Go Into The Story

“The writer is both a sadist and a masochist. We create people we love, then we torture them.”

Reflections on one of my favorite quotes on writing.

Script To Screen: “The Truman Show”

From the 1998 movie The Truman Show, written by Andrew Nichol.

Page One: “Friday Night Lights”

Written by Peter Berg, Pilot (11/18/2005 )

Go Into The Story Resource: Script Reading & Analysis Series

Movie scripts analyzed to depth including Scene-By-Scene Breakdown, Plot, Characters, Themes, Dialogue.

Why AI Is the Most Important Issue in the Writers’ Strike

A must read article by WGA member Cole Haddon.

Script To Screen: “Unforgiven”

From the 1992 movie Unforgiven, written by David Webb Peoples, the movie’s Final Struggle sequence.

Interview (Written): Andrea Pallaoro

A conversation with the co-writer and director of the new indie drama Monica.

Page One: “Arrested Development”

Written by Mitchell Hurwitz, Pilot (3/21/2003)

ChatGPT does Alfred Hitchcock

Using my prompt, the generative artificial intelligence program composes a scene involving a two people seated at an outdoor cafe, enjoying…

Go Into The Story Resource: Screenwriting Tweetstorms

Twitter threads uploaded by professional screenwriters, TV writers, and producers on a wide variety of subjects.

My Writing Workshop Schedule

Two online workshops this summer… my only ones in 2023!

Look… don’t overlook

As writers in order for us to have any hope of securing a meaningful degree of understanding of a story universe and its characters, we…

Page One: “Killing Eve”

Written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Pilot (10/3/2016)

Go Into The Story Resource: Story Types

With movies, there are Genres. Cross Genres. Sub-Genres. Also Story Types.

ChatGPT does M. Night Shyamalan

Using my prompt, the generative artificial intelligence program composes a scene involving a ghost hunter, a documentary filmmaker, a house…

Reckless Creatives: Live with Scott Myers

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 4–6 p.m. PT | 7–9 p.m. ET. Reserve your spot!

George R.R. Martin weighs in on the Writers Guild strike

“I want to say a few words about what I think is THE most important issue in the current writers’ strike.”

Page One: “True Detective”

Written by Nic Pizzolatto, Pilot (1/12/2014)

Go Into The Story Resource: Great Characters

Need inspiration? Here are 100+ articles analyzing great movie characters.

ChatGPT does Indiana Jones

Using my prompt, the generative artificial intelligence program composes a scene in which Indiana Jones fights with Nazi crew members…

Author T.J. Newman’s Open Letter To Dreamers

A guest column on Deadline from the author of two best-selling novels: Falling and Drowning.

Writers Strike Dos and Don’ts for Pre-WGA Writers

As explained by a member of the Writers Guild of America.

Page One: “Euphoria”

Written by Sam Levinson, Pilot (4/27/2017)

Writers Strike Dos and Don’ts for Pre-WGA Writers

As explained by a member of the Writers Guild of America.

Go Into The Story Resource: 140 Scene-Writing Prompts

At a fundamental level, screenwriting is scene-writing. Use these prompts to improve your scene-writing chops.