Writing

The Best John Grisham Books

The definitive ranking

How Much My Novel Cost Me

Writing my first book got me into debt. To finish the next one, I had to…

Movie Analysis: “Her”

“Theodore represents a futuristic Everyman, the result of human experience enshrouded and infused by technology. What…

Better than meditation

Meditation is awesome! But…

How to Develop a Daily Writing Habit

A Guide to Keeping Your New Year‘s Resolution

Stories of Ted Chiang’s Life and Others

An interview with the wisest, smartest scifi writer there is

How to start a crime thriller novel?

The three ways to begin a novel if you are writing a mystery/suspense/crime thrillers

Movie Script Scene-By-Scene Breakdowns

A great way to analyze screenplay structure is by studying a script’s scene-by-scene breakdown. Go Into The Story followers are contributing breakdowns of contemporary screenplays to an ongoing script analysis series. Here are links to 116 articles which include…

Go Into The Story Reader Questions

Reader ask me questions on the blog, via email or through Twitter. I answer them. If you have a question you do not see answered here, feel free to email me (GITSblog@gmail.com) with it or post your question here in the comments section of this thread.

The Business of Screenwriting

The Business of Screenwriting is a weekly series of Go Into The Story articles based upon my experiences as a complete Hollywood outsider who sold a spec script for a lot of money, parlayed that into a screenwriting career during which time I’ve made some good choices, some…