Go Into The Story Week In Review: November 11–17, 2013

Links to the week’s most notable posts:

2013 Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Award speeches

30 Things About Screenwriting: (11) Know your genre

30 Things About Screenwriting: (12) Learn how to stack projects

30 Things About Screenwriting: (13) Living and writing in L.A.

30 Things About Screenwriting: (14) Similar but different

30 Things About Screenwriting: (15) Break your story in prep

30 Things About Screenwriting: (16) Feet on the ground… head in the clouds

30 Things About Screenwriting: (17) Get the damn thing done!

Award season screenplay download

Daily Dialogue Theme for Next Week: First Date

Declare Your Independents: Volume 15

Go On Your Own Quest: “The story must be a conflict”

Go On Your Own Quest: “If I waited until I felt like writing, I’d never write at all”

Go On Your Own Quest: “First you have nothing, and then… you have something”

Go On Your Own Quest: “Discipline is everything for a working writer”

Go On Your Own Quest: “Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day”

Great Character: Maria Elena (Vicki Cristina Barcelona)

Great Scene: Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back

Important Black List announcement for writers

Infographic: Clues to a Great Story

Interview (Video): Julie Delpy and Richard Linklater (Before Midnight)

Interview (Written): Ryan Coogler and Ava DuVernay

On Writing: Mike Nichols

Part 1: If you are a beginning screenwriter…

Part 2: If you are a beginning screenwriter…

Part 3: If you are a beginning screenwriter…

Part 4: If you are a beginning screenwriter…

Part 5: If you are a beginning screenwriter…

Saturday Hot Links

Screenwriting 101: Jeremiah Friedman

Screenwriting News (November 11–17, 2013)

Script To Screen: Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Spec Script Sale: From Here to Albion

Spec Script Sale: “Nemesis”

Spec Script Sale: “The Politician”

Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 13(B): A Well-Constructed Plot

THR: Directors Roundtable

The Black List Annual Report

Writing and the Creative Life: Flow.

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