Daily Dialogue — April 18, 2017 GIOSUÉ: What game is this? GUIDO: That’s it! It’s that game where- It’s the game- We’re all players. It’s all organized. The game is the…
Writing Mantra: “Make words your friend” “In the beginning was the word.” So begins the Gospel of John. Setting aside theological implications, this is where writing begins as well…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 17 This is the eighth year in a row I’ve run this series in April.
On Writing “Story is about an internal struggle, not an external one. It’s about what the protagonist has to learn, to overcome, to deal with…
Daily Dialogue — April 17, 2017 Michael: All right. This one time I’ll let you ask me about my affairs. Kay Adams: Is it true? Is it? Michael: No.
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Hell or High Water” The entire 6 part series delving into this acclaimed indie crime drama.
There are a lot of themes at play in this story, but the central theme it seems to me is one… Toby decides to break that pattern. He’s not just robbing banks, he’s doing what is — clearly in his mind — right. Maybe not for anybody…
Melinda, I’m going to offer a somewhat different take on the characters. Attractor: Toby’s family. He engages in robbery FOR them. He wants to break the chain of relative poverty they have experienced for…
My favorite scene is the ending, the confrontation between Toby and Marcus. “I’ve been poor my whole life, like a disease passing from generation to generation. But not my boys, not anymore.”
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 16 This is the eighth year in a row I’ve run this series in April.
Interview (Written:) Walter Hill Conversation with writer-director of controversial “The Assignment”.
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Script Analysis: “Hell or High Water” — Part 6: Takeaways Read the script for the acclaimed indie crime drama and discuss this week.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 285th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 15 This is the eighth year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Each day, I’ll give you some tips on how to come up with stories.
Daily Dialogue — April 15, 2017 Neal: You know everything is not an anecdote. You have to discriminate. You choose things that are funny or mildly amusing or interesting…
Songwriters on Songwriting I wrote my first song when I was 14 years old. Over the years, I’ve composed hundreds of songs. It was that interest — music — that led me…
Script Analysis: “Hell or High Water” — Part 5: Dialogue Read the script for the acclaimed indie crime drama and discuss this week.
