More than EVER, we need good storytellers. Put a human face on The Other. Shed light on a Deeper Truth. Engender Empathy. Fan the flames of Hope. Motivate people to Act. Make us Laugh. Make us Cry. Make us Thrilled. Make us Think. But mostly, make us feel our Shared Humanity.

Page One: "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" (2008), written by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar

“The screenwriting book of all screenwriting books! Myers does what others simply cannot: demystify the screenwriting process. His approach to story through character is brilliant. My go to book.” -- Laci Dent, Assistant Professor, Pepperdine University

Jeff Morris: “Quality prep work makes writing the script much easier. I know what I need out of each scene going forward." #screenwriting.

Andre Dubus III: "Good fiction comes from the same place as our dreams. The desire to step into someone else’s dream world is a universal impulse that’s shared by us all." #writing.

Go from Fade In to Fade Out This Summer! Knock out a first draft of your feature film script project in my upcoming online writing workshop. Starts July 21st! #screenwriting #writing

The Inward Path of the Protagonist’s Journey: Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell remind us that the outer journey of the hero is about the inner journey into the Self. #Storytelling #psychology #screenwriting #writing

Go Into The Story Interview: My conversation with 2021 Black List writer Michael Kujak. "You’re calling the muse. You’re figuring things out. You’re letting the characters discover their own voice." #screenwriting

Script Analysis: “Arrival” (2016) — Scene By Scene Breakdown. A great tool for studying the screenplay's underlying story structure. #movies #screenwriting

Page One: "The Mummy Returns" (2001), written by Stephen Sommers

RT @johnzaozirny: Gotta say that I really do miss the community feeling of old Screenwriting Twitter. Nowadays often feels like the loude….

Mike Mills: "Writing is an ongoing process of failure. Like a World War One infantry unit, I march forward each day, get shot down. You have to be comfortable failing seven hours out of ten. And you have to do those seven hours to get those other three.” #screenwriting.

Diane Duane: "You make a list of the ten things that have to happen in your novel. Then, you list ten things that have to happen surrounding that event or supporting that character action. This is the skeleton of the body of your work to come." #writing.

“Scott Myers profoundly understands the essential thing in a performance-based art is our experience of the central character’s personal transformation, and what is gained and lost – inevitably – along the way.” -- Robin Swicord (Memoirs of a Geisha)

Go from Fade In to Fade Out This Summer! Knock out a first draft of your feature film script project in my upcoming online writing workshop. Starts July 21st! #screenwriting #writing

Philip Dunne: "There’s a famous story about a writer who had a wonderful idea in the middle of the night. He got out his pad and pencil, and wrote it down. Slept like a baby. He woke up and he had written: ‘boy meets girl.’” #screenwriting

Script Analysis: “Aftersun” (2022) — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown. A great tool for studying the screenplay's underlying story structure. #movies #screenwriting

Page One: "The Mummy" (2017), screenplay by David Koepp and Christopher McQuarrie and Dylan Kussman, screen story by Jon Spaihts and Alex Kurtzman & Jenny Lumet

John Milius: "I tell a screenwriting class, ‘I could teach you all the basic techniques in fifteen minutes. After that, it’s up to you.’" #screenwriting.

Joseph Dougherty: “Writing is easy. Being a writer is murder.” #writing.

Go Into The Story Interview: My conversation with Laura Kosann who not only won a Nicholl Fellowship, but also two Black List scripts. "I have found that what gets people’s attention is the script where you are truly laying your heart out on the table."