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2017 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Day 14

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

The Business of Screenwriting: The phone call

Can one phone call literally change your life? Yes, it can.

Daily Dialogue — January 19, 2017

“My glasses… I can afford more glasses.”

Rewrite that script!

It’s the oldest axiom in the screenwriting trade: “Writing is rewriting.”

Script Analysis: “Arrival” — Part 3: Characters

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

Set Pieces, Part 3: Stakes

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 13

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

Daily Dialogue — January 18, 2017

“You move me, I’ll break up in little pieces. But what a deal. Look, there’s this dough, see? There’s all this dough! 350 Gs! Do you hear…

“Hope and creativity are two of the most important things in the world”

The words of Emma Stone in her Golden Globe acceptance speech.

Script Analysis: “Arrival” — Part 2: Plot

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

Set Pieces, Part 2: Emotional Meaning

One of the most valuable pieces of brainstorming a screenwriter can do with regard to a story is conjure up some good set pieces.

2017 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Day 12

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

Screenwriting 101: Mike Mills

Reflections on the craft from the writer-director of “20th Century Women”.

Daily Dialogue — January 17, 2017

Dobbs: For a long time I’ve had my suspicions about you and now I know I’ve been right. CURTIN: What suspicions? DOBBS: Not putting…

Reading the script and the scene-by-scene breakdown, it’s interesting to note some of the content…

For instance, there’s a LOT more going on in the script between Louise and Ian, they have a more ‘traditional’ romance in the sense they…

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Script Analysis: “Arrival” — Part 1: Scene By Scene Breakdown

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

Set Pieces, Part 1: Spin the plot

One of the most valuable pieces of brainstorming a screenwriter can do with regard to a story is conjure up some good set pieces.

2017 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Day 11

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

On Writing

Reflections on Story from screenwriter of Pirates of the Caribbean and Shrek.

Daily Dialogue — January 16, 2017

CHECHEN: Dog or not, what you do with all your money? JOKER: You see, I’m a guy of simple taste. I enjoy, uh, dynamite… and gunpowder… and……

2017 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Week 2

Writing prompts #6–10. Practice writing dialogue. Win a free class with me.

The next Go Into The Story Read and Analysis Script: “Arrival”

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

Go Into The Story Interview: Jon Boyer

Entire series with 2013 Black List screenwriter.

Screenwriting News (January 9-January 15, 2017)

This week’s writing deals and movie project news.