Go Into The Story

The Business of Screenwriter: Get a damn good lawyer!

The most expensive lesson I ever learned in Hollywood.

Daily Dialogue — March 5, 2020

INT. LIBRARY — MORNING

Screenplay Structure Simplified

“Plot is critical, but how a writer gets to plot is even more critical.”

2020 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 4

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

Interview (Part 3): Karen McDermott

My interview with the 2019 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Great Scene: “Boogie Nights”

A drug deal goes south to the strains of “Jessie’s Girl”.

Daily Dialogue — March 4, 2020

“All these books, gentlemen… a world of knowledge at your disposal, and you play poker all night.”

The Pixar Process

Notes from a presentation by the Head of Story for new Pixar movie Onward.

2020 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 3

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

Interview (Part 2): Karen McDermott

My interview with the 2019 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Screenwriting 101: Quentin Tarantino

“When I describe things in my writing I never use writing adjectives. I don’t know what a writing adjective is. I always use acting…

Daily Dialogue — March 3, 2020

A LIBRARIAN delivers a book to Andrew.

Daily Dialogue — March 3, 2020

A LIBRARIAN delivers a book to Andrew.

Character Development Keys

Starting March 9, my 1-week online class not only immerses you in five key archetypes, you also use them to workshop one of your stories.

2020 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 2

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

Interview (Part 1): Karen McDermott

My interview with the 2019 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

On Writing

“I have more self-doubt than any writer I’ve ever known. The positive aspect of self-doubt — if you can channel it into useful activity…

Daily Dialogue — March 2, 2020

“You won’t accept a guy’s tongue in your mouth and you’re gonna eat that?”

2020 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 1

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

The Theology of Cinema: Sin

“Theologically speaking, we can think of sin in two ways: (1) The act of committing a transgression, breaking some sort of moral or…

Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Us”

The entire 6 part series delving into the hit horror movie.

Daily Dialogue — March 1, 2020

“LOOK UPON ME! I’LL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND!!!”

Daily Dialogue theme next week: Library

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2020 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Story Prep — Get Your Head On Straight

A series to help prepare writers for next month’s Zero Draft Thirty writing challenge.

Script Analysis: “Us” — Part 6: Takeaways

Read the script for the hit horror movie written and directed by Jordan Peele.