Go Into The Story Week In Review: January 26-February 1, 2015
Links to last week’s most notable posts:
Announcing: The Quest Writing Workshop, Santa Monica, March 12–15, 2015
“Boyhood: 12 Moments That Seize You”
Classic 60s Movie: Bonnie and Clyde
Classic 60s Movie: Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb
Classic 60s Movie: Jungle Book
Classic 60s Movie: Rosemary’s Baby
Classic 60s Movie: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Classic 60s Movie: The Loved One
Classic 60s Movie: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Daily Dialogue Theme for Next Week: Pets
Declare Your Independents — Vol. 47
Go Into The Story Interview: Ava DuVernay
Great Character: Donna Stern (Obvious Child)
Interview (Video): Richard LaGravenese
Interview (Written): Amy Koppelman and Paige Dylan
On Writing: Flannery O’ Connor
Question: Is there a better term to use than “aspiring writer”?
Screenwriting 101: Carl Foreman
Screenwriting News (January 25-February 1, 2015)
Set-Pieces, Part 1: Spin the Plot
Set Pieces, Part 2: Emotional Meaning
Set Pieces, Part 4: Complications, Roadblocks and Reversals
Set Pieces, Part 5: Entertainment
Spec Script Deal: “Senior Year”
Story Summaries: From Loglines to Beat Sheets
The Relationship of Character to Plot
Twitter Rant: Eric Heisserer on When a Writer Should Walk Away From a Project
Twitter Rant: Geoff LaTulippe on Studio Script Development Process
Video Essay: “Kubrick’s Kaleidoscope”
Writing and the Creative Life: Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling (Part 5)