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)

Great Scene: Stardust Memoris

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”?

Saturday Hot Links

Screenwriting 101: Carl Foreman

Screenwriting News (January 25-February 1, 2015)

Script To Screen: Excalibur

Set-Pieces, Part 1: Spin the Plot

Set Pieces, Part 2: Emotional Meaning

Set Pieces, Part 3: Stakes

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: “Malick Motifs”

Video Essay: “Kubrick’s Kaleidoscope”

Writing and the Creative Life: Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling (Part 5)