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2020 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Day 2

A chance for you to work on your dialogue chops and win free prizes!

The Business of Screenwriting: Everything You Wanted to Know About Specs [Part 14]

“The advantage of going wide is that, if you get multiple buyers interested, you can have them bid against one another and end up getting a…

Daily Dialogue — January 2, 2020

“Give me your hand! Give me your hand!”

How to Use Go Into The Story: Study the Craft

“Breaking into Hollywood, let alone building and sustaining a writing career there is extremely challenging. You must push yourself to…

2020 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Day 1

A chance for you to work on your dialogue chops and win free prizes!

Daily Dialogue 2020

All of this year’s Daily Dialogue posts.

Daily Dialogue — January 1, 2020

“Dodge this.”

More Movies Like This, Please: 2019 List

I started something in 2012. Whenever I saw a new movie I liked, I would jump onto Twitter, identify the movie, then simply tweet: “More…

How to Use Go Into The Story: Write Pages

“You can’t make a sale… you can’t land representation… you can’t go up for writing assignments… you can’t have the credibility to pitch a…

Screenwriting 101: Sean Robert Daniels

Re writing dialogue: “I think the first thing you have to do is listen to other people. A lot. And not just when you are part of the…

Daily Dialogue —December 31, 2019

“I… am a golden god!”

Reader Question: What is life really like for a beginning screenwriter?

Some things to expect when you break into the business.

How to Use Go Into The Story: Read Scripts

Some end of the year advice for GITS readers.

On Writing

“We often forget that novels have deep roots in storytelling, because books are objects, things you hold and read alone in your underwear…

Daily Dialogue — December 30, 2019

Sam: It’s you. Annie: It’s me. Sam: I saw you on the street. Jonah: Are you Annie? Annie: Yes. Sam: You’re Annie? Annie: [holding teddy…

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The Theology of Cinema: Forgiveness

“When someone does something wrong to us, it hurts, but the longer we live in that space, it becomes more like a prison, chained to the…

Update: 2019 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 1 New Script, 38 Total

It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.

Interview (Written): Chinonye Chukwu

A conversation with the writer-director of the movie Clemency starring Alfre Woodard.

Daily Dialogue — December 29, 2019

“I hate this place… I hate myself… and before I arrived, I didn’t even know what that feeling was.”

2019 Black List Word Cloud Logline Challenge: Winners!

Some inventive loglines based on key words from 2019 Black List scripts.

Daily Dialogue theme next week: Rooftop

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Interview (Written): Destin Daniel Cretton

A conversation with the co-writer and director of the movie Just Mercy starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, and Brie Larson.