Go Into The Story

Page One: “Team America: World Police” (2004)

Written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Pam Brady

Character Type: Addict

Those of you who have followed my blog for some time or taken courses with me through Screenwriting Master Class know how fascinated I am…

2021 Scene-Writing Challenge

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 14

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

Screenwriting 101: James Acker

“I usually just do the scribble draft and take it scene by scene. Here’s a description what happens in this scene. Here’s one line of…

Deep Focus: Go Into The Movies Project

Film school on the cheap!

Page One: “Taxi Driver” (1976)

Written by Paul Schrader

Frida, I had to do a bit of searching but found it:

https://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/e/e/e/eeedae793d87b1b1/BlackSwanQandA.mp3

Congratulations, Tom, on your prodigious output as a writer!

What advice do you have for a neophyte novelist?

Concept = Hook

“The foundation of any movie is the screenplay. The foundation of any screenplay is the concept. Therefore it stands to reason which story…

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 13

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

2021 Scene-Writing Challenge

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.

On Writing

“One of the most important things that I teach them early on is that writing requires revision and that writing is a process. I teach…

Page One: “Tangerine” (2015)

Written by Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch

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 12

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

The Theology of Cinema: Guilt

“The danger of our guilt, both personal and collective, is less that we won’t take it to heart than that we’ll take it to heart overmuch…

Script To Screen: “Black Swan”

The dramatic climax of the 2010 psychological thriller Black Swan, screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin, story…

Page One: “Syriana” (2005)

Screenplay by Stephen Gaghan, based on a book by Robert Baer

Switch Protagonist = Story Concept

How many different ways can The Wizard of Oz be told?

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 11

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

Great Scene: “Apocalypse Now”

The introduction of Captain Willard alone in a Saigon hotel room.

Video: Wes Anderson interviews Robert Evans

Yes, this actually happened in 2002. You can watch it here.

Page One: “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997)

Screenplay by Atom Egoyan, novel by Russell Banks

2021 Scene-Writing Challenge

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.