Go Into The Story

Reflections of 2018 Black List Feature Writer’s Lab Participants

7 writers. 7 mentors. 6 days. 1 incredible experience.

2018 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 4

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

Spec Script Deal: “Salt of Joy”

Luma Pictures acquires romance drama spec script “Salt of Joy” written by Rich Greenberg. From Deadline:

Screenwriting 101 — David Magee

“What makes a writer a writer is the ability to write a scene five different ways without taking it a personal attack if someone asks you…

Daily Dialogue — September 4, 2018

“Are you desirable? Are you irresistible? Maybe if you drank bourbon with me, it would help. Maybe if you kissed me and I could taste the…

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…

2018 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 3

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

120 Scene-Writing Prompts

At a fundamental level, screenwriting is scene-writing. Use these prompts to improve your scene-writing chops.

On Writing

“A word after a word after a word is power.”

Daily Dialogue — September 3, 2018

“Don’t tell me how to rob a bank. I know how to rob a bank.”

Screenwriting News (August 27 — September 2, 2018)

The week’s writing deals and movie project news.

2018 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 2

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

The Heroine’s Journey: Part 4

I’m reprising a 4-part series from 2012 on The Heroine’s Journey because it’s as relevant today as it was over 6 years ago.

Scene-Writing Exercises [2018]

Here are 20 scene-writing prompts.

Daily Dialogue — September 2, 2018

“The only good thing about being wounded in the butt-ocks is the ice cream.”

Great! I’ll have a post going up tomorrow to round out this 4-part series which summarizes some of…

Good luck with your #ZD30SCRIPT project!

Saturday Hot Links

Time for the 357th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…

2018 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 1

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

2018 Scene-Writing Challenge: Week 4

Here are all of Week 4’s prompts for this year’s Scene-Writing Challenge.

Daily Dialogue theme next week: Bank

Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 3,761 consecutive days and counting.

Daily Dialogue — September 1, 2018

Ice Cream Vendor: Would you like to buy an ice cream? Diana: Thank you.

The Heroine’s Journey: Part 3

I’m reprising a 4-part series from 2012 on The Heroine’s Journey because it’s as relevant today as it was over 6 years ago.

2018 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Story Prep (Part 5) — Script Diary

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

2018 Scene-Writing Challenge: Day 20

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.

Writing and the Creative Life: The Virtues of Spacing Out and Goofing Off

Finally, science is good for something! Spacing out rules!