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.

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Calling all Night Writers! It's Midnight (Central / U.S.) and I'm going in for a 50-minute writing scamper on this rewrite. Feel free to join me on any of your writing projects. #nightwriting #writing #screenwriting.

Jim Sheridan: "Emotion, by definition, is invisible. So cinema is, by definition, dealing with the invisible." #screenwriting.

Ernest Hemingway: "You should be able to go into a room and when you come out know everything you saw there. If that room gave you any feeling, you should know exactly what it was that gave you that feeling. Try that for practice." #writing.

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“The Protagonist’s Journey gives you the tools to craft emotional, character-driven stories that are the bread and butter of any professional screenwriter.” - Stephany Folsom (Toy Story 4, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power). #screenwriting

Script Analysis: “Gravity” (2013) — Scene By Scene Breakdown. A great tool for studying the screenplay's underlying story structure. #movies #screenwriting

André Gide: “One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” #writing

Page One: "Poetic Justice" (1993), written by John Singleton

Finished! Up to P.14 and feeling good about this rewrite. One thing about writing *after* midnight: It's a great way to start the new day. See you later tonight at Midnight for another writing scamper! #nightwriting #writing #screenwriting.

Calling all Night Writers! It's Midnight (Central / U.S.) and I'm going in for a 50-minute writing scamper. Feel free to join me on any of your writing projects. #nightwriting #writing #screenwriting.

Ron Shelton: "Movie stars like to shine. They like to have their movie-star moments." #screenwriting.

Ernest Hemingway: “Sometimes writing comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.” #writing.

Carl Foreman: "When I first came out to Hollywood, I just thought a story had a good plot and interesting characters and lots of action. It never occurred to me the story had to be about something. I call that something 'theme.'" #screenwriting

Script Analysis: “Celeste and Jesse Forever” — Scene By Scene Breakdown. A great tool for studying the screenplay's underlying story structure. #movies #screenwriting

Page One: "Pixels" (2015), screenplay by Tim Herlihy and.Timothy Dowling, screen story by Tim Herlihy, short film by Patrick Jean

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Okay, it's a wrap for that writing scamper. I roughed out a new scene. I'm going back in for more. Hope you had a good writing session. Onward!.

Okay, it's Midnight Central, time for a writing scamper. I'm going in for 50 minutes on this rewrite. See you on the other side! #nightwriting #writing #screenwriting #scriptsky.