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Interview: The Critics

My Q&A with a fantastic group of young filmmakers in Nigeria.

Go Into The Story Resource: Daily Dialogue

The Daily Dialogue series not only as great information to aid in our dialogue-writing practice, each daily post reminds us of some great…

Script Analysis: “The Aeronauts” — Part 1: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown

Read and analyze the script for the action adventure movie.

On Writing

“The secret of it all, is to write in the gush, the throb, the flood, of the moment — to put things down without deliberation — without…

Daily Dialogue — May 4, 2020

“You love me, why didn’t you tell me before?”

A Writer’s Response to the Pandemic

One thing the current pandemic compels writers to do is to get us to stop and really think about who we are as storytellers, why we do what…

Go Into The Story Resource: Guides to Classic Movies

Selected by GITS readers, a compilation of notable movies from the 1930s through 1990s, plus some classic international films.

Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Ford v Ferrari”

The entire 6 part series delving into the Oscar-winning action drama.

Interview (Video): Lulu Wang

From Season 10 of the PBS series “On Story”.

Daily Dialogue — May 3, 2020

“You wanna talk, take a walk. You wanna eat, take a seat.”

Go Into The Story Resource: A Screenwriter’s Guide to Aristotle’s “Poetics”

You know you should read it. This 44 part series takes you through all of “Poetics” and offers analysis from a screenwriter’s perspective.

Script Analysis: “Ford v Ferrari” — Part 6: Takeaways

Read and analyze the script for the Oscar-winning action drama.

Daily Dialogue theme next week: Alfred Hitchcock

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Video: How Pro Screenwriters Beat Writer’s Block

A look into how professional filmmakers and screenwriters fix their writer’s block.

Daily Dialogue — May 2, 2020

“Switzerland.”

Go Into The Story Resource: Annual Spec Script Market Reports

Detailed information and statistics on every verified spec script deal from 2008–2019, and analysis of the spec script market and business…

Script Analysis: “Ford v Ferrari” — Part 5: Dialogue

Read and analyze the script for the Oscar-winning action drama.

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2020)

This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April.

Spec Script Deal: ‘The Aliens Are Stealing Our Weed’

Paramount Pictures acquires comedy spec script ‘The Aliens Are Stealing Our Weed’ written by Ryan Firpo. Via Variety:

Daily Dialogue — May 1, 2020

“A hundred says the Indian comes last.”

Reader Question: Do all characters get their own ‘hero’s journey’?

Or is the Protagonist’s journey the only one that matters?

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 30

This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…

Script Analysis: “Ford v Ferrari” — Part 4: Themes

Read and analyze the script for the Oscar-winning action drama.

The Business of Screenwriting: Movies are a director’s medium

“But that’s the whole point of the goddammed movie!

Daily Dialogue — April 30, 2020

“Come with me if you want to live!”