Daily Dialogue theme next week: Alfred Hitchcock Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 4,370 consecutive days and counting.
Video: How Pro Screenwriters Beat Writer’s Block A look into how professional filmmakers and screenwriters fix their writer’s block.
Go Into The Story Resource: Annual Spec Script Market Reports Detailed information and statistics on every verified spec script deal from 2008–2019, and analysis of the spec script market and business…
Script Analysis: “Ford v Ferrari” — Part 5: Dialogue Read and analyze the script for the Oscar-winning action drama.
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2020) This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April.
Spec Script Deal: ‘The Aliens Are Stealing Our Weed’ Paramount Pictures acquires comedy spec script ‘The Aliens Are Stealing Our Weed’ written by Ryan Firpo. Via Variety:
Reader Question: Do all characters get their own ‘hero’s journey’? Or is the Protagonist’s journey the only one that matters?
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 30 This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…
Script Analysis: “Ford v Ferrari” — Part 4: Themes Read and analyze the script for the Oscar-winning action drama.
The Business of Screenwriting: Movies are a director’s medium “But that’s the whole point of the goddammed movie!
Laura, I think that analysis works really well in terms of plot. I’m really glad we’re discussing F v F this week because it pulls us away from a mindless addiction to what happens where per page count…
Gary, you did a magnificent job with your breakdown. I agree the story has more of a four-act structure. Look forward to cracking that open in Part 2: Plot.
Laura, although I am an advocate of three-act structure, practically speaking, I teach four-act… Disunity — Deconstruction — Reconstruction — Unity
Tolani, great to have you here. F v F does that. If you followed STC, the script would get dinged by not having the ‘break into Act Two’ on P. 25. The script is 141 pages…
One Day Online Masterclass The London Screenwriters’ Festival to broadcast live online and on demand my 2018 masterclass with proceeds going to charity.
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 29 This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…
Script Analysis: “Ford v Ferrari” — Part 3: Characters Read and analyze the script for the Oscar-winning action drama.
Great Scene: “Good Will Hunting” The bar scene. Will’s classic putdown. And a spin on the ‘meet cute’.
Daily Dialogue — April 29, 2020 “You wanna see something? You wanna see Johnny go? Oh, he can really go. He can really screw it on.”
Go Into The Story Interview: Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna A conversation with the hosts of the new podcast The Screenwriting Life.
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 28 This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…
