Go Into The Story Week In Review: July 14-July 20, 2014

Links to the week’s most notable posts:

150 Free Story Ideas For You To Use However You Like!

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month: Success!

“Box-Office Woes: Age and Gender Gap Helping Fuel Summer Decline”

Concept = Hook

Conversations With Wilder: Part 5

Daily Dialogue Theme for Next Week: Robot

Declare Your Independents: Volume 21

Great Character: Gay Perry (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)

Great Scene: Rounders

Interview (Video): Franklin Leonard

Interview (Video): Aline Brosh McKenna

Interview (Video): Ed Solomon

Interview (Written): Bong Joon-Ho

Interview (Written): Nicole Holofcener

On Writing: Richard Linklater

Reader Question: How do you decide between managers?

Reader Question: What about the Protagonist and the inciting incident?

Saturday Hot Links

Scene-Writing Challenge, Day 10

Scene-Writing Challenge, Day 11

Scene-Writing Challenge, Day 12

Scene-Writing Challenge, Day 13

Scene-Writing Challenge, Day 14

Screenwriting Lessons: “The Social Network” — Part 1: Compelling Protagonist

Screenwriting Lessons: “The Social Network” — Part 2: Narrative Framework

Screenwriting Lessons: “The Social Network” — Part 3: Theme

Screenwriting Lessons: “The Social Network” — Part 4: Subplots

Screenwriting Lessons: “The Social Network” — Part 5: Handling Exposition

Showrunner Rules from Jeffrey Lieber: Numbers 211–220

Screenwriting 101: Jill Soloway

Screenwriting News (July 14-July 20, 2014)

Script To Screen: The Cider House Rules

Spec Script Sale: “A Man Called Death”

Spec Script Sale: “Terminal Point”

Spec Script Sale: “The Long Run”

Video: 6-Minute Tribute to the Films of Paul Thomas Anderson

“What I Wish I Knew About Distribution”

Writing and the Creative Life: “Creativity-In-Action”

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