Daily Dialogue — July 9, 2017 “You can’t win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can imagine.”
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Go Into The Story Movie Analysis: “Back to the Future” A 5 part series on one of the most beloved movies of our generation.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 297th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Interview (Written): Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley A conversation with two of the screenwriters of Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Tweetstorm: Zack Stentz on Being ‘Good in a Room’ Screenwriting is not just about what’s on the page. You have to sell yourself.
Reader Question: Does Hollywood even care about making compelling stories anymore? I hear some variation of this question ALL the time.
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Michael Clayton” A 6-part series on the 2008 Academy Award nominated original screenplay.
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.
