Go Into The Story

Page One: “The Big Short” (2015)

Screenplay by Charles Randolph & Adam McKay, based upon the book by Michael Lewis

2021 Scene-Writing Challenge: Day 6

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 7

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

Reader Question: How insane is it for a 46 year-old to try to start a Hollywood writing career?

It’s crazy, but then it’s crazy for ANYONE to expect to break into Hollywood.

Screenwriting 101: Lorien McKenna

“When I was in a playwriting class, we’d do this exercise, a guided visualization where you imagine opening a door and there’s a scene…

Page One: “Thelma & Louise” (1991)

Written by Callie Khouri

2021 Scene-Writing Challenge: Day 5

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 6

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

Reader Question: What’s the biggest challenge novelists face when switching to screenwriting?

While closely related, there are significant differences between these two narrative forms.

On Writing

“Greater than scene is situation. Greater than situation is implication. Greater than all of these is a single, entire human being, who…

Page One: “Taken” (2008)

Written by Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen

Sundays with Stephen King’s “On Writing”

A series featuring reflections on writing from the famed author’s memoir.

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 5

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

The Theology of Cinema: Grace

“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid. I am with you. Nothing can ever separate us.”

Script To Screen: “The Devil Wears Prada”

Miranda arrives in the office in this scene from the 2006 comedy, screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna, novel by Lauren Weisberger.

Page One: “The World’s End” (2013)

Written by Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright

2021 Scene-Writing Challenge: Day 4

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 4

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

Great Scene: “Amadeus”

Compare screenplay to screen: The wondrous scene in the 1984 movie in which Mozart dictates the Requiem Mass to Salieri.

Interview (Video): Bill Lawrence

An hour-long conversation with the showrunner and co-creator of the Apple+ TV series Ted Lasso.

Page One: “Sunset Blvd.” (1950)

Written by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr.

Priya, I fixed the broken links.

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2021 Scene-Writing Challenge: Day 3

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 3

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

Screenwriting Back to Basics, Day 5: Reader Identification

Tap into the Protagonist’s qualities which a reader can connect with.