Tag Archives: Screenplay

More Thoughts on Scribal Maintenance

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

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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Zen and the Art of Scribal Maintenance

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Update: Please check out my guest contribution at the Save the Cat! blogsite… A decade ago, I was planted firmly in the trenches of corporate America, toiling in a pimped-out office, and being sent on travel junkets in order to … Continue reading →

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A Royal Match

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

I’ve been pretty quiet. I’m approaching the finish line with a script polish; in addition, I spent a wonderful weekend in ye olde Save the Cat! writing room, this time with novelist Jessica Brody, listening as she beautifully articulated how Blake’s … Continue reading →

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You Are Not Alone

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Recently, I’ve had an amazing burst of productivity, brought on by deadlines, meetings and the need to put food on the table. Unfortunately, this past week has felt more like drudgery. You know those times – when writing feels like … Continue reading →

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Danger! Multitasking Zone Ahead! plus a recipe

Posted on April 10, 2011 by

Last Wednesday, I decided to throw myself into culinary abandon, and whip up a most savory of suppers. Earlier that day, I had banged out several pages of a spec comedy after abandoning the previous style that my partner and … Continue reading →

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What a Week!

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

You may have noticed that HRH has been a wee silent this last week. Not because I have little to say – heaven forbid that – but, instead, I’ve been very, very busy. My partner and I have been prepping … Continue reading →

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Think Like a Playwright

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

The experience of sitting on Sunday’s panel at IFFF is still resonating and reverberating deep within me. One thing that startled me was the reaction of the audience, in regard to my sharing that our team is currently bypassing representation … Continue reading →

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IFFF Wrap-Up

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to sit on a screenwriting panel at the International Family Film Festival. The panel was titled “Sold! Getting Your Screenplay Sold and Produced”… but it ended up being so much more than that. Perhaps it … Continue reading →

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Action!

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Last week, I ranted about various reasons why a script may not survive market. One of of the biggest challenges a screenwriter faces is overwriting. It’s a common occurrence; ye gods, my first screenplay? Stinky. Overwritten to excess. Filled with … Continue reading →

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Page Turning

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

“It’s a page-turner!” That’s what we say when we read the latest New York Times best-seller. A page-turner. Gripping. Addictive. Leaving the reader unable to put the book down until s/he reaches the phrase “The End.” Why, oh why, do … Continue reading →

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Winding It Up

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

Ah, pitch season approacheth. That time of year when screenwriters ’round the globe spend their hard-earned dollars on that oh-so-tantalizing event, the pitch fest. What is a pitch fest? Simply put, it is a happening at which writers cough up … Continue reading →

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You Are Not a Brand

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

I had planned to blog about last night’s Academy nominated shorts screening; however, when I rose and checked my email, I began to turn purplish in hue. Steam funneled from my ears; one could imagine me next to Warner’s Tasmanian … Continue reading →

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Playing it Safe

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

We’ve all done it, in one draft or another. Played it safe with our story. Made the world or choices too easy. Building a story may be construction, but it is construction on a site in which hazards should be … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Will

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

“Who is your favorite screenwriter?” The above is a question that I’ve been asked many times. We writers like our lists. Top Ten. Best of. I find these lists to be somewhat limiting. Men versus women, studio writers versus indie … Continue reading →

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It’s Not a Script – Part 3

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

You have nurtured your script lovingly. You have learned to not protect your characters. You have built arcs, engineered jaw-dropping twists. You have written and rewritten. Your feedback is incorporated. You have typed FADE TO BLACK for the very last … Continue reading →

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