Go Into The Story

Interview (Part 6): c. Craig Patterson

My interview with the 2023 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 7(B): Beauty, Magnitude and Order

As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…

Writing and the Creative Life: What are you afraid of?

The single greatest inhibitor to creativity is fear. Do you recognize any of these voices?

Page One: “Crimson Peak” (2015)

Written by Guillermo del Toro & Matthew Robbins

Interview (Part 5): c. Craig Patterson

My interview with the 2023 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 7(A): Beginning, Middle, End

As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…

Screenwriting 101: Guillermo Arriaga

“I’ve written novels and screenplays, and with a screenplay you are writing something that’s going to be filmed, and you have to understand…

Page One: “Creed II” (2018)

Screenplay by Juel Taylor and Sylvester Stallone, story by Sascha Penn and Cheo Hodari Coker, characters created by Sylvester Stallone

Interview (Part 4): c. Craig Patterson

My interview with the 2023 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 6(G): Spectacle Sixth

As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…

On Writing

“Creation of character is, like much of fiction writing, a mixture of subjective feel and objective control.”

Page One: “Creed” (2015)

Screenplay by Ryan Coogler & Aaron Covington, story by Ryan Coogler, characters created by Sylvester Stallone

Interview (Part 3): c. Craig Patterson

My interview with the 2023 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 6(F): Diction Fourth, Song Fifth

As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…

Spec Script Deal: “If I Had Your Face”

Orion Pictures acquires horror spec script “If I Had Your Face” written by Ran Ran Wang. Via Deadline:

Page One: “Crawl” (2019)

Written by Michael Rasmussen & Shawn Rasmussen

Interview (Part 2): c. Craig Patterson

My interview with the 2023 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 6(E): Thought Third

As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…

The Theology of Cinema Live!

Five multimedia presentations from the popular Go Into The Story series, August 5–9 in Frankfort, Michigan.

Page One: “The Craft” (1996)

Screenplay by Peter Filardi and Andrew Fleming, story by Peter Filardi

Interview (Part 1): c. Craig Patterson

My interview with the 2023 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Studying Aristotle’s “Poetics” — Part 6(D): Plot First, Character Second

As I’ve been interviewing screenwriters, I typically ask what some of their influences are. One book title comes up over and over again…

“My world is not spectacle and explosion. It’s two people talking.”

Words of writing wisdom from Taika Watiti.

Page One: “Corpse Bride” (2005)

Screenplay by John August and Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler, characters by Tim Burton and Carlos Grangel

Go Into The Story Interview: Brent Delaney

My interview with the 2023 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.