@GoIntoTheStory

Author (The Protagonist's Journey), Screenwriter (K-9, Alaska), Associate Professor (DePaul University film school), Host (https://xitter.cf/t.co/X83mhlELLz)

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Joined March 2009
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More than EVER, we need good storytellers. Put a human face on The Other. Shed light on a Deeper Truth. Engender Empathy. Fan the flames of Hope. Motivate people to Act. Make us Laugh. Make us Cry. Make us Thrilled. Make us Think. But mostly, make us feel our Shared Humanity.
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Go Into The Story interview with Omar Al Dakheel & Elie El Choufany about their 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting screenplay The Washroom. "This is a story about identity, belonging, and what the meaning of home is." gointothestory.blcklst.com/g… #screenwriting
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Billy Wilder: "People think when it comes to a screenplay you start with absolutely nothing, but the trouble is you have a million ideas. You have to dramatize it by omitting, by simplifying, by finding a clean theme that leads someplace." #screenwriting
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Frank Capra: “A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.” #writing
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This 36-minute video covers a host of subjects related to the most pragmatic financial aspects of being a screenwriting: Breaking into the business; Spec script options and deals; Pitching and OWAs; Move to L.A. or not. Much more. patreon.com/GoIntoTheStory/p… #screenwriting
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Screenwriter David Seltzer (The Omen, Punchline) said, “If you go in with formula, you come out with formula.” A reminder that screenplays are stories ... not formulas. gointothestory.blcklst.com/s… #screenwriting #writing
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My Go Into The Story interview with Omar Al Dakheel and Elie El Choufany about their 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting screenplay The Washroom. "Movies showed me the potential for fear to become strength, for violence to become kindness." gointothestory.blcklst.com/g…
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Billy Wilder: “In a serious picture, you don’t hear them being bored, but in a comedy, you can hear them not laughing.” #screenwriting
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Ethan Canin: “Don’t write about a character. Become that character, then write your story.” #writing
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4 Tips On Creativity From The Creator Of Calvin & Hobbes: 1. You Have To Lose Yourself In Your Work 2. Create For Yourself 3. Make It Beautiful 4. Every Medium Has Power. Read more thoughts from Bill Watterson gointothestory.blcklst.com/4… #creativity #writing #screenwriting
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SNY Mets
@SNY_MetsOct 25
40 years ago today, the Mets beat the Red Sox in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
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This 36-minute video covers a host of subjects related to the most pragmatic financial aspects of being a screenwriting: Breaking into the business; Spec script options and deals; Pitching and OWAs; Move to L.A. or not. Much more. patreon.com/GoIntoTheStory/p… #screenwriting
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I don’t think Wilder means actual labor, rather that the screenplay represents 80% of the creative vision for the movie.
TeaRoseKent@TeaRoseKentOct 25
Screenwriters: I'm a Billy Wilder fan, but I question his 80/20 rule. Is it possible one person, the screenwriter, does 80% of the work for a film, then hundreds of others deliver 20% of the work? I honestly thought the percentages would be in the reverse. Your thoughts?
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Billy Wilder: "I think writers are vastly underrated and underpaid. It’s totally impossible to make a great picture out of a lousy script.” #screenwriting
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Julia Cameron: “Creativity — like human life itself — begins in darkness.” #writing
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"There are dozens of screenwriting books out there, but you will not find another written with such insight, wisdom, and (dare I say?) love for storytelling and storytellers. Highly recommended!"--Michael Colleary (Face/Off) tinyurl.com/4ewysjyw #screenwriting #writing
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Wonderful!
Restoring Your Faith in Humanity
@HumanityChadOct 24
Two sisters singing the same song, year by year since 2012… It just made me smile the whole video and then everything started getting blurry 😭😭
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My blog GoIntoTheStory.blcklst.com with 34k+ articles – FREE! My eBook: “Spec Script Deals: From 1991-2025” – FREE! Now my Patreon. For as little as $1 per month, videos, lectures, office hours, live Zooms. It's Film School on a Microbudget. patreon.com/cw/GoIntoTheStor… #screenwriting
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With 2025's jobs numbers being revised down 90%, here are the updated jobs numbers from the past 37 years, 8 months. George H.W. Bush (R): +2.617M (4 years) Bill Clinton (D): +22.800M (8 years) George W. Bush (R): +1.350M (8 years) Barack Obama (D): +12.503M (8 years) Donald Trump (R): -2.470M (4 years) Joe Biden (D): +16.200M (4 years) Donald Trump (R): +734k (1 year, 8 months) Republican Presidents: +2.231M (17 years, 8 months) Democratic Presidents: +51.503M (20 years) #VoteBlue2026 #VoteBlueToFixThis
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This year is my 11th time at the Austin Film Festival and Writers Conference. Here's my schedule. I've already set several meet-ups. If you see me wandering by, be sure to say hello! gointothestory.blcklst.com/2… #AFF33 #AFF2026
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Rob Meyer: “Even in an indie film, it’s actually important to have a logline that people are going to perk up, and say, ‘Oh, that sounds cool.’ Indie films are as much in the mercy of having stuff that sounds good to people in a pitch.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/s… #screenwriting
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