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Scott Myers Feb 24, 2024

Video: Christopher Nolan in Conversation. A 45-minute Q&A with the filmmaker about several of his movies including Memento, the Batman trilogy, Oppenheimer, and how he approaches writing nonlinear scripts. https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/video-christopher-nolan-in-conversation-f4f7f04a02de via @BFI #movies #film #screenwriting

Video: Christopher Nolan in Conversation - Go Into The Story

This just went live yesterday: An in-depth conversation with Christopher Nolan covering several of his films including Memento, the Batman trilogy, and Oppenheimer. “The first script I ever wrote…

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Scott Myers Feb 20, 2024

The 2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge begins on March 1st. One month. Fade In. Fade Out. It's like NaNoWriMo, but for screenplays.

I'm running a daily series at GoIntoTheStory.com to help writers prepare for the Challenge.

Today: Index Cards. Even with all the technology at our disposal, index cards remain an essential part of the "breaking story" process.

https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/2024-zero-draft-thirty-march-challenge-story-prep-index-cards-3b3397c7a47f

2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Story Prep — Index Cards!

Do you have a story you want to write? A feature length movie screenplay? An original TV pilot? A web series pilot? A novel? Short story? An epic length limerick? March 1: You type FADE IN / “Once…

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Scott Myers Feb 12, 2023

This is truly one of the easiest things you can do to improve your dialogue writing: When you finish a draft of your script, read aloud each character’s dialogue, all of their sides back to back to back. https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/dumb-little-writing-tricks-that-work-read-your-dialogue-aloud-244089905c95 #screenwriting #writing

Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Read your dialogue aloud

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Scott Myers Jan 22, 2023

Story as psychological journey: “The psychological rule says that when an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate." Carl Jung and the Protagonist's Journey. https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/story-as-psychological-journey-6f8fbe08d72f #psychology #storytelling #screenwriting #writing

Story as psychological journey - Go Into The Story

“The psychological rule says that when an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate. That is to say, when the individual remains undivided and does not become conscious of…

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Scott Myers Jan 18, 2023

“The writer is both a sadist and a masochist. We create people we love, then we torture them. The more we love them, and the more cleverly we torture them along the lines of their greatest vulnerability and fear, the better the story.” ow.ly/cjdc50GlBZg #writing

Scott Myers Jan 13, 2023

Update: 2022–2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 41 Total, 4 New Scripts: Aftersun, Babylon, Cha Cha Real Smooth, A Man Called Otto. Download 'em. Read 'em. https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/update-2022-2023-award-season-screenplay-downloads-41-total-4-new-scripts-f23dbf687409 #movies #screenwriting

Update: 2022–2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 41 Total, 4 New Scripts

It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season. Current total of 2022 scripts for download: 41. Newly added scripts (4)…

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Scott Myers Jan 12, 2023

Update: 2022–2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 37 Total, 3 New Scripts: All Quiet on the Western Front, Triangle of Sadness, The Whale. https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/update-2022-2023-award-season-screenplay-downloads-37-total-3-new-scripts-bee172eb3324 #movies #screenwriting

Update: 2022–2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 37 Total, 3 New Scripts

It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season. Current total of 2022 scripts for download: 34. Newly added scripts (3): All…

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Scott Myers Jan 9, 2023

Update: 2022–2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 34 Total, 3 New Scripts: Bros, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Elvis. Download 'em. Then read 'em! https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/update-2022-2023-award-season-screenplay-downloads-34-total-3-new-scripts-fe9398d18dba #movies #screenwriting

Update: 2022–2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 34 Total, 3 New Scripts

It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season. Current total of 2022 scripts for download: 34. Newly added scripts (3)…

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Scott Myers Jan 8, 2023

How to Write a Logline: "It’s a logline, not a longline. Its job is to sell the story, not tell the story." https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/how-to-write-a-logline-c3331c4ae31c #screenwriting #writing

How to Write a Logline - Go Into The Story

“Always remember this: It’s a logline, not a longline. Its job is to sell the story, not tell the story.” It’s funny, but I’m often asked by students or blog readers what a logline is, and yet we’re…

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Scott Myers Jan 7, 2023

Why You Should Write Three Pages of Garbage Every Morning: “Freewriting forces you to keep moving forward, keep creating, without a thought given to quality.” https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/why-you-should-write-three-pages-of-garbage-every-morning-61baca74ff92 #creativity #productivity #fiction #screenwriting #writing

Why You Should Write Three Pages of Garbage Every Morning

I have been a screenwriter for over thirty years and a teacher for nearly two decades, and along the way, I have talked with, interviewed, and worked with quite literally thousands of writers. If…

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