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William Kelley: "The secret to screenwriting is short sentences, small words, and BIG pictures." #screenwriting

I was hired as a Consultant en Développement on the French-language family film Mlle Bottine. It's now in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Wonderful movie which has broken B.O. records in Quebec. Next up: An English-language remake. playbackonline.ca/2025/04/22/mll… #movies

Page One: "The Man Who Invented Christmas" (2017), written by Susan Coyne, based on "The Man Who Invented Christmas" by Les Standiford, inspired by "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens

It is March, 1987. I am at the Hamburger Hamlet on Sunset Blvd. It’s 1PM. I am meeting one of my agents for lunch. For dessert: My first big check for the sale of the spec script K-9. gointothestory.blcklst.com/the-business-o… #Hollywood #screenwriting

Go Into The Story interview: My conversation with Matt Altman & Dave Matalon whose script "Three Hitmen and a Baby" made the 2024 Black List. "You can write things that fulfill you creatively, while also having an appeal to the market you’re selling to." gointothestory.blcklst.com/interview-part…

Writing and the Creative Life: What are you afraid of? The single greatest inhibitor to creativity is fear. Do you recognize any of these voices? gointothestory.blcklst.com/writing-and-th… #psychology #screenwriting #writing

It's The Protagonist's Journey at the Cannes Film Festival! The #1 Best Seller in Film & TV has been endorsed by 30+ screenwriters, novelists, & academics including Don Winslow (“City on Fire”) and Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith ("Legally Blonde"). bit.ly/44qjPFO #screenwriting

Lewis Carroll: “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” #writing

Kyle Killen: “We talk around things, at things, about things, without ever overtly stating them. Life has a subtext.” #screenwriting

Information. Data. Facts. Exposition can slow a story’s momentum and bore the script reader. In this 1-week online class, learn how to use Fascination, Mystery, Revelation, Conflict, Action, & Humor to handle exposition. 1/2 price sale. Starts 5/26. screenwritingmasterclass.com/product/craft-…

The process is called "breaking story" and knowing how to do it is essential for anyone with aspirations to write TV or movies. Learn a proven approach in my Prep: From Concept to Outline online workshop. Starts June 2nd! screenwritingmasterclass.com/product/prep-f… #screenwriting #amwriting

Page One: "The Manchurian Candidate" (2004), screenplay by Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris, based on the 1962 screenplay by George Axelrod, adapted from the novel by Richard Condon

Exposition = Data, Facts, Information. A necessary part of storytelling, but if not handled well, it can stunt a story's momentum with deadly dull details. That's why I created this one-week online course: Handling Exposition. Starts 5/26. screenwritingmasterclass.com/product/craft-… #screenwriting

12 Free Go Into The Story eBooks: So-Called Screenwriting “Rules,” Writing a Screenplay, Rewriting a Screenplay, Business of Screenwriting, A Screenwriter’s Guide to Aristotle’s “Poetics,” plus 7 more free eBooks. gointothestory.blcklst.com/12-free-go-int… #screenwriting #writing

Go Into The Story Interview: My conversation with Matt Altman & Dave Matalon whose script "Three Hitmen and a Baby" made the 2024 Black List. "A lot of luck is being ready for that opportunity, and having the right material." gointothestory.blcklst.com/go-into-the-st… #screenwriting #writing

The Iceberg Theory of Writing: That 90% of the iceberg which is invisible below the surface? That represents all the character and story work a writer needs to do to support the 10% which shows up above the surface in the script. gointothestory.blcklst.com/the-iceberg-th… #screenwriting #writing

Headline for our times: "Crypto Investor Charged With Kidnapping and Torturing Man for Weeks: Abused victim for three weeks as they tried to get his Bitcoin password." As the Good Book says, "The love of money is the root of all evil." nytimes.com/2025/05/24/nyr…

Exposition = Data, Facts, Information. A necessary part of storytelling, but if not handled well, it can stunt a story's momentum with deadly dull details. That's why I created this 1-week online course: Handling Exposition. Starts Monday. screenwritingmasterclass.com/product/craft-… #screenwriting

Joseph Campbell: "You have to be reckless when writing. Be as crazy as your conscience allows.” #writing

Simon Kinberg: "Audiences go to movies to feel. When the movie becomes too mechanical instead of organic, audiences detach from the film." #screenwriting