Go Into The Story Week In Review: July 29-August 4, 2013
Links to the week’s most notable posts:
Announcing: The Quest Writing Workshop [Oct. 17–20, 2013, Santa Monica]
Audio Q&A: Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station)
Daily Dialogue Theme for Next Week: Talking to one’s self
Declare Your Independents: Volume 3
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
“11 Movies That Inspired ‘Weaponized’”
Go On Your Own Quest, Week 3 — Character: Are you more comfortable writing characters or plot?
Go On Your Own Quest, Week 3 — Character: What techniques do you use to develop your characters?
Go On Your Own Quest, Week 3 — Character: Why is the Protagonist so important to a story?
Go On Your Own Quest, Week 3 — Character: Why is a Nemesis so important to a story?
Go On Your Own Quest, Week 3 — Character: How do fill out your story’s cast of characters?
Great Character: Madison (Splash)
Great Scene: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Interview [Video]: David Chase
Interview [Written]: Dalton Trumbo
Movie Story Type: Contained Thriller
Reader Question: Is it possible to write while maintaining a full-time job?
Scene Description Spotlight: Avatar
Scene Description Spotlight: The Shawshank Redemption
Screenwriting 101: Paddy Chayefsky
Screenwriting News (July 29-August 4, 2013)
Spec Script Sale: “Man of War”
Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 6(G): Spectacle Sixth
The Business Of Screenwriting: “Why we hate writers”
Update: The Quest Writing Workshop [Oct. 17–20, 2013, Santa Monica]
“You’ve helped more aspiring artists than you can possibly know”