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“The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.”

Daily Dialogue — January 23, 2017

May: Classic Drama Movie Month

Every several months since 2013, we’ve had a Classic Movie Month in which I invite GITS readers to volunteer writing up an overview of one…

Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Arrival”

The entire 6 part series delving into hit science fiction movie.

Screenwriting News (January 16-January 22, 2017)

This week’s writing deals and movie project news.

Simon, thanks for your reflections.

Re free will: I would draw a distinction between the possibility of free will and the exercise of free will. My theological point is that…

Interview (Written): M. Night Shyamalan

A conversation with the writer-director of the movie Split.

Daily Dialogue — January 22, 2017

“Yes! My Precious!”

Daily Dialogue theme next week: Callback

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Script Analysis: “Arrival” — Part 6: Takeaways

Read the script for the hit science fiction movie and analyze it all this week.

Saturday Hot Links

Time for the 273rd installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…

2017 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Week 3

Writing prompts #11–15. Practice writing dialogue. Win a free class with me.

Interview (Audio): Allison Schroeder

A Women and Hollywood interview with co-screenwriter of Hidden Figures.

Daily Dialogue — January 21, 2017

PULITZER: I know we need to make more money. That’s why we’re here: to find out how to make more money. JONATHAN: I have several proposals…

I’m going to go out on a theological limb here and suggest the aliens are metaphors for God.

But the main thing is this: Their experience of time is precisely the same as what orthodox Christianity asserts about its God — the Divine…

I want to zero in on two sides of dialogue.

“Memory is a strange thing. It doesn’t work like I thought it did. We are so bound by time; by its order. Maybe there’s a higher order. I…

It’s a pretty classic Hero’s Journey:

Separation: Louise receives Call To Adventure taking her to the site of the alien ship, pulling her away from her Ordinary World and into…

Script Analysis: “Arrival” — Part 5: Dialogue

Read the script for the hit science fiction movie and analyze it all this week.

Set Pieces, Part 5: Entertainment

A series this week on set pieces: A scene or set of scenes with a big idea, feel and/or scope to them, oftentimes associated with major…

2017 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Day 15

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

Writing and the Creative Life: Three types of creators

My son Will is a recent graduate of a five-year dual degree program at Tufts University and the New England Conservatory. He received two…

Daily Dialogue — January 20, 2017

“I’ve been a rich man and I’ve been a poor man, and I choose rich every fucking time.”

Here’s a take on the characters of Arrival per their archetypes:

Protagonist; Louise Banks

Script Analysis: “Arrival” — Part 4: Themes

Read the script for the hit science fiction movie and analyze it all this week.

Set Pieces, Part 4: Complications, Roadblocks and Reversals

A series this week on set pieces: A scene or set of scenes with a big idea, feel and/or scope to them, oftentimes associated with major…