Go Into The Story Week In Review: September 15-September 21, 2014

Links to the week’s most notable posts:

An Argument Against Screenplay Formulas (Part 1): They are selling you a lie

An Argument Against Screenplay Formulas (Part 2): Formulas lead to formulaic writing

An Argument Against Screenplay Formulas (Part 3): They diminish the craft of screenwriting

An Argument Against Screenplay Formulas (Part 4): They make the job of a screenwriter more difficult

An Argument Against Screenplay Formulas (Part 5): Times have changed and so have expectations for a screenplay

Bookworm data hack lets you map every word in 100,000 screenplays

Classic 70s Movie: All the President’s Men

Classic 70s Movie: Midnight Express

Classic 70s Movie: Murder By Death

Classic 70s Movie: The Getaway

Classic 70s Movie: The Parallax View

Classic 70s Movie: What’s Up, Doc?

Classic 70s Movie: Young Frankenstein

Daily Dialogue Theme for Next Week: Vengeance

Declare Your Independents: Volume 30

Documentary: Rosemary’s Baby

Go Into The Story Interview: 2013 Screenwriters Roundtable

Great Character: Lux Lisbon (The Virgin Suicides)

Interview (Video): Jenji Kohan

Interview (Written): Scott Frank

Interview (Written): Stephen King

On Writing: Flannery O’Connor

Reader Question: Given the odds against success, how do you keep motivated?

Saturday Hot Links

Screenwriting 101: Scott Rothman

Screenwriting News (September 15-September 121, 2014)

Script To Screen: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Spec Script Sale: “In the Deep”

Spec Script Sale: “North of Reno”

Spec Script Sale: “Road to Oz”

Spec Script Sale: “Scarecrow”

Twitter Rant: Eric Heisserer on Drafts, Parentheticals, Respect

Twitter Rant: Eric Heisserer on Loglines

Twitter Rant: Eric Heisserer on Minimalist Screenwriting Style

Twitter Rant: Eric Heisserer on Pitching

Twitter Rant: Eric Heisserer on the Screenwriter’s Creative Power

Writing and the Creative Life: The act of writing provides health benefits

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