Go Into The Story

Page One: “Evolution” (2001)

Screenplay by David Diamond & David Weissman and Don Jakoby, story by Don Jakoby

2024 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 7

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

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Action [Part 5]

“Never take your audience off the path of the real plot.”

Great Scene: “Little Miss Sunshine”

Read how screenwriter Michael Arndt scripted Olive’s dance routine in his Oscar-winning screenplay.

Page One: “Evil Dead” (2013)

Screenplay by Fede Alvarez & Rodo Sayagues, based on the motion picture “The Evil Dead”, written by Sam Raimi

2024 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 6

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

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Action [Part 4]

“Action may be mental as well as physical.”

The Business of Screenwriting: The Art of Stacking Projects

Note: This is a reprint of an article from 2012.

Page One: “The Evil Dead” (1981)

Written by Sam Raimi

2024 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 5

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

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Action [Part 3]

“One method of heightening the suspense is by foreshadowing coming events without actually giving the secret away.”

The Black List Helped Reshape Hollywood. Can It Change Publishing?

The Black List expands into novels and fiction-writing.

Page One: “Event Horizon” (1997)

Written by Philip Eisner

2024 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 4

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

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Action [Part 2]

“Never let anything superfluous creep into your plot. Never stop the progress of events to explore blind alleys.”

Screenwriting 101: Ron Bass

“I’ve always felt that writing was communication — not showing off how articulate you are, or showing off your vocabulary. It’s about…

Page One: “Everybody Wants Some!!” (2016)

Written by Richard Linklater

2024 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 3

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

Story Summaries: From Loglines to Beat Sheets

Learn six different types of story summaries and how to use them to develop your scripted projects. My one-week online class starts Monday…

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Action [Part 1]

“The actors may walk around engaged in animated conversation, perhaps assault each other, but the only action which counts is that which…

Page One: “Eraser” (1996)

Screenplay by Tony Puryear and Walon Green, story by Tony Puryear and Walon Green & Michael S. Chernuchin

2024 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 2

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

Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Star Sympathy

“Be sure your audience is stirred to real sympathy, throw that sympathy to the star part, and be sure that this star part which you have…

On Writing

“Characters are not created by writers. They pre-exist and have to be found.”

Page One: “Equity” (2016)

Screenplay by Amy Fox, story by Sarah Megan Thomas & Alysia Reiner and Amy Fox