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Word Cloud Logline Challenge — Day 3

As announced here, we are in the midst of another Word Cloud Logline Challenge: Last December we ran the Black List 2012 Word Cloud Logline Challenge which was hugely popular, witness these posts here and here. Come this December, we’ll probably do the same thing. But I thought why

Dispatch From The Quest: Paul Wie

Over the course of the 24 weeks I am working with the writers in The Quest, each will write a weekly dispatch to share with the GITS community. There are several reasons for doing this, the main one educational: Hopefully you will learn something of value for your own understanding

Interview: Neil Drumming — Part 4

Neil Drumming is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and journalist. He is a former staff writer and editor at Entertainment Weekly, and his work has appeared in Wired, The Washington Post, Vibe, Rolling Stone, Essence, and Vanity Fair. He wrote and directed his first film Big Words, which the New York Times

The Periodic Table of Storytelling

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Go On Your Own Quest — Week 11: Prep

The 2013 version of The Quest has entered Week 11. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by because you can Go On Your Own Quest by following the structure of The Quest to dig into screenwriting theory [Core — 8 weeks], figure out your story [Prep — 6 weeks], and write

Movie Trailer: “Grace of Monaco”

Screenplay by Arash Amel The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly’s crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III and France’s Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s. IMDB Release Date: 2014 Comment

September is Scene-Writing Month: Day 18

As noted in this post, September is Scene-Writing Month here at Go Into The Story. Every Monday-Friday at noon Eastern / 9AM Pacific, I will upload a post with a prompt for writing a script scene. Each day, write a scene per those guidelines. If you really want to

Writing and the Creative Life: Mind Wandering

“What no [spouse] of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he’s staring out of the window.” – Burton Rascoe Ah, staring out the window. Staring into space. Staring at… nothing. At least in this world. But as any writer knows, this activity and these

Daily Dialogue — September 26, 2013

INT. OLD HOME BAR-LATER The group sits talking, trusting furtive glances at the blonde and her girlfriends a couple of tables away. MILNOR: I’m going to buy her a drink. NASH: That’s creative. ZWEIFEL: Will she want a large wedding? SHAPELY: One beauty, too many suitors. FOX:

Word Cloud Logline Challenge — Day 2

As announced here, we are in the midst of another Word Cloud Logline Challenge: Last December we ran the Black List 2012 Word Cloud Logline Challenge which was hugely popular, witness these posts here and here. Come this December, we’ll probably do the same thing. But I thought why

Dispatch From The Quest: Waka Brown

Over the course of the 24 weeks I am working with the writers in The Quest, each will write a weekly dispatch to share with the GITS community. There are several reasons for doing this, the main one educational: Hopefully you will learn something of value for your own understanding

Interview: Neil Drumming — Part 3

Neil Drumming is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and journalist. He is a former staff writer and editor at Entertainment Weekly, and his work has appeared in Wired, The Washington Post, Vibe, Rolling Stone, Essence, and Vanity Fair. He wrote and directed his first film Big Words, which the New York Times

Black List Screenwriters Lab Participants Announced

It’s official: SIX BOOK TRIP TO INAUGURAL BLACK LIST SCREENWRITERS LAB Aspiring professionals to join mentors Brian Koppelman, Jenny Lumet, Billy Ray, Kiwi Smith, & Scott Myers in Las Vegas LOS ANGELES (September 25) — This afternoon, the Black List unveiled the names of the six screenwriters who will make

Go On Your Own Quest — Week 11: Prep

The 2013 version of The Quest has entered Week 11. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by because you can Go On Your Own Quest by following the structure of The Quest to dig into screenwriting theory [Core — 8 weeks], figure out your story [Prep — 6 weeks], and write

Movie Trailer: “Big Sur”

Screenplay by Michael Polish, novel by Jack Kerouac A recounting of Jack Kerouac’s (here known by the name of his fictional alter-ego Jack Duluoz) three sojourns to the cabin in Big Sur, owned by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. IMDB 1 November 2013 (USA)

September is Scene-Writing Month: Day 17

As noted in this post, September is Scene-Writing Month here at Go Into The Story. Every Monday-Friday at noon Eastern / 9AM Pacific, I will upload a post with a prompt for writing a script scene. Each day, write a scene per those guidelines. If you really want to

Script To Screen: “American Psycho”

A scene from the 2000 movie American Psycho, screenplay by Mary Harron & Guinevere Turner, novel by Bret Easton Ellis. Plot Summary: A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies. Here

Daily Dialogue — September 25, 2013

John Hammond: [as they gather around a baby dinosaur hatching from its egg] I’ve been present for the birth of every little creature on this island. Dr. Ian Malcolm: Surely not the ones that are bred in the wild? Henry Wu: Actually they can’t breed in the wild.

Word Cloud Logline Challenge!

Last December we ran the Black List 2012 Word Cloud Logline Challenge which was hugely popular, witness these posts here and here. Come this December, we’ll probably do the same thing. But I thought why not give folks another chance to flex their logline muscles. So below is a

Dispatch From The Quest: Troy Klith

Over the course of the 24 weeks I am working with the writers in The Quest, each will write a weekly dispatch to share with the GITS community. There are several reasons for doing this, the main one educational: Hopefully you will learn something of value for your own understanding

Interview: Neil Drumming — Part 2

Neil Drumming is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and journalist. He is a former staff writer and editor at Entertainment Weekly, and his work has appeared in Wired, The Washington Post, Vibe, Rolling Stone, Essence, and Vanity Fair. He wrote and directed his first film Big Words, which the New York Times

Go On Your Own Quest — Week 11: Prep

The 2013 version of The Quest has entered Week 11. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by because you can Go On Your Own Quest by following the structure of The Quest to dig into screenwriting theory [Core — 8 weeks], figure out your story [Prep — 6 weeks], and write

Movie Trailer: “The Broken Circle Breakdown”

Screenplay by Carl Joos and Felix Van Groeningen, play by Johan Heldenbergh and Mieke Dobbels Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He’s a romantic atheist, she’s a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their

September is Scene-Writing Month: Day 16

As noted in this post, September is Scene-Writing Month here at Go Into The Story. Every Monday-Friday at noon Eastern / 9AM Pacific, I will upload a post with a prompt for writing a script scene. Each day, write a scene per those guidelines. If you really want to

Screenwriting 101: Marc Norman

“I’ll tell you one thing I’ve noticed, and it’s absolutely true for me. My best writing has been on the the scripts I wrote as suicide notes to the industry–sort of, ‘Fuck you, guys, I’m outta here. This is the last script you’ll ever