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Freaky Friday Videos
Because it's Friday Here are the videos that have been haunting my dreams this past week. Burning Love Have you seen this parody of The Bachelor yet? It's one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. Thanks to Yahoo throwing some money behind it, the production...
Screenplay Competitions Insight
Screenplay Competitions At the Great American PitchFest 2012, I attended four free classes. In my last post, I discussed the class that dealt with selling your script. Today's post gives you the deets on screenwriting contests, courtesy of the following panel: Joan...
The 4 Things You Need To Sell Your Script
"Let's Sell Your Script!" - Panel Discussion As discussed in my quick review of The Great American PitchFest 2012, I attended four free screenwriting classes. The first one was a panel discussion with Ken Rotcop, Melody Jackson, Kathie Fong Yoneda and PJ Smith. I...
The Great American PitchFest 2012
Great American PitchFest Adventures Thanks to Ben Cahan, and his Talentville contest, I won a free pass to this past weekend's Great American PitchFest (GAPF)! I was thrilled because the event is always so well put together and truly one of the best ways to get...
Do you have sprachgefühl?
Spra-what? Some of the coolest words that have permeated the English language are German in origin: schadenfreude... zeitgeist... doppelgänger... And they're fun to say too! My new favorite word? Sprachgefühl. Why? For years I've been talking about there being two...
Script Notes: THE USUAL SUSPECTS 2: BEAR TRAP (Part 2)
Recap In Part 1 of my review, I discussed this unofficial sequel script's spurious providence and mysterious writer. I also started off with a critique of the cover page and page one. To reiterate, these posts are meant to be educational for writers to see what goes...
Script Notes: THE USUAL SUSPECTS 2: BEAR TRAP
An Official Sequel Script? No. A while ago, I posted an article discussing the protagonist of The Usual Suspects. In the comments section, a "couple of people" had written about a sequel script that was "leaked from CAA." So I became curious. As suspected, both...
Screenwriting Basics: The Importance of Sentence Variety
I've decided to do a few posts geared towards newer screenwriters. So if you've been screenwriting for a while, feel free to ignore the posts, review them as refreshers, or read them so you can cackle maniacally at how far you've come. Great Beginnings Remember back...
‘Fright Night’ is for real
A couple of years ago, I wrote an open letter to the TV and movie vampires of the world. That's definitely worth a quick read, but if you're pressed for time, it can be summarized by a simple question: If blood is so tasty, then why do you leave so much of it on your...
Book Review: ‘Writing the TV Drama Series’
Writing For Television They say film is a director's medium, and television is a writer's medium. With quick turnaround times for episodes, high paying salaries, and creative control, I'd say that's definitely true. And with more channels than ever thirsting for...
Henry Miller’s Writing Commandments
I must confess, my only real exposure to author Henry Miller is the provocative film, Henry and June. Based on that movie, I'm surprised he found time to write (Lucky bastard!). But nonetheless he seemed to have an effective approach. Here's a graphic, courtesy of The...
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, SzzzzZZZZ….
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - NOT a Thriller Anyone else a feel little disappointed by this movie? I've decided that you can't call your movie a Thriller if A) no one runs in it, and B) the protagonist is never shown to be in any real danger. An intense Espionage...