Scott Myers
@gointothestory
Author (#1 Amazon Best Seller in Film & TV, "The Protagonist's Journey"), Screenwriter (K-9, Alaska, Trojan War), Host (, official Black List screenwriting blog), Associate Professor of screenwriting (DePaul University film school)
“After three decades in the movie business, it’s clear to me that a firm grasp of storytelling is the foundation for success. Few understand the craft as deeply as Scott Myers, and even fewer can teach it with such clarity.” - – Rob Lorenz (producer, Mystic River, Gran Torino, American Sniper)
Gabriel García Márquez: “Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry.” medium.com/go-into-the-... #writing #screenwriting #scriptsky
Page One: “Winter’s Tale” (2014), screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, novel by Mark Helprin Read the screenplay here. medium.com/go-into-the-... #movies #screenwriting
Go Into The Story Interview: My conversation with John Swetnam whose original screenplay Ruthless made the 2017 Black List. John has sold 4 spec scripts: Evidence, Category 6, Spinback, and Ballistic. medium.com/go-into-the-... #Hollywod #screenwriting #scriptsky
Page One: “Wind River” (2017), written by Taylor Sheridan Read the screenplay here. medium.com/go-into-the-... #movies #screenwriting
This would be an awesome double feature. The Invite: Comedy. The Invitation: Drama --> Thriller --> Horror.
Here's a four-part Go Into The Story series from 2012 about the Heroine's Journey. Involves several writers on the subject. I'm currently re-reading "The Heroine's With 1,001 Faces." medium.com/go-into-the-... #storytelling #writing #screenwriting #scriptsky
Ernest Lehman: “I think that much of good screenwriting is about carpentry. It’s a juggling of beginnings, middles and endings so that they all inevitably seem to be moving correctly together." medium.com/go-into-the-... #screenwriting #scriptchat
Page One: “Wildlife” (2018), screenplay by Paul Dano & Zoe Kazan, based on the book by Richard Ford Read the screenplay here. medium.com/go-into-the-... #movies #screenwriting
Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. #screenwriting #scriptsky
Writing and the Creative Life: The Magic of Ambient Noise. There may be an ideal decibel level of ambient noise to facilitate creative thought. gointothestory.blcklst.com/writing-and-... #creativity #writing #scriptsky
Go Into The Story Interview: My conversation with Jonathan Stokes whose original screenplays have made the annual Black List 5 times. gointothestory.blcklst.com/go-into-the-... #Hollywood #movies #screenwriting #scriptsky
Page One: “The Wife” (2017), screenplay by Jane Anderson, based on the novel “The Wife” by Meg Wolitzer Read the screenplay here. medium.com/go-into-the-... #movies #screenwriting
Justin Marks: “That faith if you put the bad, easy version of a scene on the page, the good version will come tomorrow. That’s writing.” medium.com/go-into-the-... #writing #scriptsky
Page One: “The Wicker Man” (1973), screenplay by Anthony Shaffer Read the screenplay here. gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-the... #movies #screenwriting
Go Into The Story Interview: My conversation with Chris Sparling whose scripts have been named to the Black List four times (2009, 2010, 2013, 2016). His screenwriting credits include Buried and Sea of Trees. gointothestory.blcklst.com/go-into-the-... #Hollywood #movies #screenwriting #scriptsky
Page One: “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” (1988), screenplay by Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman, based on the book: “Who Censored Roger Rabbit?” by Gary K. Wolf Read the screenplay here. gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-who... #movies #screenwriting
“Scott Myers has a gift for distilling information into its purest and simplest form, and this book is no different.” - Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place, Heretic). tinyurl.com/4ewysjyw #screenwriting #writing
Dennis Lehane: “The plot is just the vehicle by which the characters are revealed. You create a bunch of characters and let them start bouncing into one another. That’s how a good story happens.” medium.com/go-into-the-... #screenwriting #writing #scriptsky
Page One: “Where the Day Takes You” (1992), written by Michael Hitchcock & Kurt Voss & Marc Rocco Read the screenplay here., medium.com/go-into-the-... #movies #screenwriting
My Alliterative Definition of 'Story': "A character we care about confronts complex challenges created by a compelling crisis with a cathartic conclusion." www.patreon.com/GoIntoTheSto... #story #storytelling #screenwriting #writing #scriptsky
Go Into The Story Interview: My conversation with Will Simmons whose original screenplay "Murder City" was named to the 2012 Black List. medium.com/go-into-the-... #Hollywood #movies #screenwriting #scriptsky
Page One: “Wild” (2014), screenplay by Nick Hornby, based on a memoir by Cheryl Strayed Read the screenplay here. medium.com/go-into-the-... #movies #screenwriting
The Low-Down on High Concept: A high concept screenplay must have a clean, simple, and basic idea. www.patreon.com/GoIntoTheSto... #screenwriting #writing #scriptsky
“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.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/the-writer-i... #writing #scriptsky
“In a sea of great books about writing, The Protagonist’s Journey stands out. Scott Myers has a gift for distilling information into its purest form and this book is no different.” -- Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place, Heretic) tinyurl.com/4ewysjyw#scr... #writing #scriptsky