Page One: “Poltergeist” (1982) Screenplay by Steven Spielberg & Michael Grais & Mark Victor, story by Steven Spielberg
The Protagonist’s Journey: “We are not prisoners of that room” A reflection on Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet”
Interview (Part 5): Murder Ink My interview with Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage, the writing team behind the 2021 Black List script “Homecoming.”
Reader Question: What are some keys to a great opening scene? Or how to grab the attention of a script reader right away?
Page One: “Planet of the Apes” (1968) Screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling, based on the novel by Pierre Boulle
There you go, Rochelle. Good for you and good luck with your novel as well as all your writing projects!
Carol, I agree 100%. I tell my students: “Bottom line, if you really want to be a writer … you’ll do what you need to do to be a writer. You’ll do it … or you…
Ways To Write (Part 4): Writing Weekend For 48 hours, nothing but writing. No Internet. No phone calls. No TV. Just you. And your story.
Interview (Part 4): Murder Ink My interview with Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage, the writing team behind the 2021 Black List script “Homecoming.”
Writing and the Creative Life: 4 Tips On Creativity From The Creator Of Calvin & Hobbes I saw this article in Fast Company a while back and in reading it, I realized how important comic strips have been in my adult life…
John, great you discovered that resource. https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/90-archive-links-f9c2db802548
Lennie, yes! So please, feel free to join the challenge. It’s free and a fun way to motivate writers to… write!
Ways To Write (Part 3): One Page Per Day You can write two entire spec scripts in one year if you only write one page per day. Two. Complete. Feature. Spec. Scripts.
Interview (Part 3): Murder Ink My interview with Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage, the writing team behind the 2021 Black List script “Homecoming.”
Writing Mantra: Set aside your attachments “All too often, attachments get in the way of our writing. When you should be inside your story universe, your mind is outside thinking…
Matthew, when William Goldman says, “Screenplays ARE structure,” you have to pay attention because… My point is this: How do you GET to the structure?
Hugh, I know Go Into The Story is different from a lot of blogs or screenwriting sites in that I… I’ve always thought of it as a place where a writer can drop in from time to time during the day and find a different post to inspire them.
Ways To Write (Part 2): The Pomodoro Technique Break up writing tasks into half-hour segments with a reward at the end of each completed one.
