Scott Myers

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 1

This is the 15th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work…

Theme = Meaning

This one-week online class (begins April 8) focuses on theme: what it is, how it functions, and how to use themes to enrich your stories.

On Writing

“It doesn’t matter what time of day you work, but you have to work every day because creation, like life, is always slipping away from you…

Page One: “Audrey Rose” (1977)

Written by Frank De Felitta

2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 31

Zero Draft Thirty: Day 30.

Spec Script Deal: “Drop”

Universal Pictures acquires thriller spec script “Drop” written by Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach. Via Deadline:

Script To Screen: “Citizen Kane”

A memorable scene from the 1941 movie Citizen Kane, original screen play by Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Welles.

Page One: “Atomic Blonde” (2017)

Screenplay by Kurt Johnstad, based on the graphic novel series “The Coldest City” written by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart

2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 30

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Page One: “Anthropoid” (2016)

Written by Sean Ellis & Anthony Frewin

Page One: “Argentina, 1985” (2022)

Screenplay by Santiago Mitre and Mariano Llinás

Page One: “Ask the Dust” (2006)

Screenplay by Robert Towne, novel by John Fante

2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 29

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Page One: “Assassination Nation” (2018)

Written by Sam Levinson

2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 26

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Script To Screen: “Clerks”

A scene from the 1994 movie Clerks., written by Kevin Smith.

Screenwriting 101: John Milius

“A writer’s greatest fear now is not that he’s going to be no good when he sits down to write. A writer’s greatest fear is that he’s going…

Page One: “Anthropoid” (2016)

Written by Sean Ellis & Anthony Frewin

2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 25

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

“I got my first TV writing job at 55”

Craig T. Williams shares the story about how decades learning the craft, writing scripts, and networking resulted in landing a TV staff…

On Writing

“You can never read your own book with the innocent anticipation that comes with that first delicious page of a new book, because you wrote…

Page One: “Animal Kingdom” (2010)

Written by David Michôd

2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 24

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Spec Script Deal: “Ballistic”

Paramount acquires action comedy spec script “Ballistic” written by John Swetnam. Via Deadline:

Script To Screen: “Collateral”

A scene from the 2004 movie Collateral, written by Stuart Beattie.