As an aspiring screenwriter/director/producer, I am beginning my journey into the wonderful world of story development and felt it was useful to begin reading some screenplays to help me find my voice. I subscribe to an excellent blog "Get into the Story" created by Screenwriter Scott Myers. As part of his Blog, he is hosting a "40 Days of Screenplays" challenge. Beginning Monday, July 19th and each day through Friday, August 27th, participants will read one screenplay per day. Each day, participants will have the opportunity to comment and critique the screenplay, hopefully gaining insight and inspiration for own projects. You can read more about the challenge at the following link:
Here is the official list: Day 1: Back to the Future
Day 2: Witness
Day 3: Some Like It Hot
Day 4: Fargo
Day 5: The Shawshank Redemption
Day 6: Die Hard
Day 7: Thelma & Louise
Day 8: Dead Poet's Society
Day 9: The Matrix
Day 10: Network
Day 11: Memento
Day 12: Toy Story
Day 13: Shakespeare in Love
Day 14: Pulp Fiction
Day 15: Casablanca
Day 16: Being There
Day 17: The Usual Suspects
Day 18: North by Northwest
Day 19: Broadcast News
Day 20: Platoon
Day 21: When Harry Met Sally
Day 22: Double Indemnity
Day 23: Pan's Labyrinth
Day 24: Big
Day 25: Sideways
Day 26: Traffic
Day 27: American Beauty
Day 28: The Crying Game
Day 29: The Apartment
Day 30: The Sixth Sense
Day 31: (500) Days of Summer
Day 32: Chinatown
Day 33: Wall*E
Day 34: Tootsie
Day 35: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Day 36: Aliens
Day 37: Little Miss Sunshine
Day 38: Psycho
Day 39: Crash
Day 40: The Wild Bunch
Day 2: Witness
Day 3: Some Like It Hot
Day 4: Fargo
Day 5: The Shawshank Redemption
Day 6: Die Hard
Day 7: Thelma & Louise
Day 8: Dead Poet's Society
Day 9: The Matrix
Day 10: Network
Day 11: Memento
Day 12: Toy Story
Day 13: Shakespeare in Love
Day 14: Pulp Fiction
Day 15: Casablanca
Day 16: Being There
Day 17: The Usual Suspects
Day 18: North by Northwest
Day 19: Broadcast News
Day 20: Platoon
Day 21: When Harry Met Sally
Day 22: Double Indemnity
Day 23: Pan's Labyrinth
Day 24: Big
Day 25: Sideways
Day 26: Traffic
Day 27: American Beauty
Day 28: The Crying Game
Day 29: The Apartment
Day 30: The Sixth Sense
Day 31: (500) Days of Summer
Day 32: Chinatown
Day 33: Wall*E
Day 34: Tootsie
Day 35: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Day 36: Aliens
Day 37: Little Miss Sunshine
Day 38: Psycho
Day 39: Crash
Day 40: The Wild Bunch
Furthermore, I will be incorporating a previous challenge set out by Scott Myers whereby you create a story idea per day utilizing interesting stories in the news. More information on this particular challenge, which was the monthly focus in April 2010.
http://www.gointothestory.com/2010/04/story-idea-each-day-for-month-day-1.html
Here is the official list: Day 1: Back to the Future
Day 2: Witness
Day 3: Some Like It Hot
Day 4: Fargo
Day 5: The Shawshank Redemption
Day 6: Die Hard
Day 7: Thelma & Louise
Day 8: Dead Poet's Society
Day 9: The Matrix
Day 10: Network
Day 11: Memento
Day 12: Toy Story
Day 13: Shakespeare in Love
Day 14: Pulp Fiction
Day 15: Casablanca
Day 16: Being There
Day 17: The Usual Suspects
Day 18: North by Northwest
Day 19: Broadcast News
Day 20: Platoon
Day 21: When Harry Met Sally
Day 22: Double Indemnity
Day 23: Pan's Labyrinth
Day 24: Big
Day 25: Sideways
Day 26: Traffic
Day 27: American Beauty
Day 28: The Crying Game
Day 29: The Apartment
Day 30: The Sixth Sense
Day 31: (500) Days of Summer
Day 32: Chinatown
Day 33: Wall*E
Day 34: Tootsie
Day 35: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Day 36: Aliens
Day 37: Little Miss Sunshine
Day 38: Psycho
Day 39: Crash
Day 40: The Wild Bunch
Day 2: Witness
Day 3: Some Like It Hot
Day 4: Fargo
Day 5: The Shawshank Redemption
Day 6: Die Hard
Day 7: Thelma & Louise
Day 8: Dead Poet's Society
Day 9: The Matrix
Day 10: Network
Day 11: Memento
Day 12: Toy Story
Day 13: Shakespeare in Love
Day 14: Pulp Fiction
Day 15: Casablanca
Day 16: Being There
Day 17: The Usual Suspects
Day 18: North by Northwest
Day 19: Broadcast News
Day 20: Platoon
Day 21: When Harry Met Sally
Day 22: Double Indemnity
Day 23: Pan's Labyrinth
Day 24: Big
Day 25: Sideways
Day 26: Traffic
Day 27: American Beauty
Day 28: The Crying Game
Day 29: The Apartment
Day 30: The Sixth Sense
Day 31: (500) Days of Summer
Day 32: Chinatown
Day 33: Wall*E
Day 34: Tootsie
Day 35: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Day 36: Aliens
Day 37: Little Miss Sunshine
Day 38: Psycho
Day 39: Crash
Day 40: The Wild Bunch
