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• Go Into The Story Resource: So-Called Screenwriting ‘Rules’ | by Scott Myers | Medium

  A comprehensive series on the most significant of the supposed screenwriting ‘rules,’ hopefully to put things into proper perspective: Tools, not rules. On May 16, 2019, Go Into The Story turns 11…

• Writing and the Creative Life: Think Psychologically | by Scott Myers | Medium

  This post is a tale of two online articles. One is a serious piece of journalism from the New York Times. The other is a seemingly frothy listicle from Buzzfeed. First, the serious stuff. The New…

• Screenwriting Theory. Plot. Concept. Character. Style… | by Scott Myers | Medium

  In the Core content of The Quest, we work with eight screenwriting principles, and the very first one is this: Plot = Structure. On Monday, August 27, I will be starting a new cycle of Core classes…

• Studies in Flashbacks: “(500) Days of Summer” | by Scott Myers | Medium

  I set this discussion into motion here and here. To wit: Hollywood conventional wisdom is that voice-over narration and flashbacks are a no-no, yet some of the greatest movies ever produced use these…

• The Power of Conflict in Storytelling | by Scott Myers | Medium

  We have all heard the old saying, “You can’t have drama without conflict.” Yet the power of conflict in storytelling extends beyond merely that. A few years ago, I posted this question on my blog…

• Writing Mantra: “Enter late, exit early” | by Scott Myers | Medium

  Two weeks ago I posted this about one of my favorite writing mantras “Trust the process.” I received a number of emails and comments asking if I had other ones. The answer is yes, I do. Some of them…