Go Into The Story

Page One: “Top Gun” (1986)

Written by Jim Cash & Jack Epps Jr.

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 30

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Interview (Audio): Christopher McQuarrie

A half-hour conversation with the writer-director of Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible — Fallout.

The Business of Screenwriting: The Travails of Pitching— The Surprise Visitor

After the humbling experience of pitching the latest project to a distracted exec, we actually sell it to another studio. We head out to…

Page One: “Tootsie” (1982)

Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal, story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart

2021 Scene-Writing Challenge

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 29

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Spec Script Deal: “The Paladin”

Stampede Ventures has acquired action spec script “The Paladin” written by Umair Aleem. Via Deadline:

Great Scene: “Inglourious Basterds”

Col. Hans Landa chats with a French farmer.

Page One: “Tin Cup” (1996)

Written by John Norville, Ron Shelton

Character = Function

Learn all about five primary character archetypes: Protagonist, Nemesis, Attractor, Mentor, and Trickster.

2021 Scene-Writing Challenge

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 28

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Screenwriting 101: Orson Welles

“I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won’t contribute anything themselves. Give…

Page One: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2017)

Written by Martin McDonagh

2021 Scene-Writing Challenge

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 27

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Is My Screenplay Big Enough to Be a Movie?

This is a fundamental question screenwriters must ask themselves at all stages of a screenplay’s development and writing. Why? Because it’s…

On Writing

“Cram your head with characters and stories. Abuse your library privileges. Never stop looking at the world, and never stop reading to find…

Page One: “Three Kings” (1999)

Screenplay by David O. Russell, story by John Ridley

Sundays with Stephen King’s “On Writing”

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

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 26

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

The Theology of Cinema: Incarnation

“If the theological precept of incarnation is ‘God become Man,’ the movie metaphorical view may be this: The Protagonist goes on a journey…

Page One: “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017)

Written by Eric Pearson and Craig Kyle & Christopher L. Yost , based on the Marvel comics by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 25

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.