Go Into The Story Week In Review: March 23-March 29, 2015

Links to this week’s most notable posts:

Character Development Keys

Daily Dialogue Theme for Next Week: Foreigner

Go Into The Story Interview: Sallie West (2014 Nicholl winner)

Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: Short Term 12

Great Character: Ren (Footloose)

Happy Birthday, Joseph Campbell!

How to Generate and Critique Story Ideas (Part 6): Genre-Bending

How to Generate and Critique Story Ideas (Part 7): Think International

How to Generate and Critique Story Ideas (Part 8): Franchise

How to Generate and Critique Story Ideas (Part 9): Test Your Concept

How to Generate and Critique Story Ideas (Part 10): Challenge Yourself

Interview (Audio): Joss Whedon

Interview (Video): Pete Docter (Inside Out)

Interview (Written): Noah Baumbach (While We’re Young)

Movies You Made: All in the Valley

Movies You Made: Dark Origins

Movies You Made: For Flow

Movies You Made: Service

Movies You Made: Windscreenwiperman

On Writing: Sidney Sheldon

Reader Question: What are some suggestions for doing character ‘interviews’?

Saturday Hot Links

Screenwriting 101: John Gary

Screenwriting News (March 23-March 29, 2015)

Script To Screen: Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Spec Script Deal: The Leviathan

Spec Script Deal: Realm

Spec Script Deal: Temple

The Business of Screenwriting: Everything You Wanted To Know About Specs (Part 1)

Twitter Rant: Jeff Willis on Should You Pay for a Script Consultant

Video: “Subconscious Cinema”

Video: “The Beast Within: The Making of Alien”

Video: “Superior Firepower: Making Aliens”