Scott Myers
@gointothestory.bsky.social
Author (#1 Amazon Best Seller in Film & TV, "The Protagonist's Journey"), Screenwriter (K-9, Alaska, Trojan War), Host (http://GoIntoTheStory.com, official Black List screenwriting blog), Associate Professor of screenwriting (DePaul University film school)
What is the point of this scene? If you can’t answer this question, figure out the scene’s purpose… or cut it. #screenwriting
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
What is the point of this scene? If you can’t answer this question, figure out the scene’s purpose… or cut it. #screenwriting
Spec Script Deal: "Aunt Roxie". Writer: Johnny Rosenthal. Genre: Comedy. Buyer: Netflix. www.patreon.com/posts/spec-s... #Hollywood #movies #screenwriting
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Spec Script Deal: "Aunt Roxie". Writer: Johnny Rosenthal. Genre: Comedy. Buyer: Netflix. www.patreon.com/posts/spec-s... #Hollywood #movies #screenwriting
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Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
Christopher Hampton: "The most important thing in any screenplay is the final image of one scene and the first image of the next scene. Everything flows from one scene to the next in the most effortless way." gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwritin... #screenwriting #writing
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Christopher Hampton: "The most important thing in any screenplay is the final image of one scene and the first image of the next scene. Everything flows from one scene to the next in the most effortless way." gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwritin... #screenwriting #writing
Script Analysis: “Luca” (2021) — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown. A great way to analyze a screenplay and its story structure. gointothestory.blcklst.com/script-analy... #movies #screenwriting
November 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Script Analysis: “Luca” (2021) — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown. A great way to analyze a screenplay and its story structure. gointothestory.blcklst.com/script-analy... #movies #screenwriting
Page One: “Scary Movie 2” (2001), written by Shawn Wayans & Marlon Wayans & Alyson Fouse & Greg Grabianski & Dave Polsky & Michael Anthony Snowden & Craig Wayans
Read the screenplay here.
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Read the screenplay here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-sca... #movies #screenwriting
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Page One: “Scary Movie 2” (2001), written by Shawn Wayans & Marlon Wayans & Alyson Fouse & Greg Grabianski & Dave Polsky & Michael Anthony Snowden & Craig Wayans
Read the screenplay here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-sca... #movies #screenwriting
Read the screenplay here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-sca... #movies #screenwriting
2025 Award Season Screenplays — 9 Total, 7 New Scripts: Belén, Eddington, Friendship, Materialists, The Smashing Machine, Sorry, Baby, Warfare. Download 'em. Read 'em. Analyze 'em. www.patreon.com/posts/2025-a... #movies #screenwriting #scriptsky
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
2025 Award Season Screenplays — 9 Total, 7 New Scripts: Belén, Eddington, Friendship, Materialists, The Smashing Machine, Sorry, Baby, Warfare. Download 'em. Read 'em. Analyze 'em. www.patreon.com/posts/2025-a... #movies #screenwriting #scriptsky
An actor told me this: “If the screenwriter doesn’t understand the story’s characters, how do you expect actors to?” #screenwriting #scriptsky
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 AM
An actor told me this: “If the screenwriter doesn’t understand the story’s characters, how do you expect actors to?” #screenwriting #scriptsky
Script Analysis: “Honey Boy” (2019) — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown. A great way to analyze a screenplay and its story structure. gointothestory.blcklst.com/script-analy... #movies #screenwriting
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Script Analysis: “Honey Boy” (2019) — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown. A great way to analyze a screenplay and its story structure. gointothestory.blcklst.com/script-analy... #movies #screenwriting
Amazon #1 Best Seller, “The Protagonist’s Journey” is endorsed by 40 screenwriters, novelists, and academics including Don Winslow (“City on Fire”), Meg Gardiner (“Heat 2”), Eric Heisserer (“Arrival”), and Stephany Folsom ("Toy Story 4"). bit.ly/44qjPFO #screenwriting
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Amazon #1 Best Seller, “The Protagonist’s Journey” is endorsed by 40 screenwriters, novelists, and academics including Don Winslow (“City on Fire”), Meg Gardiner (“Heat 2”), Eric Heisserer (“Arrival”), and Stephany Folsom ("Toy Story 4"). bit.ly/44qjPFO #screenwriting
Christopher Hitchens: “If you want to write, it must be the thing not that you want to do, or would like to do. It must be the thing you feel you have to do.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/on-writing-6... #writing #screenwriting
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Christopher Hitchens: “If you want to write, it must be the thing not that you want to do, or would like to do. It must be the thing you feel you have to do.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/on-writing-6... #writing #screenwriting
Page One: “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” (2019), screenplay by Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman, screen story by Guillermo del Toro and Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan, based on the series by Alvin Schwartz
Read the screenplay here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-sca... #movies #screenwriting
Read the screenplay here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-sca... #movies #screenwriting
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Page One: “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” (2019), screenplay by Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman, screen story by Guillermo del Toro and Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan, based on the series by Alvin Schwartz
Read the screenplay here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-sca... #movies #screenwriting
Read the screenplay here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-sca... #movies #screenwriting
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Tomorrow is the final session of my Pixar: Craft of Storytelling class at DePaul University. Over the course of 10 weeks, we explore all 29 Pixar feature films. Tomorrow's lecture analyzes the movie Soul and features one of Pixar's most beautiful scenes: this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QflN...
