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If you're a developer who's ever thought about writing a screenplay, you'll love Fountain. It's like Markdown, but for screenplays. What is Fountain? Fountain is a plai...
“The job of the writer on a studio assignment is to deliver a shootable script as defined by other people — the director, actors…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“The secret to screenwriting is short sentences, small words, and BIG pictures.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
When you're deep in a screenplay draft, it's easy to obsess over dialogue and structure and forget entirely about how your scenes might be lit. That's a production concern, right?...
“Write what makes you excited, and if it makes you excited, and you’re any good, it will excite somebody else. And if it doesn’t excite…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Whether you’re drafting your very first short screenplay or you’re a seasoned veteran with half a dozen features under your belt, the time will always come for feedback on your wri...
There is a moment every development executive knows. A script lands on your desk. Coverage tells you the plot. Genre tells you the surface. And somewhere in the read, you feel some...
People are always asking me what the "secret sauce" is for a great screenplay. If there was some condiment you would put on every spec to make it great, I would be slathering that...
“Usually it’s about hiding whatever you wrote. The first time through people tend to tell each other what the scene is about, and in life…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“A film is — or should be — more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Writing a script is really, really hard. You have to fit a dozen pieces together to create an experience that engages a reader and creates an emotional journey. And that can take m...
In November 2025, my wife and I welcomed a lovely baby into this world, and my schedule of writing whenever I wanted was tossed right out the window.People keep telling me I'll get...
Watch the video that shows all you can do in Save the Cat! Story Suite, creating beat and scene cards on a digital writer's board, formatting scripts and manuscripts The post How t...
“You can make anything by writing.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
I rewatch the Lord of the Rings movies at least once a year. They bring me so much joy, and the world they inhabit is so entertaining. Those movies were directed by Sir Peter Jacks...
I have been writing movies for a long time and, to paraphrase Paul Mazursky, this awful business has been pretty good to me. My first Hollywood writing job was in 1990, and I have...
Screenplay by George Lucas and Walter Murch, story by George LucasContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
Screenplay by Harold Livingston, story by Alan Dean Foster, based on Star Trek created by Gene RoddenberryContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
“The first time I said no (as in ‘No, I will not do that to my script’), it was a liberating experience… ‘No’ is the single most important…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“When you are committed to the skeleton of a beginning, a middle and an end, the cleverness is in concealing the skeleton. This is a…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“In my experience, audiences go to movies to feel. When the movie starts to break down and it becomes too mechanical or organized, instead…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Screenplay by Sofia Alvarez, based on the novel by Jenny HanContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
I'm on a contained story kick right now. My creative partner and I are fresh off a short film shoot and want to make something else, but we want to make it as easy on ourselves as...
“No matter what the concept is, no matter what spectacle you put out there, nobody cares if there’s not an empathetic way into the story…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
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