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The First Few Pages

Posted by Mo on Mar 22, 2009 in Screenplays, Writing

Screenwriting professionals have short attention spans. Everyone has a screenplay, everyone wants someone to read it, and everyone who’s interested in working in the film industry has to pay their dues by reading a bunch of stinkers.
Opinions vary on formatting and whether or not to stick to the three acts, but what almost everyone who’s [...]

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It is Done

Posted by Mo on Mar 17, 2009 in Screenplays, Writing

This was originally posted on another blog on January 24, 2009:
On March 27th, 2004, I saw the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.  That film prompted me to write the prior post about finding my voice.
A few months ago, I also posted about my struggle with the 70-page Stretch. Go ahead… take some time [...]

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Pitching The Soup Storm

Posted by Mo on Mar 16, 2009 in Screenplays

If you follow any of my other sites, you know I’ve been working on getting a screenplay into the hands of people who are interested in paying money to turn it into a movie.
In a recent post on Fiction Matters, Brad laid down the gauntlet and challenged his readers to come up with the Napkin [...]

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Finding My Voice

Posted by Mo on Mar 16, 2009 in Screenplays, Updates

This is a repost from another blog. Originally posted March 28th, 2004:
I have read almost everything by Nick Hornby. The man is one of my favorite authors (Kurt Vonnegut being my absolute favorite of all time). The reason I mention him is because in the Thunder Road chapter of SongBook he writes about how he eventually [...]

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