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Tag Archives: WGA
Extreme Screenwriting
Ah. The thrill of victory! If only. What we more often experience is the agony of defeat. Screenwriting is a sport – no doubt about it. It’s a marathon event; we sprint out a first draft… but that is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, film, Final Draft, Hollywood, marathon, movies, Outliers, Rejection, rewrite, Robert McKee, Save the Cat, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Script, Script Chat, Story, story structure, WGA, William Goldman, Write On, writing
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Think Like a Playwright
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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Tagged Blake Snyder, film, Hollywood, movies, Playwright, Procrastination, rewrite, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Script, Script Chat, Story, story structure, WGA, Write On, writing
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Page Turning
“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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Tagged coverage, film, Final Draft, Hollywood, Page turner, Screenplay, Screenwriting, story structure, WGA, writing
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You Are Not a Brand
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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Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Christopher Nolan, Hollywood, rewrite, Screenplay, Screenwriting, Story, story structure, WGA, William Goldman, writing
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There’s a New Studio in Town…. Sort of
Last week, the wires were all abuzz post press-release announcement of the new whizbang screenplay/film competition opp – the formation of Amazon Studios. From Amazon Studios homepage: Sounds good…. or does it? I’m not so certain that I would encourage anyone to … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, contests, Hollywood, Outliers, Save the Cat, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, WGA, writing
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ScriptChat
A micro post today. I’ll be tonight’s guest on ScriptChat at 5 pm, pst. To join in the conversation, at the designated time, go to either TWEETCHAT (www.tweetchat.com/room/scriptchat) or search the hashtag #scriptchat on the web, Tweetdeck or Seesmic and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Hollywood, Save the Cat, Screenwriting, Script Chat, Todd Phillips, WGA, writing
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