Interview (Video): Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert A conversation with the writer-directors of Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Page One: “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1956) Screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on a story by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
Go Into The Story Resource: The Story Behind Script Coverage Script readers are Hollywood’s threshold guardians, so it behooves writers to try to understand their mindset.
Screenwriting Mantra: Minimum Words, Maximum Impact The origin and importance of one of the best screenwriting mantras… ever!
Script Analysis: “The Tender Bar” — Part 5: Dialogue A week-long analysis of the 2021 drama starring Ben Affleck and directed by George Clooney.
Videos: 20 Tips from Martin Scorsese The writer-director of Mean Streets, Goodfellas, The Age of Innocence, and Casino with reflections on cinematic storytelling.
Go Into The Story Resource: Character Introductions Everything you need to know about the subject… and probably more.
Alexander Payne on appealing characters vs. sympathetic characters “I hate when movie people say, ‘Your lead character has to be sympathetic,’ which for them means ‘likable.’ I don’t give a shit about…
Script Analysis: “The Tender Bar” — Part 4: Themes A week-long analysis of the 2021 drama starring Ben Affleck and directed by George Clooney.
Writing and the Creative Life: “The hard is what makes it great” Wisdom about writing and creativity from the movie ‘A League of Their Own’.
Script Analysis: “The Tender Bar” — Part 3: Characters A week-long analysis of the 2021 drama starring Ben Affleck and directed by George Clooney.
The Business of Screenwriting: The Path of Least Resistance There is no right way to write. No correct way to approach your career as a writer. No single secret to success. You can take some of the…
Go Into The Story Resource: Writing and the Creative Life Dozens of articles about creativity, what it is, how to nurture it, and steer our writing into the center of our creative soul.
QA: Chris Jones The driving force behind The Impact, a feature film which was written by 50 screenwriters and 36 directors.
Reader Question: Who is the Nemesis in “character driven” films? Is it necessary for more character-oriented movies to feature a specific Antagonist figure?
Page One: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (2020) Screenplay by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, based on a play written by August Wilson
Go Into The Story Resource: Script To Screen Nearly 100 scenes from scripts compared to the their movie versions.
Real World Screenwriting: Know Movies You hear this a lot in script meetings: “It’s like that scene in…”
Script Analysis: “The Tender Bar” — Part 2: Plot A week-long analysis of the 2021 drama starring Ben Affleck and directed by George Clooney.
