Great Scene: “The Elephant Man” It’s one of the most poignant, sad, and beautiful movie moments I can remember: The ending of The Elephant Man (1980). Directed by David…
The Heroine’s Journey: Part 2 I’m reprising a 4-part series from 2012 on The Heroine’s Journey because it’s as relevant today as it was nearly a decade ago.
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.
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: Scott Beck and Bryan Woods In May 2018, I interviewed Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, who originated and co-wrote the screenplay A Quiet Place. The script is notable for…
Page One: “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948) Screenplay by John Huston, based on the novel by B. Traven
The Heroine’s Journey: Part 1 I’m reprising a 4-part series from 2012 on The Heroine’s Journey because it’s as relevant today as it was nearly a decade ago.
Conversations With Billy Wilder Excerpts from the excellent book “Conversations With Wilder,” a series of interviews Cameron Crowe conducted with Billy Wilder.
On Writing “Your characters…are like children. You give birth to these children but you have to send them into the world and then they have to live…
Sundays with Stephen King’s “On Writing” A series featuring reflections on writing from the famed author’s memoir.
Guillermo del Toro Has Spent ‘Roughly 16 Years’ Writing Screenplays That Never Got Filmed For the next time you whine about your experience as a screenwriter.
Script To Screen: “A Few Good Men” Perhaps the most memorable scene from the 1992 drama A Few Good Men, screenplay by Aaron Sorkin based on his play.
The Theology of Cinema: Kingdom of God “When the kingdom really comes, it’s as if the thing you lost and thought you’d never find again is you.”
Page One: “Traffic” (2000) Screenplay by Stephen Gaghan, based on the miniseries “Traffik” by Simon Moore
Movie Story Type: Frustration Comedy With movies, there are Genres. Cross Genres. Sub-Genres. Also Story Types. One of them: Frustration Comedy.
How They Write a Script: Ernest Lehman Wrote Sabrina, The King and I, North by Northwest, West Side Story, The Sound of Music, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? among others.
Page One: “Toy Story 4” (2019) Screenplay by Andrew Stanton & Stephany Folsom, original story by John Lasseter & Andrew Stanton & Josh Cooley & Valerie LaPointe & Rashida…
Reader Question: May I deliver my scripts personally to a literary management company? Short answer: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Deep Focus: Film School on the Cheap Resources put together by members of the Go Into The Story community.
Video: Eric Roth Reflections on the screenwriting craft from the screenwriter of Forrest Gump and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
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…