Soul - Joe realizes
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November 17, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Tomorrow is the final session of my Pixar: Craft of Storytelling class at DePaul University. Over the course of 10 weeks, we explore all 29 Pixar feature films. Tomorrow's lecture analyzes the movie Soul and features one of Pixar's most beautiful scenes: this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QflN...
Script Analysis: “The Favourite” (2018) — Scene By Scene Breakdown. A great way to analyze a screenplay and its story structure. gointothestory.blcklst.com/script-analy... #movies #screenwriting
November 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Script Analysis: “The Favourite” (2018) — Scene By Scene Breakdown. A great way to analyze a screenplay and its story structure. gointothestory.blcklst.com/script-analy... #movies #screenwriting
2025 Award Season Screenplays — 9 Total, 7 New Scripts: Belén, Eddington, Friendship, Materialists, The Smashing Machine, Sorry, Baby, Warfare. Download 'em. Read 'em. Analyze 'em. www.patreon.com/posts/2025-a... #movies #screenwriting #scriptsky
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
2025 Award Season Screenplays — 9 Total, 7 New Scripts: Belén, Eddington, Friendship, Materialists, The Smashing Machine, Sorry, Baby, Warfare. Download 'em. Read 'em. Analyze 'em. www.patreon.com/posts/2025-a... #movies #screenwriting #scriptsky
Page One: “Scary Movie” (2000), written by Shawn Wayans & Marlon Wayans & Buddy Johnson & Phil Beauman and Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer
Read the screenplay here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-sca... #movies #screenwriting
Read the screenplay here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-sca... #movies #screenwriting
November 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Page One: “Scary Movie” (2000), written by Shawn Wayans & Marlon Wayans & Buddy Johnson & Phil Beauman and Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer
Read the screenplay here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-sca... #movies #screenwriting
Read the screenplay here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-sca... #movies #screenwriting
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This is a statement I received from a Epstein survivor who is a Jane Doe.
Share it widely.
Share it widely.
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is a statement I received from a Epstein survivor who is a Jane Doe.
Share it widely.
Share it widely.
Script Analysis: “Hanna” (2011) — Scene By Scene Breakdown. A great way to analyze a screenplay and its story structure. gointothestory.blcklst.com/script-analy... #movies #screenwriter
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Script Analysis: “Hanna” (2011) — Scene By Scene Breakdown. A great way to analyze a screenplay and its story structure. gointothestory.blcklst.com/script-analy... #movies #screenwriter
Brayden Hirsch: “Read, read, read. If you don’t study how the masters do things, you’ll never be a master yourself.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/on-writing-f... #writing #screenwriting
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Brayden Hirsch: “Read, read, read. If you don’t study how the masters do things, you’ll never be a master yourself.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/on-writing-f... #writing #screenwriting
Page One: “Scanners” (1981), written by David Cronenberg
Read the screenplay here.
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Read the screenplay here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-sca... #movies #screenwriting
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Page One: “Scanners” (1981), written by David Cronenberg
Read the screenplay here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-sca... #movies #screenwriting
Read the screenplay here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-sca... #movies #screenwriting
Christopher Hampton: “I don’t believe in any of those rules for writing screenplays. What that gives you is a formula, and inevitably the result will be formulaic." gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwritin... #screenwriting
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Christopher Hampton: “I don’t believe in any of those rules for writing screenplays. What that gives you is a formula, and inevitably the result will be formulaic." gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwritin... #screenwriting
Script Analysis: “Prisoners” (2013) — Scene By Scene Breakdown. A great way to analyze a screenplay and its story structure. gointothestory.blcklst.com/script-analy... #movies #screenwriting
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Script Analysis: “Prisoners” (2013) — Scene By Scene Breakdown. A great way to analyze a screenplay and its story structure. gointothestory.blcklst.com/script-analy... #movies #screenwriting
Page One: “Saw” (2004), written by Leigh Whannell, story by James Wan and Leigh Whannell
Read the script here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-saw... #movies #screenwriting
Read the script here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-saw... #movies #screenwriting
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Page One: “Saw” (2004), written by Leigh Whannell, story by James Wan and Leigh Whannell
Read the script here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-saw... #movies #screenwriting
Read the script here.
gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-saw... #movies #screenwriting
