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...

  5,125 views ‧ 275 reads ‧ 5.37%

  writing

  Jun 22, 2025

  Jun 22, 2025

• The Importance of Subplots

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

  17,573 views ‧ 668 reads ‧ 3.8%

  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.

  14,879 views ‧ 374 reads ‧ 2.51%

  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.

  1,888 views ‧ 360 reads ‧ 19.07%

  creativity

  writing

  Dec 16, 2022

  Dec 16, 2022

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

  Why 30 screenplays in 30 days?

  4,454 views ‧ 250 reads ‧ 5.61%

  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...

  29,577 views ‧ 799 reads ‧ 2.7%

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  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.

  1,493 views ‧ 144 reads ‧ 9.65%

  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:

  179 views ‧ 62 reads ‧ 34.64%

  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.

  460,681 views ‧ 68,241 reads ‧ 14.81%

  writing

  Nov 11, 2017

  Jan 10, 2023