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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Wonder Princess
Oh, joy! It’s the weekend! That time when we play! This is how I’m playing: Four mile hike in the Hollywood Hills (commencing in T-minus eleven minutes) Pre-timing a script Preparing a production packet for Monday Knocking out draft one … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, film, Hollywood, movies, rewrite, Save the Cat, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Script, Script Chat, Story, story structure, Write On, writing
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Back to the Trenches
I’m diving back into production training, and have little time to spend tickling the keyboard, not to mention little focus and/or energy. Shit, I’m so tired that taking a shower seems an Herculean endeavor, and this morning, I couldn’t remember … Continue reading
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Tagged film, Hollywood, movies, Outliers, rewrite, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Script, Story, story structure, writing
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Write, damn your eyes. Write.
I’ve avoided posting political crap here, but all good or bad things must come to an end. I’m appalled at the actions of the upper-class and high-end corporations; I cannot believe that this is the country that I grew up … Continue reading
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Tagged Asshats, Debt, Did I say asshats?, film, Hollywood, Politics, Poverty, REpublicans
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A Lil Gem For You
Due to my Balls-out schedule over the next few weeks, the majority of my entries will be microblogs. Unless I get really pissed off over something. Today’s treat is a recent podcast from KCRW’s The Business. Scribes Robert Ben Garant … Continue reading
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Tea and Sympathy
“Years from now when you talk about this – and you will – be kind. ” A few months ago, I wrote about the necessity and the value of feedback; how crucial it can be to the writing process. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Doppelganger, film, Hollywood, Rejection, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Script, Story, story structure, Tea and Sympathy, writing
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More Thoughts on Scribal Maintenance
Around the same time that I published my previous post, I also wrote a guest article on the importance of voice for the Save the Cat! blogsite. I enjoyed working both of these blogs; there was a synchronicity to them, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ass, film, Hike, Hollywood, IO West, Kathryn Stockett, Production, Save the Cat, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Script, Voice, Walk, writing
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