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Writing and the Creative Life: 4 Tips On Creativity From The Creator Of Calvin & Hobbes

I saw this article in Fast Company a while back and in reading it, I realized how important comic strips have been in my adult life…

Page One: “Please Give” (2010)

Written by Nicole Holofcener

John, great you discovered that resource.

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Lennie, yes!

So please, feel free to join the challenge. It’s free and a fun way to motivate writers to… write!

Ways To Write (Part 3): One Page Per Day

You can write two entire spec scripts in one year if you only write one page per day. Two. Complete. Feature. Spec. Scripts.

Interview (Part 3): Murder Ink

My interview with Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage, the writing team behind the 2021 Black List script “Homecoming.”

Writing Mantra: Set aside your attachments

“All too often, attachments get in the way of our writing. When you should be inside your story universe, your mind is outside thinking…

The Business of Screenwriting: “I can do that!

A writer rises to meet the challenge of any story.

Page One: “The Piano” (1993)

Written by Jane Campion

James, that’s the thing.

There is Aristotle. Beginning. Middle. End.

Matthew, when William Goldman says, “Screenplays ARE structure,” you have to pay attention because…

My point is this: How do you GET to the structure?

Hugh, I know Go Into The Story is different from a lot of blogs or screenwriting sites in that I…

I’ve always thought of it as a place where a writer can drop in from time to time during the day and find a different post to inspire them.

Ways To Write (Part 2): The Pomodoro Technique

Break up writing tasks into half-hour segments with a reward at the end of each completed one.

Interview (Part 2): Murder Ink

My interview with Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage, the writing team behind the 2021 Black List script “Homecoming.”

Make Words Your Friend

“Putting one right word after another” — that is so right. When you bust it all down, writing is about choosing words. A writer can choose…

Great Scene: “Some Like It Hot”

A memorable set of scenes from the classic 1959 Billy Wilder comedy.

Page One: “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” (1999)

Written by George Lucas

Ways To Write (Part 1): Email

How writer-director Judd Apatow emailed himself notes which became the foundation for the movie Knocked Up.

Interview (Part 1): Murder Ink

My interview with Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage, the writing team behind the 2021 Black List script “Homecoming.”

Movie Script Scene-By-Scene Breakdown: “The Harder They Fall”

A breakdown of the screenplay for the 2021 action drama.

Screenwriting 101: Amma Asante

“You know what I do? When I’m starting a script, I write two or three thematic words down on little pieces of paper. I fold them up, stick…

Page One: “The Pelican Brief” (1993)

Screenplay by Alan J. Pakula, novel by John Grisham

The Trouble with “Character Flaws”

“Characters, at least good ones, are multilayered individuals.”

Go Into The Story Interview: Sophia Lopez

My interview with 2021 Black List writer for her script A Hufflepuff Love Story.

Movie Script Scene-By-Scene Breakdown: “Red Rocket”

A breakdown of the screenplay for the 2021 drama comedy from writer-director Sean Baker.