Go Into The Story

Writing Tip: Your characters want you to tell their story

Lean into your characters. After all, it’s their story.

Page One: “Bottoms” (2023)

Written by Emma Seligman & Rachel Sennott

2022 Spec Script Sales Analysis: Buyers

Yesterday, we looked at 2022 spec script deals by genre. Today, we break down the numbers per streamers, major studios, mini-majors…

2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 9 New Scripts, 17 Total

It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.

Page One: “Air” (2023)

Written by Alex Convery

2022 Spec Script Deals Analysis: Genres

By my count, Hollywood studios, production companies, and financiers acquired 16 spec scripts in 2022. During this week, I’ll be breaking…

Screenwriting 101: Stirling Silliphant

“I *DETEST* the word plot. I never, never think of plot. I think only and solely of character. Give me the characters; I’ll tell you a…

Page One: “Nixon” (1995)

Written by Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson & Oliver Stone

2022 Spec Script Deal List

Every year since I launched the blog in 2008, I do a week-long analysis of the recent year in terms of spec script deals. This week, we…

On Writing

“To write what you know needn’t mean a fictional rehashing of your own circumstances: it sometimes means taking a single strand from your…

Page One: “The Nines” (2007)

Written by John August

Writing Tip: Three Keys to Writing in a Distracting World

I become fully engaged in my writing when I am fully engaged with my characters.

Interview: Gennifer Hutchison

A conversation with the writer whose TV credits include Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Page One: “No Time to Die” (2021)

Screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Cary Joji Fukunaga and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, story by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Cary Joji…

Three Types of Creators

Perfecter. Innovator. Synthesizer. Which type of creative are you?

Script To Screen: “The Kids Are All Right”

A scene from the 2010 movie The Kids Are All Right, written by Lisa Cholodenko, who also directed, and Stuart Blumberg.

Page One: “No One Will Save You” (2023)

Written by Brian Duffield

This will be my 3rd time presenting a three-day masterclass in Paris.

There are four 75-90 minute sessions each of the three days. The Day One sessions expand on the content of my book The Protagonist's…

Go Into The Story travels to France!

In December, I will be presenting a three-day masterclass in Paris on contemporary screenwriting and character-driven storytelling.

2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 1 New Script, 8 Total

It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.

Page One: “Nine Days” (2020)

Written by Edson Oda

The Protagonist’s Journey travels to Switzerland!

In December, I will be doing a two-day presentation in Geneva on screenwriting and character-driven storytelling.

What if…

Perhaps the two most powerful words in the creative process.

Page One: “Nights in Rodanthe” (2008)

Screenplay by Ann Peacock and John Romano, novel by Nicholas Sparks

The Coen Brothers and the Craft of Storytelling

My one-week online class begins Monday, November 27th.