Go Into The Story

On Writing

“One word after another. That’s the only way that novels get written and, short of elves coming in the night and turning your jumbled notes…

Page One: “Argo” (2012)

Screenplay by Chris Terrio.

Sundays with Stephen King’s “On Writing”

A series featuring reflections on writing from the famed author’s memoir.

The Theology of Cinema: Salvation

“On the one hand, salvation is directed toward saving someone else. On the other hand, it is a gift, not an achievement.”

Great Scene: “Pulp Fiction”

Does Ezekiel 25:17 ring a bell in this classic Tarantino scene?

Interview (Written): Kurt Vonnegut

A 1973 Playboy interview with the renowned author of such books as Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions.

Page One: “Apollo 13” (1995)

Screenplay by William Broyles Jr. & Al Reinert, book by Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger

“Where am I going?”

A great question for a Protagonist to answer.

What do ‘Wall-E’ and ‘Logan’ have in common?

Both movies use a simple gesture to pack an emotional wallop.

Script To Screen: “The Devil Wears Prada”

Miranda arrives in the office in this scene from the 2006 comedy, screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna, novel by Lauren Weisberger.

Interview (Video): Craig Luck

The backstory on the new Apple TV+ movie Finch from its co-screenwriter who originated the project in film school.

Page One: “The American President” (1995)

Written by Aaron Sorkin

Sharon, not knowing all the details, let me just say this.

My suggestion: Step back from the story, go away for a few days, come back, assess the feedback, compare to your story, and as always, go…

How to Decide Which Story to Write

Are you trying to figure out which of one or more stories to write next?

“Conversations With Wilder”: Part 20

Billy Wilder. Cameron Crowe. Conversation and creative insight.

2021–2022 Award Season Screenplay Downloads —2 New Scripts

It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.

Writing and the Creative Life: Why You Should Write Three Pages of Garbage Every Morning

“Freewriting forces you to keep moving forward, keep creating, without a thought given to quality.”

Page One: “American Graffiti” (1973)

Written by George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck

Bruno, that was much the same vibe which occurred in the late 80s when scripts inundated with beats.

The funny thing about the level of emotion around this subject is it’s such a minor detail. I mean picayune. Whether a writer chooses to…

“Go Into Yourself”

Words of wisdom from Rainer Maria Rilke in his Letters to a Young Poet.

“Conversations With Wilder”: Part 19

Billy Wilder. Cameron Crowe. Conversation and creative insight.

Two Writing Functions: Receptive and Executive

One that allows your characters to come alive. One to craft sentences which draw the reader into the scene.

Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Read your dialogue aloud

This is truly one of the easiest things you can do to improve your dialogue writing: When you finish a draft of your script, read aloud…

Writing and the Creative Life: “The hard is what makes it great”

Wisdom about writing and creativity from the movie A League of Their Own.

Page One: “All the President’s Men” (1976)

Screenplay by William Goldman, book by Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward