The Latest Project
The hallmark of a great artist – writer, painter or otherwise – is not resting on your laurels. Van Gogh did not paint Starry Night and then sit back basking in accolades. Shakespear didn’t write one play and think “there, I’ve done it! Now I don’t have to do that again!” I, still fresh off [...]
The First Few Pages
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 [...]
It is Done
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 [...]
Pitching The Soup Storm
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 [...]
The 70-Page Stretch
Originally Posted on another blog on October 13, 2008: Late last year… or is that early this year?… I began writing a screenplay. This was not the first time I ever tried sitting down to write a screenplay – I have TONS of movie ideas floating around in my head all the time. Anyone who’s [...]
