Writing Advice from Matt Stone and Trey Parker A video from a surprise appearance at NYU Film School.
Story Type: Ticking Clock There are genres (e.g., Action, Comedy, Drama). Cross genres (e.g., Action-Thriller, Comedy-Science Fiction). Sub-genres (e.g., Romantic…
The Business of Screenwriting: They don’t think like you Hollywood executives can have a different way of seeing the world.
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 28 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Create a Compelling Protagonist Workshop and develop your story’s Protagonist in my one-week online class which begins Monday, October 10th.
A New Angle Into an Old Story Looking for your next spec script subject? It just might be waiting for you in a history book.
Page One: “Snow White and the Huntsman” (2012) Screenplay by Evan Daugherty and John Lee Hancock and Hossein Amini, screen story by Evan Daugherty
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 27 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
The Most Needed Quote on Writing Perhaps not an inspirational quote, but a necessary one for writers.
How They Write A Script: Richard Matheson Richard Matheson has written novels and short stories, as well as screenplays for both film and television. Notably he is among the few…
Screenwriting 101: Destin Daniel Cretton “My motivation has never been to break into the business. Maybe that has allowed me to ignore a lot of the things. There’re a lot of people…
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 26 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Deep Focus: Film School on the Cheap Resources put together by members of the Go Into The Story community.
Reader Question: How do I handle characters speaking in a foreign language? Indicate the foreign language, but use English instead.
On Writing “The reason that I am so interested in outlining…is that it serves what I’m trying to achieve in the novel. One of the things I’m…
Do you write “high concept” stories or not? And just generally, what are your thoughts about “high concept” movies?
Scene Description Spotlight: “Wall-E” I have discussed the writing style of the Pixar film Wall-E before: here, here, and here. On the subject of scene description, here’s a…
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 25 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 24 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
