Go Into The Story

Page One: ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ (1962)

Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson, writings by T.E. Lawrence.

There are so many great sides of dialogue and exchanges in this script, but I'll zero in on two…

Elsa Korr: You're not a Nazi, Jojo. You're a ten-year-old kid who likes dressing up in a funny uniform and wants to be part of a club.

2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 4

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

Script Analysis: “Jojo Rabbit” — Part 5: Dialogue

Read the script for the award-winning film and analyze all week.

Writing and the Creative Life: Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling (Part 5)

“We like to be engaged and entertained by what transpires in the plot, but more important we want to find meaning in the characters’…

Page One: ‘Repo Man’ (1984)

Written by Alex Cox

Using the primary character archetypes, let's see what we come up with for Jojo Rabbit.

Protagonist: Jojo

I view the story's central theme to be this: Jojo moves from an anti-semitic point-of-view to one…

I - It ---> I - You

2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 3

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

Script Analysis: “Jojo Rabbit” — Part 4: Themes

Read the script for the award-winning film and analyze all week.

The Business of Screenwriting: Sweepstakes Pitching, Prewrites and One-Step Deals

“You need to prepare yourself for all aspects of the craft, good and bad. That said writers have been dealing with things like this in one…

Page One: ‘Three Days of the Condor’ (1975)

Screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel, novel by James Grady

Script Analysis: “Jojo Rabbit” — Part 3: Characters

Read the script for the award-winning film and analyze all week.

2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 2

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

Great Scene: “Pulp Fiction”

Does Ezekiel 25:17 ring a bell in this classic Tarantino scene?

Page One: ‘ Men in Black’ (1997)

Screenplay by Ed Solomon, screen story by Ed Solomon, comic by Lowell Cunningham

The plot follows a four-act structure:

Act One: The setup capped off by Jojo learning Elsa is living in his attic.

This and Parasite are my two favorite movies in 2019.

For everything that goes on in the movie, it is at its emotional core a story of dehumanization --> humanization. Jojo begins a victim of…

2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 1

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

Script Analysis: “Jojo Rabbit” — Part 2: Plot

Read the script for the award-winning film and analyze all week.

Screenwriting 101: Arash Amel

“I am a great believer in the psychology of character in screenplay. I think that almost any story becomes a visual enactment of the…

Page One: ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’ (2001)

Screenplay by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson, novel by J.R.R. Tolkien

Go Into The Story — Returns!

Some changes… some questions… but still committed to providing resources for screenwriters and to promote the craft of screenwriting.

Script Analysis: ‘JoJo Rabbit’ — Part 1: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown

Read the script for the award-winning film and analyze all week.

On Writing

“Stop NOT writing. Just do it, badly. Just write the thing you need or want to write, that you are avoiding. That avoidance is costing you…