Go Into The Story

2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 10

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

Script Analysis: “The Social Network” —Scene By Scene Breakdown

Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:

The Business of Screenwriting: 24/7/365

When you’re a writer, you’re basically never NOT working.

Page One: “The Imitation Game” (2014)

Written by Graham Moore, book by Andrew Hodges

12 Free Go Into The Story eBooks

Nearly 1,000 pages on the craft and business of screenwriting.

2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 9

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

Script Analysis: “The Silence of the Lambs” — Scene By Scene Breakdown

Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:

Great Scene: “The Dark Knight”

“And you know the thing about chaos, Harvey? It’s fair. You live. You die.”

Page One: “If Beale Street Could Talk” (2018)

Written for the screen by Barry Jenkins, based on the book by James Baldwin

Story: A character we care about confronts complex challenges created by a compelling crisis with a…

My alliterative definition of Story.

2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 8

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

Spec Script Formatting Primers

An amazing resource for TV writers provided by the Writers Guild Foundation.

Screenwriting 101: Shane Black

“I think about the audience in the sense that I serve as my own audience. I have to please myself that way, if I saw the movie in theatre…

Page One: “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” (2020)

Written for the screen by Charlie Kaufman, based on the book by Iain Reid

2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 7

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

Wanted! Volunteers for Screenplay Analysis Series!

Could you spare some time to do a scene-by-scene breakdown of a 2021 movie script?

The Spirit of the Spec

The creative empowerment of writing a spec script.

On Writing

“There are three necessary elements in a story — exposition, development, and drama. Exposition we may illustrate as ‘John Fortescue was a…

Page One: “I, Tonya” (2017)

Written by Steven Rogers

Sundays with Sidney Lumet’s “Making Movies”

A weekly series featuring reflections on filmmaking by one of the truly great movie directors.

2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 6

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

Go Into The Story Interview: Karin delaPeña Collison

My interview with the 2021 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Video: WGFestival 2021: Showrunner Sessions — Writing Comedy

Panel conversation with writers and showrunners from HBO Max’s slate of comedies, including A Black Lady Sketch Show, Hacks, Insecure, The…

Page One: “I, Robot” (2004)

Screenplay by Jeff Vintar and Akiva Goldsman, screen story by Jeff Vintar, suggested by the book by Isaac Asimov

Sundays with Sidney Lumet’s “Making Movies”

A weekly series featuring reflections on filmmaking by one of the truly great movie directors.