Go Into The Story Resource: Sixty Second Screenwriter

A video series addressing key screenwriting concerns in one minute.

On May 16, 2023, Go Into The Story turned 15 years old — you can read the very first blog post here. I led with this paragraph:

Welcome to Go Into The Story! Right now, it’s nothing but a humble, threadbare blog, but I hope it will evolve into an active resource for aspiring screenwriters, as well as a community for anyone interested in storytelling and the creative life.

And evolve it did! To the point where it was recently named “Best of the Best” Scriptwriting Website in the 20th Annual Writer’s Digest Best Websites for Writers list.

To celebrate 15 years of blogging about screenwriting, writing, Hollywood, movies, TV, and the creative life, each day in May, I’m going to feature a piece of Go Into The Story trivia, plus a writing resource you can find in the site’s archives. This is not an exercise in self-congratulations so much as I figured readers could use some tips about how to best use the site. With — to date — over 100 archive topics, there is a LOT of content here. Hopefully, these posts this month will clue in more recent followers and remind long-time readers about resources you can use to facilitate deepening your understanding of the writing craft.

Today’s Go Into The Story resource: A few years back, I had an idea for a video series. I enlisted the assistance of DePaul University film school faculty and students to produce it: 60 Second Screenwriter. Fourteen videos, each about one-minute long covering a host of subjects about the craft.

Last year, we rolled out the videos every other week and the response has been great. Here they are!

The series is very much in the spirit of Go Into The Story: Quality content, meaningful insights, fun, and free. Check out the videos and spread the word!

You may subscribe to the DePaul Cinematic Arts YouTube channel here.

Each day this month, I am taking the opportunity to thank you for supporting Go Into The Story. I’d love to hear from you in RESPONSES. When did you start following the blog? What are your favorite features? And as always, if you have any suggestions, feel free to suggest away.