Scott Myers

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• Non-Linear Storytelling in "Pulp Fiction"

  "Tarantino, whether intended it or not, hit upon non-linearity as the only way he could tell one particular storyline involving the fates...

  9,147 views ‧ 286 reads ‧ 3.13%

  writing

  Jun 22, 2025

  Jun 22, 2025

• The Importance of Subplots

  An in-depth exploration of the value of these mini-stories.

  17,593 views ‧ 682 reads ‧ 3.88%

  writing

  Jan 20, 2025

  Jan 21, 2025

• Screenwriting Tip: How to Handle Blocks of Scene Description

  Think of each paragraph as a camera shot... with a catch.

  14,914 views ‧ 381 reads ‧ 2.55%

  writing

  Nov 23, 2024

  Nov 24, 2024

• Writing Goals: 2023 [Part 10] — Trust the Process

  10 part series for writers to consider what we did in 2022 and will do in 2023.

  1,891 views ‧ 360 reads ‧ 19.04%

  creativity

  writing

  Dec 16, 2022

  Dec 16, 2022

• 30 Days of Screenplays, Day 8: "Dead Poets Society"

  Why 30 screenplays in 30 days?

  4,470 views ‧ 251 reads ‧ 5.62%

  writing

  film

  Nov 08, 2022

  Nov 08, 2022

• Tarantino, Sorkin, and Dialogue as Purpose

  Analysis of long dialogue-centric scenes in The Social Network and Pulp Fiction reveals that underneath the entertaining conversations lies...

  29,583 views ‧ 800 reads ‧ 2.7%

  writing

  film

  Oct 06, 2022

  Oct 06, 2022

• Reflections on Carl Jung : Psychological Rule as Fate'

  Carl Jung's theory of individuation is directly applicable to the Protagonist's journey in a screenplay.

  1,551 views ‧ 144 reads ‧ 9.28%

  writing

  Oct 06, 2022

  Oct 06, 2022

• The Business of Screenwriting: Withdrawing screen credit and pseudonyms

  Let's begin this post with a quote from arguably the dean of contemporary American screenwriters William Goldman:

  181 views ‧ 63 reads ‧ 34.81%

  writing

  film

  Oct 06, 2022

  Oct 06, 2022

• 100 Scene-Writing Prompts

  At a fundamental level, screenwriting is scene-writing. Use these prompts to improve your scene-writing chops.

  488,095 views ‧ 68,541 reads ‧ 14.04%

  writing

  Nov 11, 2017

  Jan 10, 2023