Scott Myers

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: "Tower Block" (2012), written by James Moran

Daniel Kunka: “No matter what the concept is, no matter what spectacle you put out there, nobody cares if there’s not an empathetic way into the story, and you only get that with the characters you tell the story through." medium.com/go-into-the-st… #screenwriting #writing

Reading good scripts feeds the soul.

Meg LeFauve: “I open a document and start brain dumping anything I can think of, all my questions, all my inspiration, all my ideas… Next I open a new document and do what I call a barf draft… This raw draft is the clay that I’ve pulled up from the riverbed.” #screenwriting

Chris Sparling: "Create a compelling character, give them a problem they must overcome, then remove all possible solutions except one." #writing

Page One: "Tough Guys" (1986), written by James Orr & Jim Cruickshank

J.F. Lawton: "Instead of trying to guess what the market will buy, it’s important to pick what you want to do and fully commit to it.” #screenwriting

Chris Sparling: "No matter what you write, good or bad, it’s an improvement to a blank page." #writing

JOHN SAYLES is set to direct his first film in 13 years! It’s a Western, titled “I Passed This Way,” and set to star AMY MADIGAN and CHRIS COOPER (via @Variety) tinyurl.com/mtbnt4zn

I’m so done with the “it’s here” argument. “It’s here” is utterly meaningless. You don’t aid and abet widely destructive tech just by virtue of it BEING HERE

Page One: "Totem" (2017), screenplay by Evan Dickson, story by Evan Dickson and Marcel Sarmiento

Part III of The Protagonist's Journey focuses on "breaking story." We use that same approach in my six-week online Prep: From Concept to Outline workshop. Begins June 1st. Only time offered in 2026. screenwritingmasterclass.com/product/prep-f… #screenwriting #writingw

H.P. Lovecraft: “At night, when the objective world has slunk back into its cavern and left dreamers to their own, there come inspirations and capabilities impossible at any less magical and quiet hour." medium.com/go-into-the-st… #writing #screenwriting

Dale Launer: "The medium is film, but it’s still fiction, it’s still a story. Take away the story, and you have no movie.” #screenwriting

Aaron Sorkin: “The difference between Page 2 and Page Nothing is the difference between life and death.” #writing

Break your story and learn a proven approach to story prep in my six-week From Concept to Outline online workshop. Begins June 1st. Two spots left. screenwritingmasterclass.com/product/prep-f… #screenwriting #writing

The process is called "breaking story" and knowing how to do it is essential for anyone with aspirations to write TV or movies. Learn a proven approach in my Prep: From Concept to Outline online workshop. Starts June 1st! screenwritingmasterclass.com/product/prep-f… #screenwriting #writing

Page One: "Total Recall" (1990), screenplay by Ronald Shusett & Dan O'Bannon and Gary Goldman, screen story by Ronald Shusett & Dan O'Bannon and Jon Povill, inspired by Philip K. Dick short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale"

Max Lance: “The best advice I got was a teacher who said, ‘If you want to succeed, then write every day for 10 years, and you’ll stop sucking.’” #screenwriting

Susan Sontag: “People write me all the time about ‘What should I do if I want to be a writer?' It’s not like something you’d want to be — it’s rather something you couldn’t help but be. You have to be obsessed.” #writing