FrankenScript

A year ago, I ran across Scott Myers 1-2-7-14 plan. In a nutshell, Scott suggested to read 1 screenplay per week, watch 2 movies per week, write 7 pages per week and work 14 hours per week prepping a story. You can read about my initial thoughts here and here. Here I am a year [...]

As I head into 2012, I have realized that I need to focus as much as I can on all things related to screenwriting. I’ve managed to get reasonably far with minimal structure, relying only on self-discipline. But I have found that even with self-discipline, I face a constant battle with procrastination. It seems like [...]

Yesterday the news broke over at Go Into The Story that the popular screenwriting blog maintained by Scott Myers would become the official blog of The Black List, the brainchild of Franklin Leonard, Overbrook Entertainment Vice President of Creative Affairs. Both websites champion screenwriters in different, positive ways. In Scott’s own words: Here’s Franklin talking [...]

Get past the branding, these are quite entertaining if you know or live with a screenwriter (HT to Go Into The Story for finding these gems).  

From Go Into The Story: Here is a set of questions I think are important for a writer to grapple with and eventually answer during the prep-writing phase: Characters Who is the Protagonist? What do they want (conscious goal / external world)? What do they need (unconscious goal / internal world)? Who is keeping them [...]

After reading about all these multi-million dollar script sales, I have often wondered how do screenwriters deal with their income. I posed the question to Scott Myers over at Go Into The Story and this was his response: Read the rest of the article here. Thanks, Scott.