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Script Analysis: “Hell or High Water” — Part 3: Character

Read the script for the acclaimed indie crime drama and discuss this week.

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 12

This is the eighth year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Last week I provided a daily explanation about why you should make it a…

Great Scene: “Frost/Nixon”

A late night phone call from a drunk ex-President to his interviewer.

Daily Dialogue — April 12, 2017

“I’m Kate, um, I’m… an alcoholic. Haha. I’m sorry I don’t mean to laugh, um, just those words are… weird. Um… I mean I guess I… yeah, I…

Such a great script.

What the script does is daring, dropping us into the brothers’ robberies without an explanation WHY they’re doing it. Only later do we…

Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Free Association

You’re stuck on a scene. You’ve tried to write it 10 different ways, but nothing seems to work. Hell, it’s possible that the more you’ve…

Script Analysis: “Hell or High Water” — Part 2: Plot

Read the script for the acclaimed indie crime drama and discuss this week.

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 11

This is the eighth year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Last week I provided a daily explanation about why you should make it a…

Screenwriting 101: Damien Chazelle

“The thing I learned [from Whiplash], especially after having written a bunch of stuff that wasn’t personal, was that the more personal the…

Daily Dialogue — April 11, 2017

RHETT: What is it? This is more than losing old Frank. SCARLETT: Oh, Rhett, I’m so afraid. RHETT: I don’t believe it. You’ve never been…

Online Script Workshops

Prep: From Concept to Outline and Pages I: Writing the First Draft

Script Analysis: “Hell or High Water” — Part 1: Scene By Scene Breakdown

Read the script for the acclaimed indie crime drama and discuss this week.

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 10

This is the eighth year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Last week I provided a daily explanation about why you should make it a…

On Writing

“The discipline involved in finishing a piece of creative work is something on which you can truly pride yourself. You’ll have turned…

Daily Dialogue — April 10, 2017

“He said, ‘I think it’ll help if we play Strip Poker. Of course, I lost. Things went on from there.”

The next Go Into The Story Read and Analysis Script: “Hell or High Water”

Read the script for the acclaimed drama thriller and discuss next week.

‘Hearing’ your characters

Thoughts on taking characters from two to three-dimensions.

Screenwriting News (April 3-April 9, 2017)

This week’s writing deals and movie project news.

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 9

This is the eighth year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Last week I provided a daily explanation about why you should make it a…

Interview (Written): Angela Workman

A Q&A with the screenwriter who adapted “The Zookeeper’s Wife”.

Daily Dialogue — April 9, 2017

Pam Gringe: Well, Brennan, you certainly have had a lot of jobs. Brennan Huff: I’m a bit of a spark plug and, uh, Human Resources Lady…

Daily Dialogue theme next week: Shame

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4 Free Go Into The Story eBooks

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Saturday Hot Links

Time for the 284th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 8

This is the eighth year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work my…