IFH 201: How to Break Down & Story Map Your Screenplay with Daniel Calvisi

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How to Break Down & Story Map Your Screenplay with Daniel Calvisi

Today’s guest is author Daniel Calvisi. Dan wrote the book Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay. He breaks down stories and shows you how to map out your own by analyzing how the masters construct their screenplays. Here’s a bit more on today’s guest.

Daniel Calvisi is a story analyst, speaker, screenwriter and the author of [easyazon_link identifier=”098362660X” locale=”US” tag=”whatisbroke-20″]Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay[/easyazon_link], [easyazon_link identifier=”0983626685″ locale=”US” tag=”whatisbroke-20″]Story Maps: TV Drama: The Structure of the One-Hour Television Pilot[/easyazon_link], [easyazon_link identifier=”B00793GZ46″ locale=”US” tag=”whatisbroke-20″]Story Maps: 12 Great Screenplays and Story Maps: The Films of Christopher Nolan[/easyazon_link]. He is a former Story Analyst for major studios like Twentieth Century Fox, Miramax

He is a former Story Analyst for major studios like Twentieth Century Fox, Miramax Films, and New Line Cinema. He coaches writers, teaches webinars on writing for film and television with The Writers Store and speaks at writing conferences and book signings. He holds a degree in Film and Television from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. 

I’m also running the  Indie Film Hustle Contest. Steve Pressfield sent me a bounty of books to give away to the tribe. All you have to do to enter is “mail me”, not email, but actually mail me a letter or video telling me your break-through story, when you decided to do the work and stopped being afraid of following that dream

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I can’t wait to read your stories. So stop reading this and listen to the podcast already. Enjoy my conversation with Daniel Calvisi.

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LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Daniel Calvisi – Official Site
• Daniel Calvisi – YouTube
• [easyazon_link identifier=”098362660X” locale=”US” tag=”whatisbroke-20″]Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay[/easyazon_link]
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0983626685″ locale=”US” tag=”whatisbroke-20″]Story Maps: TV Drama: The Structure of the One-Hour Television Pilot[/easyazon_link]
• [easyazon_link identifier=”B00793GZ46″ locale=”US” tag=”whatisbroke-20″]Story Maps: 12 Great Screenplays and Story Maps: The Films of Christopher Nolan[/easyazon_link]
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