Go Into The Story

2018 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 8

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

Interview (Part 4): Vigil Chime (2017 Nicholl Winner)

My 6-part talk with the writer of the script “Bring Back Girl”.

Bravo, Del Toro

The Arresting Emotional Formation of “The Shape of Water”

Daily Dialogue — March 8, 2018

Rhiannon: Whoa, whoa, wait, wait. You didn’t have — Olive: No, no, of course not. Rhiannon: You… liar! You totally lost your V card…

Script Analysis: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” — Part 3: Characters

Read the script for the critically acclaimed indie film and analyze it all this week.

2018 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 7

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

Interview (Part 3): Vigil Chime (2017 Nicholl Winner)

My 6-part talk with the writer of the script “Bring Back Girl”.

Script To Screen: “Double Indemnity”

A key scene from the classic 1944 thriller Double Indemnity [screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler, novel by James M. Cain.

Daily Dialogue — March 7, 2018

Big Red: I’m sexy, I’m cute, / I’m popular to boot. Big Red, Whitney, Courtney, Darcy, Carver, Kasey, Torrance Shipman: I’m bitchin’, great…

I’m pressed for time and hope to have a larger conversation about the story’s plot, however, let me…

“Watched it last night. It really had my attention from the start, and I was especially impressed with how it opened and got the audience…

Ed, let’s carry over the conversation about the ending to the Plot post, number 2 in the series.

I’ll post something about that in the second installment of this series and let’s discuss, if you’re up for it.

Nechesa, you make a really great point, one which I hope we can explore when we delve into…

Thanks for that observation!

Script Analysis: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” — Part 2: Plot

Read the script for the critically acclaimed indie film and analyze it all this week.

2018 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 6

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

Interview (Part 2): Vigil Chime (2017 Nicholl Winner)

My 6-part talk with the writer of the script “Bring Back Girl”.

Screenwriting 101: Scott Neustadter

“I love writing, but what I really love is having written. I don’t like anything I write. Twice in my life — reality/expectations and the…

Daily Dialogue — March 6, 2018

Bleeker retrieves a book from his open locker. Juno marches up to him, belly leading the way.

I read the script while watching the movie on a recent flight, so let me kick off our discussion by…

It’s a terrific script.

Script Analysis: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” — Part 1: Scene By Scene Breakdown

Read the script for the critically acclaimed indie film and analyze it all this week.

2018 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 5

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

Interview (Part 1): Vigil Chime (2017 Nicholl Winner)

My 6-part talk with the writer of the script “Bring Back Girl”.

On Writing

“If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed…

Daily Dialogue — March 5, 2018

Walter Stratford: Do you know what happens at proms? Bianca: Yes. We’ll dance, we’ll kiss, we’ll come home. It’s not quite the crisis…

Screenwriting News (February 26-March 4, 2018)

The week’s writing deals and movie project news.

2018 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 4

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