Go Into The Story

Daily Dialogue — January 6, 2020

Daddy Warbucks: You spend your evenings in the shanties. Miss Hannigan: You had me followed. Daddy Warbucks: Imbibing quarts of bathtub…

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…

2020 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Week 1

Writing prompts #1–3. Practice writing dialogue. Win a free class with me.

The next Go Into The Story Reading and Analysis Script: “The Farewell”

Read the script for the acclaimed drama comedy and analyze it next week.

Daily Dialogue — January 5, 2020

Andy Dufresne: Mr. Hadley, do you trust your wife? Captain Hadley: Oh that’s funny. You’re gonna look funnier sucking my dick with no…

Update: 2019 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 1 New Script, 41 Total

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

Daily Dialogue theme next week: Drunk

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Screenwriting Advice From The Past: The Final Close-Up [Part 4]

“The genuine natural bent for photoplay writing is shown only in those who can write well and like to write. Before you attempt to write…

Daily Dialogue — January 4, 2020

“Dear Catherine, I’ve been sitting here thinking about all the things I wanted to apologize to you for. All the pain we caused each other…

Sharon, good to hear you were inspired to keep going.

Onward!

I will keep pushing as long as folks like you keep following your creative dreams and ambitions.

Onward!

How to Use Go Into The Story: Learn the Business

“What you learn about the business of filmmaking and TV may or may not influence your creative choices, but in order to survive as a…

2020 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Day 3

A chance for you to work on your dialogue chops and win free prizes!

Screenplay Structure is More Than Just Plot

A 7-minute video featuring… me.

Daily Dialogue — January 3, 2020

Partygoer: So Tom, what is it that you do? Tom: I write greeting cards. Summer: Tom could be a really great architect if he wanted to be…

Update: 2019 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 2 New Scripts, 40 Total

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

2020 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Day 2

A chance for you to work on your dialogue chops and win free prizes!

The Business of Screenwriting: Everything You Wanted to Know About Specs [Part 14]

“The advantage of going wide is that, if you get multiple buyers interested, you can have them bid against one another and end up getting a…

Daily Dialogue — January 2, 2020

“Give me your hand! Give me your hand!”

How to Use Go Into The Story: Study the Craft

“Breaking into Hollywood, let alone building and sustaining a writing career there is extremely challenging. You must push yourself to…

2020 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Day 1

A chance for you to work on your dialogue chops and win free prizes!

Daily Dialogue 2020

All of this year’s Daily Dialogue posts.

Daily Dialogue — January 1, 2020

“Dodge this.”

More Movies Like This, Please: 2019 List

I started something in 2012. Whenever I saw a new movie I liked, I would jump onto Twitter, identify the movie, then simply tweet: “More…

How to Use Go Into The Story: Write Pages

“You can’t make a sale… you can’t land representation… you can’t go up for writing assignments… you can’t have the credibility to pitch a…