Go Into The Story

Interview (Part 3): Bill Holderman and Erin Simms

My in-depth conversation with the co-writers (Holderman and Simms) and director (Holderman) of the comedy Book Club.

Go Into The Story Resource: So-Called Screenwriting ‘Rules’

A comprehensive series on the most significant of the supposed screenwriting ‘rules,’ hopefully to put things into proper perspective…

Script To Screen: “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”

A memorable scene from the 1982 comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High, written by Cameron Crowe.

Daily Dialogue — May 16, 2018

Joyce Cooper: Fascist! Nicholas Angel: I beg your pardon? Joyce Cooper: [doing a crossword puzzle] System of government categorized by…

Reader Question: Could you explain how writing credits work?

A deep dive into the mysteries of screenwriting credits.

Interview (Part 2): Bill Holderman and Erin Simms

My in-depth conversation with the co-writers (Holderman and Simms) and director (Holderman) of the comedy Book Club.

Go Into The Story Resource: Screenwriting Tweetstorms

59 Twitter threads uploaded by professional screenwriters, TV writers, and producers on a wide variety of subjects.

Screenwriting 101: Aaron Tracy

“My agent recently asked me to send him 10 ideas for screenplays in the span of a couple weeks. It seemed like a silly exercise because…

Daily Dialogue — May 15, 2018

Dewey Cox: [singing] In my dreams, you’re blowing me… some kisses. Darlene: [singing] That’s one of my favorite things to do. Dewey Cox…

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Interview (Part 1): Bill Holderman and Erin Simms

My in-depth conversation with the co-writers (Holderman and Simms) and director (Holderman) of the comedy Book Club.

Go Into The Story Resource: Script Reading & Analysis Series

74 movie scripts analyzed to depth including Scene-By-Scene Breakdown, Plot, Characters, Themes, Dialogue.

On Writing

“To go from being a competent writer to being a great writer, I think you have to risk being — or risk being seen as — a bad writer…

Daily Dialogue — May 14, 2018

Phyllis: Is there anything I can do? Walter: The insurance ran out on the fifteenth. I’d hate to think of your having a smashed fender or…

Screenwriting News (May 7-May 13, 2018)

The week’s writing deals and movie project news.

Screenwriting Lessons from Michael Arndt

Story Beginnings, Endings, ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, ‘Toy Story 3’, and more.

Spec Script Deal: “Escape From the North Pole”

Filmula acquires 2017 Black List script “Escape From the North Pole” written by Paul Laudiero and Ben Baker. From Deadline:

Go Into The Story Resource: 30 Things About Screenwriting

Reflections on and basic tenets about the craft. They represent my take. If any of them resonate with you, great. If not, feel free to…

Interview (Video): Matthew Aldrich and Adrian Molina

A conversation with the co-writers of the Pixar movie Coco.

Daily Dialogue — May 13, 2018

“Yippee Ki Yay, motherfucker.”

Ticket Giveaway: “The Psychology of Story-Telling” with Lindsay Doran

She’s known as “The Script Whisperer” and unlike so-called screenwriting gurus, Lindsay Doran has the street cred to back it up. To wit:

Saturday Hot Links

Time for the 341st installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…

Go Into The Story Resource: Story Types

With movies, there are Genres. Cross Genres. Sub-Genres. Also Story Types.

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Daily Dialogue — May 12, 2018

“Go ahead. Make my day.”