Go Into The Story Week In Review: August 11-August 17, 2014

Links to the week’s most notable posts:

5 Screenwriting Traits: #1 — Passion

5 Screenwriting Traits: #2 — Courage

5 Screenwriting Traits: #3 — Consistency

5 Screenwriting Traits: #4 — Flexibility

5 Screenwriting Traits: #5 — Persistence

“Conversations With Wilder”: Part 8

Daily Dialogue Theme for Next Week: Smack Talk

David Simon writes about Robin Williams in “Homicide: Life on the Street”

Declare Your Independents: Volume 25

“Destroy property, defy authority… and take people’s clothes off”

Do you start scripts, but not finish them?

“For Would-Be Screenwriter, Enough False Starts To Fill A Book”

Free Screenwriting Resource: 1, 2, 7, 14

Free Screenwriting Resource: Character Types

Free Screenwriting Resource: Everything You Wanted to Know About Specs

Free Screenwriting Resource: Great Characters

Free Screenwriting Resource: Great Scenes

Free Screenwriting Resource: Screenwriting 101

Free Screenwriting Resource: Writing Mantras

Go Into The Story interview: Frank DeJohn and David Hedges [2013 Nicholl Winners]

Great Character: Sarah Connor (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)

How to Write a Rom-Com That’s True to Life (and Love): Tips from the Screenwriter of What If

Interview (Audio): Craig Mazin with Brian Koppelman (“The Moment”)

Interview (Video): John Michael McDonagh & Brendan Gleeson (Calvary)

Interview (Video): Peter Tolan

Interview (Written): Chris Sparling

On Writing: Ray Bradbury

Reader Question: What is a good number of scripts to have in my portfolio?

Saturday Hot Links

Screenwriting 101: Danny Boyle

Screenwriting News (August 11-August 17, 2014)

Script To Screen: Big Fish

The History of Sound at the Movies

Writing and the Creative Life: Look… Don’t Overlook