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: "The Super" (1991), written by Sam Simon

C.S. Lewis: “What you want is practice, practice, practice. It doesn’t matter what we write (at least that is my view) at our age, so long as we write continually as well as we can.” medium.com/go-into-the-st… #writing #screenwriting

Brad Ingelsby: “What does this character want and more importantly why do they want it? Those are what I look at as I’m writing dialogue.” #screenwriting

Rod Serling: "The instinct of creativity must be followed by the act.” #writing

Literally nobody needs AI but everyone needs clean water.

This remains my favorite quote about screenwriting that has nothing to do with screenwriting. Absolutely evergreen.

Page One: "Super" (2010), written by James Gunn

Peter Hyams: "If you’re not prepared to be rejected, don’t try to write films.” #screenwriting

David Seidler: “Creativity is tapping into a hidden source. That’s what fascinates me. To be in touch with the unconscious or subconscious pool of creativity. Can I dip into that well and lift a bucketful of it?” #writing

THANK YOU Amazon MGM for preserving the THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE. Project Hail (or Hale 😉) Mary is another movie that reminds us why we need to keep cinema on the big screen alive!

I don't recall any previous transformative technologies having to be sold so desperately. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"

Go Into The Story Interview: My conversation with Jon Boyer who made the 2013 Black List with his screenplay Free Byrd. medium.com/go-into-the-st… #Hollywood #screenwriting

this is the greatest scene in the history of cinema

Page One: "Stranger Than Paradise" (1984), written by Jim Jarmusch

Eva Victor On Crafting Directorial Debut 'Sorry, Baby' & Working With Barry Jenkins -- Storyhouse deadline.com/2026/04/eva-vi…

Jordan Horowitz: “You have to just listen to the work. The work is paramount. If you’re invested in the work and you’re patient, then the work will tell you what it wants.” #screenwriting

Carolyn See: “Respect your first draft! It’s your child, just a little uncoordinated and unkempt. The fact you wrote it makes it significant. You must have been trying to say something, even though the manuscript may look like subliterate Sanskrit to you now.” #writing

C.S. Lewis: “You can make anything by writing.” medium.com/go-into-the-st… #writing #screenwriting

Page One: "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (1991), screenplay by Nicholas Meyer & Denny Martin Flinn, story by Leonard Nimoy and Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal, based on the television series "Star Trek" created by Gene Roddenberry

Bill Holderman: “Make your script fun to read. Make it a page‑turner. Even though a screenplay is a blueprint for the moviemaking process, it is its own finished product in its own right and it should be enjoyable and easy for development people to read.” #screenwriting