Go Into The Story

Daily Dialogue — March 3, 2019

“See, in my day, a barber was more than just somebody who sit around in a FUBU shirt with his drawers hanging all out. In my day, a barber…

2019 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 2

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

Saturday Hot Links

Time for the 381st installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…

Daily Dialogue theme next week: Robbery

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Interview (Part 6): Joey Clarke Jr.

My interview with the 2018 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Daily Dialogue — March 2, 2019

Anderson: [shaving Clinton’s face with a razor blade] This is tricky. They make it look so easy, don’t they? I got a question for you…

2019 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 1

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

Interview (Part 4): Joey Clarke Jr.

My interview with the 2018 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Action [Part 4]

“Action may be mental as well as physical.”

Writing and the Creative Life: Boundaries of Space, Boundaries of Time

We all know John Cleese from his work with Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers, but he has also emerged as something of an…

Daily Dialogue — March 1, 2019

“Shave and a hot bath.”

Character Type: Companion

“Often Companions are staunch allies to the Protagonist exhibiting loyalty, tenacity and unselfishness.”

Interview (Part 4): Joey Clarke Jr.

My interview with the 2018 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Action [Part 3]

“One method of heightening the suspense is by foreshadowing coming events without actually giving the secret away.”

The Business of Screenwriting: They don’t think like you [Part 2]

Hollywood studio executives can have a different way of seeing the world.

Daily Dialogue —February 28, 2019

“Yeah, I worked in a barbershop, but I never considered myself a barber. I stumbled into it. Or married into it, more precisely.”

Interview (Part 3): Joey Clarke Jr.

My interview with the 2018 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Movies You Made: “ITILY”

Movies You Made is an ongoing Go Into The Story series to spotlight filmmakers and promote their storytelling. Today: ITILY, written and…

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Action [Part 2]

“Never let anything superfluous creep into your plot. Never stop the progress of events to explore blind alleys.”

Script To Screen: “Philadelphia”

The 1993 movie Philadelphia was written by Ron Nyswaner and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

Daily Dialogue — February 27, 2019

Morris: Pound for pound, Sugar Ray Robinson’s the greatest fighter that ever lived! Clarence: Aw, come on, man! What about Joe Louis? Saul…

Movies You Made: “ITILY”

Movies You Made is an ongoing Go Into The Story series to spotlight filmmakers and promote their storytelling. Today: ITILY, written and…

Reader Question: Are there any script rules that really shouldn’t be broken?

Or this: “How can you break screenwriting rules if there are none?”

Interview (Part 2): Joey Clarke Jr.

My interview with the 2018 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Action [Part 1]

“The actors may walk around engaged in animated conversation, perhaps assault each other, but the only action which counts is that which…