Go Into The Story

Screenwriting 101: Jonathan Lemkin

“If you let your lifestyle expend your last check, you then say yes to a really bad project to keep the checks coming. The quality of your…

Page One: “Work It” (2020)

Written by Alison Peck

Go Into The Story Interview: Tara Tomicevic

My conversation with the 2021 Black List writer.

Page One: “Wonderstruck” (2017)

Screenplay by Brian Selznick based upon his novel

On Writing

“I think you have to interpret ‘Write what you know’ much more broadly than that. We’re talking about emotional truth here. We’re talking…

Page One: “Wonder Boys” (2000)

Screenplay by Steve Kloves, novel by Michael Chabon

Go Into The Story Interview: Kristen Tepper

My conversation with the 2022 Black List writer.

Page One: “The Witches” (1990)

Screenplay by Allan Scott, based on the book by Roald Dahl

Screenwriting 101: Ernest Lehman

“One of the most important feats in screenwriting is to convey exposition not only without it appearing to be exposition, but also without…

Page One: “The Witch” (2015)

Written by Robert Eggers

Go Into The Story Interview: Lori Evans Taylor

My conversation with the 2015 Black List writer.

Page One: “Wise Guys” (1986)

Written by George Gallo

On Writing

“Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry.”

Page One: “Winter’s Tale” (2014)

Screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, novel by Mark Helprin

Go Into The Story Interview: John Swetnam

My conversation with the 2017 Black List writer

Page One: “Wind River” (2017)

Written by Taylor Sheridan

Screenwriting 101: Ernest Lehman

“I think that much of good screenwriting is about carpentry. It’s a juggling of beginnings, middles and endings so that they all inevitably…

Page One: “Wildlife” (2018)

Screenplay by Paul Dano & Zoe Kazan, based on the book by Richard Ford

Go Into The Story Interview: Jonathan Stokes

My conversation with the five-time Black List writer.

Page One: “The Wife” (2017)

Screenplay by Jane Anderson, based on the novel “The Wife” by Meg Wolitzer

On Writing

“That faith if you put the bad, easy version of a scene on the page, the good version will come tomorrow. That’s writing.”

Page One: “The Wicker Man” (1973)

Screenplay by Anthony Shaffer

Go Into The Story Interview: Chris Sparling

My conversation with the four-time Black List screenwriter.

Page One: “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” (1988)

Screenplay by Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman, based on the book: “Who Censored Roger Rabbit?” by Gary K. Wolf

Screenwriting 101: Dennis Lehane

START WITH CHARACTERS: “The plot is just the vehicle by which the characters are revealed. You create a bunch of characters and let them…