Author (The Protagonist's Journey), Screenwriter (K-9, Alaska), Associate Professor (DePaul University film school), Host (https://nitter.gq/t.co/X83mhlELLz)
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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.
Some folks have asked me why the Go Into The Story Medium site is inactive. That's because I moved to the Ghost platform. Why? NO PAYWALL! I *hated* when Medium made that move. I launched my blog in 2008 to be FREE. And now it is! 34K+ articles! All free! gointothestory.blcklst.com/
Hossein Amini: “I love trying to find the simplest way to say something with the maximum impact on the character who’s listening to it.” #screenwriting
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This is literally a VEEP plotline. Like I'm not even kidding. This nearly, bar for bar, the a B-plot from the VEEP episode "New Hampshire" (S3, E10).
Raymond Chandler: "When in doubt have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand." #writing
Ray Bradbury: “I’ve had a sign over my typewriter for over 25 years now, which reads ‘Don’t think!’ You must never think at the typewriter — you must feel.” My Go Into The Story reflections on Bradbury's sage advice. gointothestory.blcklst.com/d… #writing #screenwriting
ALT Ray Bradbury
The original spec script for A Quiet Place is 67 pages long. In part because there's so little dialogue. "Make a sound. You die." That was the idea Beck & Woods had as students in college. Years later, they wrote AQP. Paramount marketing ran with that concept for posters.
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No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
—Robert Frost—
Here is a video where I interviewed Beck & Woods about writing A Quiet Place. youtube.com/watch?v=xHRG11Cv…
Scott Myers retweeted
This photo from Election Night in Boone, North Carolina, is a modern Norman Rockwell painting
📸 Credit: Noah Williford, @TheAppalachian
Complex characters. Compelling situation. Emotional core. Protagonist's journey. Entertaining scenes. Engaging plot. Cinematic writing. It's the STORY that matters most.
Check out my 15-part Go Into The Story series: "So-Called Screenwriting 'Rules'". gointothestory.blcklst.com/s… #screenwriting
Arash Amel: “It’s all about that conflict between passion and discipline and making yourself write when you don’t want to write. That’s the difference between the professional screenwriter and a hobbyist.” #screenwriting
Michael Chabon: “A writer shapes their story to bring into being a little world that, like God’s, is at once terribly imperfect and filled with astonishing life.” #writing
If your characters are compelling, the plot engaging, the pacing tight, the emotion authentic, and the story concept strong, none of the so-called screenwriting rules matter. The only thing that does is how your story plays on the page. #screenwriting
ALT From the original screenplay for "A Quiet Place"
Nancy Meyers: “My first draft was exactly 250 pages. I didn’t have brads long enough. It took me eight or nine drafts to edit. It’s impossible to see what it is at first. You just keep taking away and it begins to shape up. Keep following the story.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/s…
ALT Nancy Meyers
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. Film School on a Microbudget. patreon.com/cw/GoIntoTheStor… #screenwriting
