Page One: “Letters from Iwo Jima” (2006) Screenplay by Iris Yamashita, story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis, book by Tadamichi Kuribayashi and Tsuyoko Yoshido
Writing Tip: Screenplay as a Series of Event-Reactions “A movie is — in a way — simply a continuous series of event-reactions / moment-responses.”
Dark Places “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
Page One: “Lethal Weapon 4” (1998) Screenplay by Channing Gibson, story by Jonathan Lemkin and Alfred Gough & Miles Millar, characters created by Shane Black
Writing Tip: Focus In on Themes Here’s a tip on how to focus in on themes. Just as you can generally surface a story’s central theme by following the Protagonist, you can…
Screenwriting Tip: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. You can learn pretty much everything you need to know about screenwriting by doing these three things:
Screenwriting 101: Ernest Lehman “Usually I do some sort of outline for myself. Sometimes I write a long treatment before going into the screenplay. Quite often I take…
Steven, re MBA negotiations in 2026, who knows what the AMPTP will look like. It does feel like from a union-company standpoint, this agreement brought us all back from a very precarious cliff. Where it goes from here…
2023 WGA Strike: Daily Coverage Day by day for 22 weeks, Go Into The Story featured news articles, Guild statements, and personal reflections about the work stoppage.
On Writing “The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and suddenly it all makes…
The 2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Fade Out! And the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group hits 5,000 members!
Deadline’s Strike Talk Podcast Episode 22: Billy Ray in conversation with WGA execs to discuss the Guild’s deal with the AMPTP(S).
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 30 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 29 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script To Screen: “Lost In Translation” The ending scene from the 2003 movie Lost In Translation, written by Sofia Coppola.
Writing Tip: Redemption as a Movie Theme A character seeking freedom from psychological bondage to a past event is one of the most common themes in movies.
Page One: “Jurassic Park” (1994) Screenplay by Michael Crichton and David Koepp, novel by Michael Crichton
