Page One: “The Birdcage” (1996) Screenplay by Elaine May, earlier screenplay by Francis Veber and Édouard Molinaro and Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret, play by Jean Poiret
Page One: “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey” (1991) Written by Chris Matheson & Ed Solomon, based on their characters
Screenwriting Mantra: Trust the Process “There is a magic to this process that cannot be controlled by the ego. Somehow it always finds the way to the place where you need to be…
Go Into The Story Interview: Sean Harrigan My interview with 2023 Black List writer for his script First You Hear Them.
Great Scene: “Cast Away” In a fundamental way, screenwriting is scene-writing, so the more we learn about this aspect of the craft, the better. One way to do that…
Page One: “Big Trouble in Little China” (1986) Written by Gary Goldman & David Z. Weinstein, adaptation by W.D. Richter
Story Types: Disaster In Hollywood movie circles, there are genres like Horror or Science Fiction, cross genres like Action-Thriller or Drama-Comedy, and…
Interview (Part 6): Sean Harrigan My interview with 2023 Black List writer for his script First You Hear Them.
Script To Screen: “The Big Lebowski” The scene that kick-starts the entire plot from the 1998 movie The Big Lebowski, written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
The Business of Screenwriting: Imagine the movie One test of a story concept: Can you imagine it as a movie?
Interview (Part 5): Sean Harrigan My interview with 2023 Black List writer for his script First You Hear Them.
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.”
Happy Birthday, Go Into The Story! Launched on May 16, 2008, here we are 5,000+ days of blogging later… but what does it all mean?
Interview (Part 4): Sean Harrigan My interview with 2023 Black List writer for his script First You Hear Them.
How They Write A Script: Ben Maddow Ben Maddow (1909–1992) had a long successful career in Hollywood as a screenwriter and TV writer. His writing credits include Asphalt…
Page One: “The Nutty Professor” (1996) Screenplay by David Sheffield & Barry W. Blaustein and Tom Shadyac & Steve Oedekerk
Spec Script Deal: “Hit the Gas” Paramount Pictures acquires thriller spec script “Hit the Gas” written by Chris McCoy. Via Deadline:
Interview (Part 3): Sean Harrigan My interview with 2023 Black List writer for his script First You Hear Them.
30 Things About Screenwriting: There are no screenwriting rules There are guidelines, conventional wisdom, patterns, and principles… but no rules.
