Go Into The Story

Daily Dialogue — May 16, 2019

Annie: See, okay. Not drunk. I told you so. Rhodes: So you’re just a terrible sober driver.

“Inception”: Carl Jung’s Wet Dream

Either Christopher Nolan has studied Carl Jung or he tapped into the collective unconscious big time with his movie Inception.

Hollywood Screenwriter Attempts To Write A Scene in 7 Minutes

Emily Carmichael (Pacific Rim: Uprising, Jurassic World 3) featured in this fun and instructive 26-minute video.

Go Into The Story Resource: So-Called Screenwriting ‘Rules’

A comprehensive series on the most significant of the supposed screenwriting ‘rules,’ hopefully to put things into proper perspective…

Go Into The Story Interview: Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay

My interview with the screenwriters behind the movies Ride Along, The Invitation, and Destroyer.

Script To Screen: “Se7en”

The final moments of the climactic scene in the movie Se7en (1995), written by Andrew Kevin Walker, one of the most powerful cinematic…

Daily Dialogue — May 15, 2019

Kathy: You keep away from me! Just because you’re a big movie star, wild parties, swimming pools, you expect every girl to fall in a dead…

The Power of Structured Procrastination

“The beauty of the structured procrastination method is that it recognizes the extreme challenge in changing that pro-tomorrow vein, and…

Go Into The Story Resource: Screenwriting Tweetstorms

Twitter threads uploaded by professional screenwriters, TV writers, and producers on a wide variety of subjects.

Interview: Luke Barnett

My Q&A with actor and writer of the upcoming comedy movie Faith Based.

Tweetstorm: Eric Heisserer on Pitching

Eric Heisserer (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Final Destination 5, The Thing, Hours, Lights Out, Arrival) is probably the Hollywood…

Screenwriting 101: Amma Asante

“When I’m starting a script, I write two or three thematic words down on little pieces of paper. I fold them up, stick them in a drawer…

Daily Dialogue — May 14, 2019

Edward Lewis: You can’t charge me for directions! Vivian: I can do anything I want to baby, I ain’t lost.

Reader Question: What are some keys to a great opening scene?

Or how to grab the attention of a script reader right away?

Go Into The Story Resource: Script Reading & Analysis Series

74 movie scripts analyzed to depth including Scene-By-Scene Breakdown, Plot, Characters, Themes, Dialogue.

Go Into The Story Interview: Scott Beck and Bryan Woods

My entire interview with the co-writers of the movie A Quiet Place.

On Writing

“You either have to write or you shouldn’t be writing. That’s all.”

Daily Dialogue — May 13, 2019

Harry: Why don’t you tell me the story of your life? Sally: Story of my life? Harry: Got eighteen hours to kill before we hit New York…

Screenwriting News (May 6-May 12, 2019)

The week’s writing deals and movie project news.

Script To Screen: “The Searchers”

From the 1956 movie The Searchers, screenplay by Frank S. Nugent, novel by Allan Le May.

Wherein I embrace my messy desk!

For decades, I have waged a relentless war. The battlefield? My desk. Raised a military brat and a Southern Baptist to boot, the message I…

Go Into The Story Resource: Story Types

With movies, there are Genres. Cross Genres. Sub-Genres. Also Story Types.

Interview (Video): Paul Schrader

A half-hour conversation with the writer-director of First Reformed.

Daily Dialogue — May 12, 2019

“Andy crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of shit smelling foulness I can’t even imagine, or maybe I just don’t want to. Five…

Saturday Hot Links

Time for the 390th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…