Go Into The Story

’50s Movies You Should Watch

High Noon, Some Like It Hot, Sunset Blvd., Vertigo, and more.

Great Scene: “Chinatown”

Jake wrangles a shocking truth from Evelyn.

Daily Dialogue — October 18, 2017

“Wake up, Neo. The Matrix has you. Follow the white rabbit.”

Screenwriting Lessons: “The Wizard of Oz” — Part 2: Transformation

“The seeds of change lie within.”

Spec Script Deal: “Heart of the Beast”

Stay Gold Features acquires drama thriller spec script “Heart of the Beast” written by Cameron Alexander. From Deadline:

“The Big Short”: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown

A look at the underlying story structure of the 2015 Oscar winning movie.

’40s Movies You Should Watch

Casablanca, Key Largo, Notorious, The Lost Weekend, and more.

Screenwriting 101: Jack Epps

“You’ve got to understand this is going to take time. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. If you’re impatient this probably isn’t the business…

Daily Dialogue — October 17, 2017

“I asked for a car, I got a computer. How’s that for being born under a bad sign?”

Style = Voice

Style goes beyond mere ‘scene description’. It goes to Narrative Voice.

Screenwriting Lessons: “The Wizard of Oz” — Part 1: Disunity to Unity

A five-part series exploring lessons we can glean from classic 1939 movie.

“Argo”: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown

A look at the underlying story structure of the 2012 Oscar winning movie.

‘30s Movies You Should Watch

Bringing Up Baby to Duck Soup, It Happened One Night to Topper, and more.

On Writing

“It’s hell writing and it’s hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written.”

Daily Dialogue — October 16, 2017

BRETT: You don’t exist! The code created you! COTTON: I am the code. BRETT: I cracked your code! COTTON: I cracked you. … Come with me. Be…

Cheers to the first five years of blcklst.com!

An impressive overview of Black List accomplishments.

Go Into The Story Interview: Jack Epps

My talk with the co-writer of Top Gun, Legal Eagles, The Secret of My Success.

Screenwriting News (October 9-October 15, 2017)

The week’s writing deals and movie project news.

Mickey Fisher on Writing, Selling, and Producing a TV Pilot Spec Script — Part 7

7-part series on going from original TV pilot script to network series.

Interview (Written): Scott Lobdell

Screenwriter of the new comedy horror movie ‘Happy Death Day’.

Daily Dialogue — October 15, 2017

“Welcome home, Mr. Cobb.”

Daily Dialogue theme next week: Computer

Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 3,439 consecutive days and counting.

Go Into The Story Interview (Part 6): Jack Epps

My talk with the co-writer of Top Gun, Legal Eagles, The Secret of My Success.

Spec Script Deal: “Dorothy & Alice”

Netflix acquires fantasy drama spec script “Dorothy & Alice” written by Justin Merz. From Deadline:

Mickey Fisher on Writing, Selling, and Producing a TV Pilot Spec Script — Part 6

7-part series on going from original TV pilot script to network series.