Concept = Hook “The foundation of any movie is the screenplay. The foundation of any screenplay is the concept. Therefore it stands to reason which story…
140 Scene-Writing Prompts At a fundamental level, screenwriting is scene-writing. Use these prompts to improve your scene-writing chops.
Screenwriting 101: Guillermo Arriaga “I’m not here for the money, I’m not here for the job, I’m here because I want things. I think that I have something to express, so I…
Daily Dialogue — September 3, 2019 Jake: Disco pants and haircuts… Elwood: Yeah, lots of space in this mall.
2019 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 2 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Breaking the 4th Wall in Scene Description To everyone who claims there’s a screenwriting rule asserting we can’t include so-called ‘unfilmables’ in scene description, read this!
On Writing “Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write. If all feels hopeless, if that famous “inspiration” will not…
Daily Dialogue — September 2, 2019 “Being in Old Orchard Mall kind of reminded me of being in Africa. By the watering hole. And the animals are in heat.”
Tips on How to Write While Holding Down a Job Some practical advice to engender productivity even while working full-time.
2019 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 1 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Interview (Video): Julian Fellowes A 75-minute conversation with the noted actor, screen, and TV writer whose credits include the TV series and upcoming movie Downton Abbey.
Narrative Imperative: The Protagonist’s Destiny Reflections by Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell invert the writing process.
Daily Dialogue theme next week: Shopping Mall Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 4,125 consecutive days and counting.
Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Writing for the Censors [Part 3] “You must be twice as careful as writers in any other field or your story will surely be returned to you with a rejection slip.”
The Disunity State of Clarice Starling How the opening of The Silence of the Lambs establishes the Protagonist’s psychological starting point for her transformation-journey.
Screenwriting Back to Basics, Day 5: Reader Identification Imbue the Protagonist with qualities with which a reader can connect.
Writing and the Creative Life: There are no useless ideas “If it is true that the best way to come up with a good idea is to generate lots of them, that means we will intersect with plenty of ideas…
The Writer as Psychologist “It is our responsibility to understand each of characters to the core of their emotional, spiritual, and psychological being.”
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