Go Into The Story

Scott Frank on the Writer’s Life

Wisdom about the craft from one of Hollywood’s top screenwriters whose film credits include Dead Again, Little Man Tate, Malice, Out of…

Interview (Part 5): Bill Holderman and Erin Simms

My in-depth conversation with the co-writers (Holderman and Simms) and director (Holderman) of the comedy Book Club.

Go Into The Story Resource: Script To Screen

Nearly 200 excerpts from scripts compared to the their movie versions.

Writing and the Creative Life: Something is Better Than Nothing

“No matter what you write, good or bad, it’s an improvement to a blank page.”

Daily Dialogue — May 18, 2018

“I do wish we could chat longer, but I’m having an old friend for dinner.”

Writing and Known Knowns, Known Unknowns, and Unknown Unknowns

Wherein I induct Donald Rumsfeld into the screenwriting ‘guru’ Hall of Fame.

Interview (Part 4): Bill Holderman and Erin Simms

My in-depth conversation with the co-writers (Holderman and Simms) and director (Holderman) of the comedy Book Club.

Go Into The Story Resource: Movie Script Scene-By-Scene Breakdowns

Go Into The Story followers are contributing breakdowns of contemporary screenplays to an ongoing script analysis series.

The Business of Screenwriting: Everything you wanted to know about specs

Part 15: Bidding War

Daily Dialogue — May 17, 2018

“Do you think maybe he’s compensating for something?”

Happy Birthday, Go Into The Story!

Launched on May 16, 2008, here we are 3,653 consecutive days of blogging later… but what does it all mean?

Interview (Part 3): Bill Holderman and Erin Simms

My in-depth conversation with the co-writers (Holderman and Simms) and director (Holderman) of the comedy Book Club.

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…

Script To Screen: “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”

A memorable scene from the 1982 comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High, written by Cameron Crowe.

Daily Dialogue — May 16, 2018

Joyce Cooper: Fascist! Nicholas Angel: I beg your pardon? Joyce Cooper: [doing a crossword puzzle] System of government categorized by…

Reader Question: Could you explain how writing credits work?

A deep dive into the mysteries of screenwriting credits.

Interview (Part 2): Bill Holderman and Erin Simms

My in-depth conversation with the co-writers (Holderman and Simms) and director (Holderman) of the comedy Book Club.

Go Into The Story Resource: Screenwriting Tweetstorms

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

Screenwriting 101: Aaron Tracy

“My agent recently asked me to send him 10 ideas for screenplays in the span of a couple weeks. It seemed like a silly exercise because…

Daily Dialogue — May 15, 2018

Dewey Cox: [singing] In my dreams, you’re blowing me… some kisses. Darlene: [singing] That’s one of my favorite things to do. Dewey Cox…

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Interview (Part 1): Bill Holderman and Erin Simms

My in-depth conversation with the co-writers (Holderman and Simms) and director (Holderman) of the comedy Book Club.

Go Into The Story Resource: Script Reading & Analysis Series

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

On Writing

“To go from being a competent writer to being a great writer, I think you have to risk being — or risk being seen as — a bad writer…

Daily Dialogue — May 14, 2018

Phyllis: Is there anything I can do? Walter: The insurance ran out on the fifteenth. I’d hate to think of your having a smashed fender or…