Go Into The Story

Video: “Breaking Suture”

Another in the excellent screenwriting series Raising the Stakes.

Page One: “Planet of the Apes” (1968)

Screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling, based on the novel by Pierre Boulle

There you go, Rochelle.

Good for you and good luck with your novel as well as all your writing projects!

Carol, I agree 100%.

I tell my students: “Bottom line, if you really want to be a writer … you’ll do what you need to do to be a writer. You’ll do it … or you…

Lucy, agreed.

Thanks and good luck!

Ways To Write (Part 4): Writing Weekend

For 48 hours, nothing but writing. No Internet. No phone calls. No TV. Just you. And your story.

Interview (Part 4): Murder Ink

My interview with Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage, the writing team behind the 2021 Black List script “Homecoming.”

The Thing With Coincidences in Screenplays…

The difference between Fate… and Writer’s Convenience.

Writing and the Creative Life: 4 Tips On Creativity From The Creator Of Calvin & Hobbes

I saw this article in Fast Company a while back and in reading it, I realized how important comic strips have been in my adult life…

Page One: “Please Give” (2010)

Written by Nicole Holofcener

John, great you discovered that resource.

https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/90-archive-links-f9c2db802548

Lennie, yes!

So please, feel free to join the challenge. It’s free and a fun way to motivate writers to… write!

Ways To Write (Part 3): One Page Per Day

You can write two entire spec scripts in one year if you only write one page per day. Two. Complete. Feature. Spec. Scripts.

Interview (Part 3): Murder Ink

My interview with Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage, the writing team behind the 2021 Black List script “Homecoming.”

Writing Mantra: Set aside your attachments

“All too often, attachments get in the way of our writing. When you should be inside your story universe, your mind is outside thinking…

The Business of Screenwriting: “I can do that!

A writer rises to meet the challenge of any story.

Page One: “The Piano” (1993)

Written by Jane Campion

James, that’s the thing.

There is Aristotle. Beginning. Middle. End.

Matthew, when William Goldman says, “Screenplays ARE structure,” you have to pay attention because…

My point is this: How do you GET to the structure?

Hugh, I know Go Into The Story is different from a lot of blogs or screenwriting sites in that I…

I’ve always thought of it as a place where a writer can drop in from time to time during the day and find a different post to inspire them.

Ways To Write (Part 2): The Pomodoro Technique

Break up writing tasks into half-hour segments with a reward at the end of each completed one.

Interview (Part 2): Murder Ink

My interview with Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage, the writing team behind the 2021 Black List script “Homecoming.”

Make Words Your Friend

“Putting one right word after another” — that is so right. When you bust it all down, writing is about choosing words. A writer can choose…

Great Scene: “Some Like It Hot”

A memorable set of scenes from the classic 1959 Billy Wilder comedy.

Page One: “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” (1999)

Written by George Lucas