Go Into The Story Week In Review: August 26-September 1, 2013

Links to the week’s most notable posts:

Audio Q&A: Andrew Bujalski, Freddy Martinez and Peter Kappler (“Computer Chess”)

Audio Q&A: David Gordon Green, Emile Hirsch (“Prince Avalanche”)

Audio Q&A: David Lowery (“Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”)

Audio Q&A: Joshua Oppenheimer, Werner Herzog (“The Act of Killing”)

Audio Q&A: Jim Rash (“The Writers’ Room”)

Concept = Hook

Daily Dialogue Theme for Next Week: Seduction

Declare Your Independents: Volume 7

Dispatch From The Quest: Waka Brown

Dispatch From The Quest: Christian Fontenot

Dispatch From The Quest: Troy Klith

Dispatch From The Quest: Sandy Leviton

Dispatch From The Quest: Miranda Sajdak

Dispatch From The Quest: Paul Wie

Don’t Think… Feel

Go On Your Own Quest, Week 7 — Theme: How would you define theme?

Go On Your Own Quest, Week 7 — Theme: Do you start with theme or with plot, then see how themes emerge?

Go On Your Own Quest, Week 7 — Theme: Why is it important for a writer to work with themes in a screenplay?

Go On Your Own Quest, Week 7 — Theme: Theme = Meaning. Thoughts?

Go On Your Own Quest, Week 7 — Theme: What are some ways in which a writer can convey themes?

Great Character: Billy Ray Valentine (“Trading Places”)

Great Scene: No Country for Old Men

How about September as scene-writing month?

Interview [Video]: Terry Gilliam

Interview [Written]: Liz W. Garcia (“The Lifeguard”)

On Writing: Elmore Leonard

Reader Question: Should we be concerned about profanity in a spec script?

Reader Question: Should I use “is” construction verbs or not?

Saturday Hot Links

Scene Description Spotlight: (500) Days of Summer

Scene Description Spotlight: African Queen, The

Scene Description Spotlight: Cast Away

Scene Description Spotlight: Dark Knight, The

Scene Description Spotlight: Titanic

Screenwriting 101: Stan Chervin

Screenwriting News (August 26-September 1, 2013)

Script To Screen: The Apartment

Spec Script Sale: “Split”

Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 8: Unity

The Business Of Screenwriting: Learn the craft

The visual nature of cinema

11 Creative Film Interpretations You Probably Hadn’t Considered