Reader Question: What is life really like for a beginning screenwriter? For a writer who has just broken into the business?
Go Into The Story Resource: 100 Scene-Writing Prompts At a fundamental level, screenwriting is scene-writing. Use these prompts to improve your scene-writing chops.
Script To Screen: “Fargo” Here is a terrific scene from a terrific movie, the 1996 film Fargo, screenplay by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen for which they won an Academy…
Daily Dialogue — May 9, 2018 “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… And I’m all out of bubblegum.”
“On Story”: Eric Heisserer A half-hour with the screenwriter of the hit movie Arrival from his panel at the 2017 Austin Film Festival.
Tweetstorm: Amy Berg on Staffing a TV Writer’s Room (Part 2) A series of tweets about the phenomenon which is staffing season.
Go Into The Story Resource: Reader Questions Nearly 300 questions on virtually any subject related to screenwriting with my responses and feedback from GITS readers.
Screenwriting 101: Mickey Fisher “I think the best thing I ever did for myself was to not wait around for someone to give me a break. I kept writing, I kept making my own…
Tweetstorm: Amy Berg on Staffing a TV Writer’s Room (Part 1) A series of tweets about the phenomenon which is staffing season.
Go Into The Story Resource: Everything You Wanted to Know About Specs A 20 part series, essential reading for anyone who is writing and hoping to sell a spec script.
On Writing “Young writers often confuse dialogue with conversation, under the assumption that the closer you get to reality, the more convincing you…
Go Into The Story Interview: Scott Beck and Bryan Woods My interview with originators, co-writers, and executive producers of the smash horror thriller A Quiet Place.
Go Into The Story Resource: Conversations With Billy Wilder A 28 part journey through the wonderful book “Conversations with Billy Wilder” focusing on the master filmmaker’s take on screenwriting and…
Spec Script Deal: “Ironbark” FilmNation Entertainment acquires historical spy thriller “Ironbark” written by Tom O’Connor. From Variety:
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 340th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Go Into The Story Resource: Interviews The Daily Dialogue series not only as great information to aid in our dialogue-writing practice, each daily post reminds us of some great…
Interview (Part 6): Scott Beck and Bryan Woods The co-writers of A Quiet Place go deep into their background, creative process, and the evolution of their hit horror movie.
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