Daily Dialogue — November 12, 2016 It’s 2:32am, and Mike decides to call Nikki, a girl he met just a few hours ago.
“How I Wrote ‘Arrival’ (and What I Learned Doing It)” Screenwriter Eric Heisserer talks creative process in writing Arrival.
Reflections of 3rd Annual Black List Feature Writers Lab Participants 7 writers. 7 mentors. 5 days. 1 incredible experience.
The Business of Screenwriting: Celebrate your victories Based on my experiences as a screenwriter in Hollywood, there are many things I can advise you to do that are not particularly enjoyable:
Daily Dialogue — November 11, 2016 BULL: Mornin’ Joey. JOEY: Mornin’ Bull. I brought some…good morning, Sheriff. JP: Joey, I’m takin’ a bath. JOEY: Oh, don’t mind me…
100+ Archive Links In 18 years of hosting Go Into The Story, the site has accumulated 30,000+ posts covering just about every subject related to…
Spec Script Deal: “Turned On” Twentieth Century Fox acquires comedy spec script “Turned On” written by Charlie Kesslering. From THR:
Daily Dialogue — November 10, 2016 Helen: I went to Thailand recently with my husband, Perry, and there’s a beautiful saying that I learned there. [Speaking Thai] It means…
Great Scene: “In Bruges” Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray (Colin Farrell) and his partner Ken (Brendan Gleeson) await orders from their ruthless…
Will, that’s a great list. There’s also contained thrillers like Rear Window and Buried, and horror versions of the same like Paranormal Activity.
2016 Award Season Screenplay Downloads —23 Total! Christmas comes early for screenplay fans as Hollywood studios and production companies have just begun their annual ritual of making the…
Melinda, thanks for that heads-up. First, I’ve updated links to A Monster Calls and Nocturnal Animals. Loving is currently unavailable.
Spec Script Deal: “Palmer” Route One Entertainment acquires drama spec script “Palmer” written by Cheryl Guerriero. From Deadline:
The Psychological Connection Between the Protagonist and Nemesis A ‘worthy Nemesis’. Or Antagonist, if you prefer. That’s something you hear in Hollywood. Why? A more powerful adversary almost assuredly…
Daily Dialogue — November 9, 2016 Andy Stitzer: You know how when you grab a woman’s breast… it feels like… a bag of sand.
How to Write Fast and Why: Reflections on NaNoWriMo from Grant Faulkner On Friday, Rebecca and I attended a Chicago Humanities Festival event featuring a Q&A with NaNoWriMo executive director Grant Faulkner…
‘Zootopia’ and the Lesson of Universal Themes The movie Zootopia has grossed over $1 billion worldwide and it would be easy to think that its success is based entirely on the fact it’s…
Screenwriting 101: Kenneth Lonergan “I think rules are great if you’re in trouble, and if you’re not in any trouble with what you’re writing they’re absolutely useless, and…
Daily Dialogue — November 8, 2016 “These eyes cry every night for you These arms long to hold you again The hurtin’s on me, yeah But I will never be free, no, my baby, no…
The Manipulation of Time in a Screenplay Time is a mystery, especially in a screenplay. As writers we can leap through decades from one scene to the next. Or we can stretch a…
‘Westworld’ producers on Maeve’s heartbreaking tour, Elsie’s fate Entertainment Weekly interview with Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, exec producers of the HBO series ‘Westworld’, answering some questions…
A Year In The Life of An Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Winning Team Of all the screenwriting competitions, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is arguably the…
