Scott Myers

Page One: “The Toy” (1982)

Screenplay by Carol Sobieski, based on a film by Francis Veber

Go Into The Story Resource: Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work

I’m celebrating the blog’s 18th birthday by shining a spotlight on some of the site’s many resources for screenwriters.

Page One: “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar” (1995)

Written by Douglas Carter Beane

Go Into The Story Resource: 30 Things About Screenwriting

I’m celebrating the blog’s 18th birthday by shining a spotlight on some of the site’s many resources for screenwriters.

Page One: “Tower of Terror” (1997)

Written by D.J. MacHale

Go Into The Story Resource: A Screenwriter’s Guide to Aristotle’s “Poetics”

I’m celebrating the blog’s 18th birthday by shining a spotlight on some of the site’s many resources for screenwriters.

Page One: “Tower Block” (2012)

Written by James Moran

Go Into The Story Resource: Sundays with Stephen King’s “On Writing”

I’m celebrating the blog’s 18th birthday by shining a spotlight on some of the site’s many resources for screenwriters.

Page One: “Totem” (2017)

Screenplay by Evan Dickson, story by Evan Dickson and Marcel Sarmiento

Go Into The Story Resource: Movie Script Scene-By-Scene Breakdowns

I’m celebrating the blog’s 18th birthday by shining a spotlight on some of the site’s many resources for screenwriters.

Page One: “Total Recall” (1990)

Screenplay by Ronald Shusett & Dan O’Bannon and Gary Goldman, screen story by Ronald Shusett & Dan O’Bannon and Jon Povill, inspired by…

Go Into The Story Interview: Jason Mark Hellerman

My conversation with the 2013 Black List screenwriter.

Page One: “Top Gun: Maverick” (2022)

Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks, based on characters…

Screenwriting 101: Daniel Kunka

“No matter what the concept is, no matter what spectacle you put out there, nobody cares if there’s not an empathetic way into the story…

Page One: “Tough Guys” (1986)

Written by James Orr & Jim Cruickshank

On Writing

“At night, when the objective world has slunk back into its cavern and left dreamers to their own, there come inspirations and capabilities…

Page One: “Tomorrow Never Dies” (1997)

Written by Bruce Feirstein, characters creared by Ian Fleming

Go Into The Story Interview: David Guggenheim

My conversation with the 2010 and 2012 Black List screenwriter.

Page One: “To Catch a Killer” (2023)

Written by Damián Szifron & Jonathan Wakeham

Screenwriting 101: Stanley Kubrick

“A film is — or should be — more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind…

Page One: “To Catch a Thief” (1955)

Screenplay by John Michael Hayes, based on the novel by David Dodge

Go Into The Story Interview: Seth Lochhead

My conversation with 2006 Black List screenwriter.

Page One: “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” (2018)

Screenplay by Sofia Alvarez, based on the novel by Jenny Han

On Writing

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”

Page One: “THX 1138” (1971)

Screenplay by George Lucas and Walter Murch, story by George Lucas