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"There are three different drafts of a screenplay in the development process. The first screenplay is for the studio, when they say, 'Okay, we like this.'The second screenplay you...
Hundreds of observations about the craft from professional screenwriters.Abrams, J.J.: “The idea that this world we know isn’t just this world we know but that a package might arr...
Every screenwriter has had a moment like this.You're watching something on a streamer or on YouTube, and you think, This is kind of mediocre. Maybe you're not even trying to be mea...
“Every scene has to be doing something. It has to be moving the story along, peeling off a layer of the onion so to speak. The goal in its…
“Sometimes you’ll get a note, ‘This scene is boring, can we put in a car chase?’ What you should take from that note is this scene, this quiet scene you intended to be emotionally...
If you've ever written a script, you know what it's like to inhabit a world and its characters. You've basically lived inside the pages. You know every character's backstory, the w...
“Every scene has to be doing something. It has to be moving the story along, peeling off a layer of the onion so to speak. The goal in its…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“There's not a single battle a writer can win on a conference call, a notes meeting, anything. We win the battle on the page.”--Justin MarksFor 100s more articles in the Screenwrit...
“Sometimes you’re swinging your way through a first draft like a blind miner with a pick-axe. That’s OK. Get it done, nothing else…
Develop your expertise in 10 areas to maximize your screenwriting potential.During the 18+ years I’ve run this blog, I have been privileged to conduct one-on-one interviews with ne...
“Sometimes you’re swinging your way through a first draft like a blind miner with a pick-axe. That’s OK. Get it done, nothing else…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“That second act, for me, is the most fun, because the first and third act have such clearly defined functions. The first act you have to set up the problem or problems, introduc...
The Business of Screenwriting is a series of Go Into The Story articles based upon my experiences as a complete Hollywood outsider who sold a spec script for a lot of money, parlay...
Novelists and screenwriters often fight the same battles, even though their end products differ.Whatever you’re writing, you’ll want a premise that’s easy to pitch with a catchy ho...
“I love writing. I love the swirl of words as they tangle with human emotions.”--James MichenerFor 100s more On Writing posts, go here.The Protagonist’s Journey: An Introduction to...
Once upon a time, Twitter was a perfect social medium for screenwriters. To waste time, of course, but the impulse to dash off a thought here or there was pretty common to writers...
Gavin Gaitan (who we've written about before) is a Los Angeles writer/producer/director with three self-financed features to his name. His most recent, Down Town, is a 24-hour absu...
“There is always a sheet of paper. There is always a pen. There is always a way out.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“There really are no characters in plays; there are relationships.”--Arthur MillerFor 100s more On Writing posts, go here.The Protagonist’s Journey: An Introduction to Character-Dr...
“If you give an actor an honest role, they’ll want to play it, and they’ll know how to play it. When I showed St. Vincent to Jack Nicholson, he said, ‘This is an actable piece.’ I...
“It is true, of course, in an important sense, that a character exists only in his emotions and sensations. Without the expression of…
I’ve sold several pitches in Hollywood. This was the first.Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
We spend our days plotting murders, planting clues, and torturing characters, and yet the hardest scene to stage is the one where a writer just sits there writing. Nothing blows up...
“There is always a sheet of paper. There is always a pen. There is always a way out.”
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