Go Into The Story

Page One: “Dìdi” (2024)

Written by Sean Wang

How to Write a Marketable Screenplay

Tips from a presentation at the Pittsburgh Shorts Filmmaker Conference.

2024 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 2 New Scripts, 51 Total

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

Page One: “A Real Pain” (2024)

Written by Jesse Eisenberg

Screenwriting Tip: “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek”

Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, and story as psychological journey.

TCM Remembers: 2024

This year’s tribute to those in the Hollywood filmmaking community who passed away is especially moving.

Page One: “Emilia Pérez” (2024)

Written by Jacques Audiard, scenario collaboration by Thomas Bidegain, collaboration by Léa Mysius & Nicolas Livecchi, novel by Boris Razon

Writing Goals: 2025

10-part series for writers to consider what we did in 2024 and will do in 2025.

“Each scene must be a drama in itself”

This advice from silent movie era screenwriter Jeanie Macpherson still resonates today.

Page One: “The Room Next Door” (2024)

Written by Pedro Almodóvar, novel by Sigrid Nunez

2024 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 2 New Scripts, 48 Total

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

Writing Goals: 2025 [Part 10] — Trust the Process

10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2024 and will do in 2025.

Page One: “Daddio” (2023)

Written by Christy Hall

2024 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 5 New Scripts, 46 Total

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

Writing Goals: 2025 [Part 9] — The Only Way Out Is Through

10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2024 and will do in 2025.

Page One: “I’m Still Here”(2024)

Screenplay by Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega, book by Marcelo Rubens Paiva

2024 Black List Word Cloud Logline Challenge!

Check out this word cloud from the 2024 Black List loglines, then write your OWN logline from those words to win some great prizes!

Writing Goals: 2025 [Part 8] — First Draft

10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2024 and will do in 2025.

Page One: “Blitz” (2024)

Written by Steve McQueen

Reflections of 2024 Black List Project Lab Participants

Writers who participated in this year’s inaugural Black List Project Lab reflect on their experience.

Writing Goals: 2025 [Part 7] — Time Management

10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2024 and will do in 2025.

Page One: “Saturday Night” (2024)

Written by Gil Kenan & Jason Reitman

UPDATE: 2024 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 4 New Scripts, 41 Total

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

Writing Goals: 2025 [Part 6] — Schedule

10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2024 and will do in 2025.

Page One: “The Outrun” (2024)

Screenplay by Nora Fingscheidt & Amy Liptrot, screenstory by Amy Liptrot & Nora Fingscheidt and Daisy Lewis, based on the memoir by Amy…