Go Into The Story Week In Review: April 14-April 20, 2014
Links to the week’s most notable posts:
2014 Cannes Film Festival Lineup: Screenwriters
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 14: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Lost Years
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 15: Woman hits multimillion scratchcard jackpot 4 times
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 16: What is it like to be the lone survivor of a catastrophe
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 17: Dave Matthews fans give star a ride
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 18: Mystery deaths… mystery package… mystery sender
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 20: 7 tips for keeping your man (from the 1950s)
Create a Compelling Protagonist
Daily Dialogue Theme for Next Week: Sales Pitch
Everything You Wanted To Know About Specs (20 Part Series)
“Fear On Film”: Roundtable with John Carpenter, David Cronenberg and John Landis
Go Into The Story Interview: Elijah Bynum
Great Character: Sam Shakusky (Moonrise Kingdom)
Interview (Video): David S. Goyer
Interview (Written): Rajiv Joseph and Scott Rothman (Draft Day)
Reader Question: How far can a writer go with the “similar but different” approach?
Reader Question: Do you have any tips for working with feedback?
Screenwriting 101: Nancy Meyers
Screenwriting News (April 14-April 20, 2014)
Spec Script Sale: “Yellowstone Falls”
Spec Script Sale: “I’m In Love With The DJ”
Ten Career Lessons From An Oscar-Winning Producer
“The Hateful Eight” staged reading round-up
“The Multiple Perspectives of Christopher Nolan” [Video]
WGAW Releases Latest Findings of 2014 Hollywood Writers Report
Writing and the Creative Life: Boundaries of Space, Boundaries of Time
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