Go Into The Story

Guest Series: Extend Your Script’s Message with Hidden Easter Eggs

Part 4 of the series written by Karen Grube.

2024 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 2 New Scripts, 58 Total

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

Page One: “September 5” (2024)

Written by Moritz Binder and Tim Fehlbaum, co-writer Alex David

Guest Series: Extend Your Script’s Message with Hidden Easter Eggs

Part 3 of the series written by Karen Grube.

Screenwriting 101: Dan Gilroy

“Anytime you step outside the conventional formulaic bounds of the screenwriting style, it becomes a little scary. We’re already vaguely…

Page One: “Wicked” (2024)

Screenplay by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, musical book Winnie Holzman, novel by Gregory Maguire

Guest Series: Extend Your Script’s Message with Hidden Easter Eggs

Part 2 of the series written by Karen Grube.

On Writing

“The reason 99% of all stories written are not bought by editors is very simple. Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet…

Page One: “Nosferatu” (2024)

Written for the screen by Robert Eggers, inspired by the screenplay “Nosferatu” by Henrik Galeen, inspired by the novel “Dracula” by Bram…

2024 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 1 New Script, 1 Returning Script, 56 Total

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

Guest Series: Extend Your Script’s Message with Hidden Easter Eggs

A deep dive into movie “Easter eggs”

Page One: “Dune: Part Two” (2024)

Screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, novel by Frank Herbert

Go Into The Story Interview: Liz Hannah

Sometimes the story behind the story is as compelling as the story itself and that’s the case with Liz Hannah, writer of the 2015 Black…

Screenwriting 101: Danny Boyle

“Beyond persistence, the only advice I ever give to young filmmakers is, don’t be shy in the way you tell a story. Be bold. There is that…

Page One: “Flow” (2024)

Written by Gints Zilbalodis and Matiss Kaza

Character Development Exercise: Switch Protagonists

After all, every character is the Protagonist in their own story.

2024 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 1 New Script, 55 Total

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

Page One: “Unstoppable” (2024)

Screenplay by Eric Champnella and Alex Harris and John Hindman, book by Anthony Robles and Austin Murphy

The Business of Screenwriting: The Birth, Life, and Death of a Movie

It’s 1997. My writing partner and I are seated in a screening room on the Paramount lot. We are there with a handful of studio execs…

Go Into The Story Interview: Justin Marks

My in-depth interview with the screenwriter of The Jungle Book and showrunner-writer of the hit TV series Shōgun.

Page One: “Heretic” (2024)

Written by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods

Prosody: The Secret to Memorable Writing

Another in the excellent screenwriting video series Raising the Stakes.

On Writing

“You have to be reckless when writing. Be as crazy as your conscience allows.”

Page One: “The Order” (2024)

Screenplay by Zach Baylin and Gary Gerhardt, book by Kevin Flynn

Reader Question: “What should I do if a project sells similar to a script I’m writing?”

Before you jump, step back from the ledge, and consider the following.