One of my favorite items you post are the daily dialogues. Overall I can't think of anything I could actually in full faith say have less of. Althought there are two things I'd love if you were able to do more. When you have written and audio interviews with famous filmmakers and screenwriters they are informative and thought provoking, but to me personally, some of your most "inspirational" posts have been about up and coming filmmakers like nate winslow. So many times I hear from family and friends how what I am doing is so hard and I should stick with my current 9-5 and be safe and when I read that a kid around my age(I'm 22) is out there and actively making it happen it just invigorates me even more to attain success in my goals. So while I do love hitchcock telling me to put the fear in my audiences mind, which is still great stuff as I personally want to write a good horror movie because they are so hard to pull off, what gets me the most are the "these people are succeeding you can too" posts.

Scott,
The reason you have one of the best screenwriting blogs is because you focus on screenwriting. Learning, writing, reading, discussing. Screenwriting. Not what kind of day you're having. Not your advice for someone's relationship. Not a childhood memory triggered by a cookie you ate. Not a political rant. These are all fine for other blogs. But, the strength of GITS is the learning experience. Techniques, tips, tricks, script links. On screenwriting. Don't change anything. Keep doing what you're doing. And, thanks again.

I'd like it if maybe once a week you had info or a guest post from TV writers. Television is the same but different. There really aren't a lot of current resources for the TV style of writing--drama or comedy.

There's Jane In Progress blog by Jane Espenson (http://www.janeespenson.com/) but she seems to only post once a month these days.

There's Kay Reindl's blog (http://seriocity.blogspot.com/), again once a week or less and not always about the craft of TV writing, or writing in general.

There was Margaux Froley's This Is Your Pilot Speaking (http://thisisyourpilotspeaking.wordpress.com/) that was just getting into craft & structure when the contest debacle happened. Now she's not posting. Despite the scandal, I thought she offered some decent advice relating to craft.

There's a bunch of other pro writers of TV with blogs but none that seem comparable to the kind of info Go Into The Story offers for film.

It would be nice to have some advice regarding when is an idea perfect for film vs. teevee? How to transition from one medium to the other? That kind of stuff. Because at the heart, it's all story.

@Escarondito: Hopefully we'll get Nate back to his posts. And I'm happy to GITS followers who are in the midst of their "up-and-coming" efforts if they'd like to submit a guest post for the blog.

@januaryfire: That's a good suggestion. I'll definitely keep that uppermost in mind as I look for interviews. In fact, I'll solicit guest posts from GITS readers who may be TV writers. You are right: it's all story.

@Escarondito: I am absolutely flattered--that just made my day. Thanks for the support, and I've been swamped with travel and work recently, but I've got two or three columns waiting to be written up. And some incentive to get them finished now :) So look for those in the near future!

And as a fellow 22 year old, I can say that there are definitely times where I wish I had a 9-5 job/income coming in on a regular basis. I wouldn't want to be doing anything else with my life right now, but one of the biggest challenges with independent film/trying to produce/write your own work is that it's INCREDIBLY time-consuming and...not very profitable.

Or if it is profitable, those profits only show up after EVERYTHING is finished and the investors get their money back and the actors get their back-end points, etc etc etc. So. I've been on vacation for a month and I'm heading back to NY to keep working on the movie, and the first thing I'm doing is getting myself a part-time job. Sure, it will probably take a little time away from the movie, but being completely broke and in debt all the time makes it impossible to keep working on the movie. Working on a movie is really flexible, and as a ton of commenters on GITS have noted over the years, writing is too.

That's been my experience, at least--I'm going to make this movie if it kills me, but I can't do it if I'm broke. Finding the balance between pursuing your passions and staying financially viable is vital. Get out there and write that horror film! But do it in a way that makes sense for you. Find a job that lets you work in part-time chunks: work three weeks and earn enough money to just sit and write for a week. Or work a week and write a week. Or work a part time job and write during the day. Whatever works. Especially at our age where we don't have mortgages to pay, kids to get through school, and down payments on the new mini-van to worry about.

/End of sermon.

Blog (from web log) is the only word to use (any other would just confuse matters). Content differentiates, and wow does your content speak for itself, Scott. Yours is a singular online presence, inclusive on so many levels (from the many screenwriting and writer blogs you link to, to the breadth and depth of your screenwriting discussions, to the great kindness you show all your audience). Change nothing. Every day I am thankful you find the time and energy to share your passion and insights. Go Into The Story is truly a unique blog, the king among screenwriting blogs. Let the content (and your visitor numbers) speak for itself.

Quick thought on web in general. Web often blamed for demise of paper news, not true at all. The actual causal variable is shifting of audience attention (paper news just failed to keep up (and I'm sure demise of quality journalism didn't help)). One thing web did mess up in its early days was how to charge for advertising (should have been, like with tv, size of audience (captive eyeballs) vs click-throughs). A different outcome might have allowed paper news an easier transition to the web (vs for instance trying to charge visitors directly via subscriptions (fail for nytimes)). (But some blogs do manage to monetize themselves (dailykos great example); while your audience is much more specific and small than dailykos, maybe there are advertisers that would welcome the opportunity.)

If I had to pick one thing on your blog that has meant the most to me, the On Writing series. To read about the myriad (and often wacky and/or inefficient) working processes of successful writers has been illuminating and deeply inspirational.

Re feedback on future of Go Into The Story site, thinking about the huge library of archived content, your lists are a fine way to access that content (and I use those lists regularly), but maybe there's a better way? (something to think about).

Thank you, thank you, for your Go Into the Story blog!

For lack of better words...

Screw 'em!

Write YOUR story Scott...

It works!

First off, love what you're doing now. The only thing I'd like to see on this blog might not fit your interests. But I'll ask anyway and maybe people will have suggestions on where to look.

Most of the stuff I write, I write to shoot myself. I normally write as if it were a spec screenplay, but I'd be curious to see your (or someone's) thoughts on writing for production. Are there formatting changes that help, etc? Seeing as a couple of people have posted shorts at the GITS Club, maybe this question would be of interest to more than me, as well.

@L.F.: Sure, I'll be happy to re-post your question and invite GITS readers to comment, along with a couple of thoughts of my own.