Go Into The Story

2024 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 22

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: The “Interest” [Part 2]

“To inspire emotion in your audience you must have been inspired with emotion yourself… Make yourself feel the things you are writing…

Screenwriting 101: Roberto Bentivegna

“Always remember how much you love movies. Always remember the movies that you grew up on, that you obsessed about, that you watched over…

Page One: “A Few Good Men” (1992)

Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin based on his play

2024 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 21

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

On Writing

“Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you’re doomed.”

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: The “Interest” [Part 1]

“What he means by this ‘interest’ query is to ask if your story has the element of human sympathy.”

Page One: “Fast Color” (2018)

Written by Julia Hart & Jordan Horowitz

2024 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 20

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Character On The Screen [Part 4]

“Character development means a change in character taking place during the story… Any change of character during the story is legitimate…

Great Scene: “Michael Clayton”

Clayton confronts Crowder, then rides alone with his thoughts.

Page One: “Fast and Furious” (2009)

Written by Chris Morgan, characters by Gary Scott Thompson

2024 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 19

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Character On The Screen [Part 3]

“A good method is to introduce important characters with some characteristic incident.”

The Business of Screenwriting: The Importance of a Writers Group

There’s that image of a writer. Sequestered in a room. Struggling over a blank piece of paper. Crumpled pages strewn about. A cup of booze…

Page One: “The Fast and the Furious” (2001)

Screenplay by Gary Scott Thompson and Erik Bergquist and David Ayer, screen story by Gary Scott Thompson, magazine article by Ken Li

2024 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 18

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Character On The Screen [Part 2]

“Failure to concentrate on this essential of plot making (developing of character) has been responsible for the wishy-washy substance of…

Great Scene: “The Matrix”

“You take the blue pill, the story ends… you take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland.”

Page One: “Far from the Madding Crowd” (2015)

Screenplay by David Nichols, novel by Thomas Hardy

2024 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 17

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Character On The Screen [Part 1]

“Every character in the story of the scenarist should be established as an individual — a living, breathing, real person.”

Screenwriting 101: Charles Bennett

“The construction is the most important goddamned thing. It’s like building a house — you have to build the outside properly before you…

Page One: “Fences” (2016)

Screenplay by August Wilson based upon his play

2024 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 16

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.