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Daily Dialogue — December 18, 2017

Roz Focker: This is your own personal yarmulke. Dina Byrnes: One of those little Jewish hats. Bernie Focker: We know that you’re into the…

Screenwriting News (December 11-December 17, 2017)

The week’s writing deals and movie project news.

Reader Question: Can characters “flip” archetype functions in a story?

Any character can don any archetype ‘mask’ in any scene.

Writing Goals: 2018 [Parts 1–5]

10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2017 and will do in 2018.

Interview (Audio): Dee Rees

The recent BAFTA presentation by co-writer/director of the recent Netflix movie “Mudbound”.

Daily Dialogue — December 17, 2017

Carl Fredricksen: So you want to assist an old person? Russell: Yep! Then I will be a Senior Wilderness Explorer! Carl Fredricksen: [looks…

Good job, folks.

Deadline: Midnight, Sunday, December 17.

Daily Dialogue theme next week: Holiday

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Writing Goals: 2018 [Part 5] — Going Public

10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2017 and will do in 2018.

Saturday Hot Links

Time for the 320th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…

Update: 2017 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 3 New Scripts, 41 Total!

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Interview (Written): Lindsey Beer, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, and Amanda Silver

A trio of top writers whose projects include big-budget movies including the Tomb Raider reboot, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and…

Daily Dialogue — December 16, 2017

Fletcher: I don’t know if you heard, I’m not at Shaffer anymore. Andrew: Yeah, I did hear that. Did you quit? Fletcher: Not exactly. Some…

Writing Goals: 2018 [Part 4] — Practical Matters

10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2017 and will do in 2018.

2017 Black List Word Cloud Logline Challenge!

Check out this word cloud from the 2017 Black List loglines, then write your OWN logline from those words to win some great prizes!

Script To Screen: “Cast Away”

From Cast Away, written by William Broyles, Jr..

Daily Dialogue — December 15, 2017

“I am your husband. My name is Dean Proffitt. We’ve been married for thirteen years.”

Marissa, while I’d love to do some TV scripts, unless they are made publicly available by the…

Raises a question: Why DON’T the networks make TV scripts available? Probably see that happen in the near future.

Update: 2017 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 1 New Script, 38 Total!

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That’s the official script Paramount released.

Thanks for the heads-up about the link!

Reader Question: Could you explain how writing credits work?

A deep dive into the mysteries of screenwriting credits.

Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work

Free downloadable Go Into The Story eBook by Scott Myers.

Script To Screen: “Carrie”

To me, the most interesting relationship in the 1976 movie Carrie, screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen, novel by Stephen King, is the one…

The Business of Screenwriting: Act Two Blues

The weird synergy between aProtagonist’s suffering in the middle of their story… and a writer’s life.

Daily Dialogue — December 14, 2017

“Can I borrow your towel for a sec? My car just hit a water buffalo.”