Writing and the Creative Life: Why creativity thrives in the dark Some scientific props for all you fellow night writers out there!
Reader Question: Are there movies where the Protagonist is the Nemesis? This is one of those questions with widely diverging responses.
Tweetstorm: Justin Marks on Exposition A series of tweets on the best way to handle exposition: Seduction!
A Guide to Creating a World from Scratch 5 tips from Meg Gardiner whose new novel is the thriller “Unsub”.
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Juno” A 6 part series on the 2008 Academy Award winning original screenplay.
The Business of Screenwriting: Do you know your stuff? It’s one thing to write a script. It’s another thing to understand the craft.
Daily Dialogue — July 6, 2017 A.J.: Just tell Grace that, uh, that I’ll always be with her. Okay? Can you do that? Harry Stamper: Yeah. Okay, kid. [pulls AJ’s air hose…
Everything You Wanted to Know About Spec Scripts Free downloadable Go Into The Story eBook by Scott Myers.
Tweetstorm: On Becoming a TV Writer A series of tweets on how to break into the business as a TV writer.
Spec Script Deal: “The Assessor” Number 9 Films acquires drama spec script “The Assessor” written by Nell Garfath-Cox and Dave Garfath-Cox.
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Moonrise Kingdom” A 5-part series on the 2013 Academy Award nominated original screenplay.
Essential Screenwriting Questions Crowdsourcing 20–30 key questions about the craft of screenwriting.
Tweetstorm: F. Scott Frazier on Writing Action Set-Pieces A series of tweets delving into what goes into crafting action scenarios.
Video: Telling a Story from the Inside Out A look at Pixar’s creative process in crafting the script for Inside Out.
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “The End of the Tour” A 6 part series on the 2016 Spirit Award nominated screenplay.
Screenwriting 101: Wes Anderson “The project almost always begins with a character or a group of characters. Usually there’s a sort of world that’s tied in. The last film…
Tweetstorm: Jake Thornton on His First Two Years as a Hollywood Screenwriter A series of tweets detailing one writer’s experience breaking into Hollywood.
30 Years of Movie Villains, Visualized 9 Different Ways Charts, charts, and more charts about cinematic Bad Guys/Gals.
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “12 Years a Slave” A 6 part series on the 2014 Academy Award winning script.
Damien, and who knows what of those experiences will impact you in unknown, yet (hopefully)… If you love writing, keep doing it. You never know what will come of it.
On Writing “Use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English — it is the modern way and the best way…
