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
Reader Question: What is a good number of scripts to have in my portfolio?
Screenwriting 101: Danny Boyle
Screenwriting News (August 11-August 17, 2014)