Go Into The Story

Reader Question: How to convey a character’s emotional state in scene description?

How much latitude does a screenwriter have to ‘editorialize’ in scene description?

Go Into The Story Interview (Part 1): Liz Hannah

My hour-long conversation with ‘The Post’ screenwriter Liz Hannah.

2018 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Day 5

A chance for you to work on your dialogue chops and win free prizes!

On Writing

“Storytelling is an act of cruelty. We are cruel to our characters because to be kind is to invite boredom, and boredom in storytelling is…

Daily Dialogue — January 8, 2018

“Remember, Red. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter finds you…

Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Get Out”

The entire 6 part series delving into hit social thriller movie.

The Importance of Character Names

A well-chosen character name can reflect their personality.

2018 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Week 1

Writing prompts #1–4. Practice writing dialogue. Win a free class with me.

Interview (Video): Robert Benton

Conversation with the screenwriter of Bonnie & Clyde, Kramer vs. Kramer.

Daily Dialogue — January 7, 2018

Lee Chandler: You know, I’ve seen a school of sharks tear a boat to pieces like it was made of cardboard because some kid threw a band-aid…

Daily Dialogue theme next week: Voice-Over Narration

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Saturday Hot Links

Time for the 323rd installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…

N’neka, that would be a really good exercise: study each scene and see what one scene has, does, or…

Re foreshadowing: Concur. In fact, I posted some thoughts on foreshadowing in the Dialogue post of this series. You might check that out.

Script Analysis: “Get Out” — Part 6: Takeaways

Read the script for the hit social thriller movie and analyze it all this week.

Great stuff, Kc.

That last line in the movie is better than the last line in the script: “I told you get the fuck out of that house, man.” Good line, but…

Haikal, three excellent examples of foreshadowing in dialogue.

The foreshadowing by Peele really elevates the story including several motifs which run through the script like the deer, cotton, etc.

Interview (Written): Sean Baker

A conversation with the filmmaker of the indie movie ‘The Florida Project’.

Daily Dialogue — January 6, 2018

“Hey! Wait! Stop!”

Script Analysis: “Get Out” — Part 5: Dialogue

Read the script for the hit social thriller movie and analyze it all this week.

12 Free ‘Go Into The Story’ eBooks

Nearly 1,000 pages on the craft and business of screenwriting.

2018 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Day 4

A chance for you to work on your dialogue chops and win free prizes!

Writing and the Creative Life: “Believing is seeing”

A twist on the old saying, “Seeing is believing.”

Daily Dialogue — January 5, 2018

“Keep your lovin’ brother happy.”

The first and most obvious theme is systemic racism. As Jordan Peele said:

“The writing of (‘Get Out’) started with me starting to make my favorite horror-thriller that’s never been made before,” Peele said…

This video with Jordan Peele is so great, I’m just going to post the link here, then hit on some…

In the video, Jordan responds to about a dozen takes from fans of the movie. Fascinating stuff.