and inspire your character development.
Dialogue! Dialogue! Dialogue!: Over 2,000 posts spotlighting notable movie dialogue you can use for inspiration and analysis.
Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Actually not so dumb because they work.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Specs: A 20-part series on the ins and outs of writing and selling a spec script.
Film School on the Cheap: Educational resources for Movies, Screenwriting, Film Analysis, Filmmakers, and Filmmaking.
Go Into The Story Interviews: My in-depth interviews with screenwriters, filmmakers and industry insiders.
Great Characters: Analysis of hundreds of notable movie characters to reference for your own writing.
Great Scenes: Screenwriting is scene-writing, so what better way to master the craft than by studying great scenes.
Guide to Aristotle’s “Poetics”: Over the course of a year, I broke down this seminal work in a weekly series.
Guide to Watching Movies: Overviews and analysis of must-see movies listed decade by decade.
How to Read a Screenplay: 7-part series presenting an immersive approach to analyzing a script.
Interviews with Professional Screenwriters: Hundreds of audio, video and written interviews with writers who know the craft.
Movie Story Types: Go beyond genres and learn about a variety of story types that are part of Hollywood vernacular.
Over 80 Legal PDF Movie Script Downloads: From Argo and All Is Lost to The Wolf of Wall Street and Wreck-It Ralph.
Reader Questions: My answers to nearly 300 questions about screenwriting from blog readers.
Scene Description Spotlight: Upgrade your action-writing ability by studying these scripted excerpts.
Scene-Writing Exercises: Dozens of prompts to advance your ability at writing scenes.
Screenwriting 101: Short observations about the craft from professionals writers.
Script Reading & Analysis: Dozens of scripts analyzed per Structure, Characters, Themes, and Dialogue.
Spec Script Sales Analysis: 2008–2013: Learn market trends in recent years with this in-depth series of reports.
The Definitive Spec Script Sales List (1991–2013): Individual deals and analysis for over two decades worth of spec sales.
The Story Behind Script Coverage: All about script readers — Hollywood’s “gatekeepers” — and how they cover scripts.
Theology of Screenwriting: A metaphorical look at theological concepts and their relevance to screenwriting.
Writers on Writing Quotes: Bite-sized inspiration from professional writers on the craft.
Writing Mantras: Simple truths to help you navigate the complex task of writing a story.