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Category: Screenwriting
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For those that haven’t heard of it, the Black List is a highly respected list that comes out once a year, cataloging the best unproduced scripts that have been circulating around Hollywood. It’s curated by Franklin Leonard, a very smart guy who I think takes great pride in the Black List’s record of scripts being…
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The most important thing I learned was this: everything can always happen much sooner, much faster, and with much less said about it. So damn true. Source: Go Into The Story
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My script is now in the final ten scripts in the Science Fiction category of the PAGE Awards. The interesting thing about making it this far is that finalists are required to send in the latest draft of their script, which I think is helpful. I did a few re-writes, so I was glad I…
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A little comic that explains the set-up before the events in my script EXTRASOLAR. Think of it as viral content for a movie that doesn’t exist. Like those Alien ones with Mike out of Neighbours.
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I entered another contest. This is an interesting one. Scott Myers at Go Into The Story has been teaching screenwriters for years (one look at his blog should be enough to convince anyone of his altruistic tendencies) and with the huge blog presence and an affiliation to the Black list, he’s in a great position…
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If you want to get read by BenderSpink and support a good cause at the same time (let’s be honest, getting read is the real reason you’re gonna do this), head over to Done Deal Pro and check this post. $50 donation to the American Heart Association gets you 50 pages read by Daniel Vang. I…
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There’s an interview with David Simon on the New York Times website. I have the utmost respect for the guy, but this jumped out at me like a hoodlum in the low-rises: The number of people blogging television online — it’s ridiculous. They don’t know what we’re building. And by the way, that’s true for…
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It’s that time of year again. The blossom hangs from the trees, sunlight dapples across the sidewalk (AKA pavement) and a man’s fancy turns to thoughts of rutting. It’s also Script Frenzy time, when thousands of amateurs bash out a half-baked script in a single month. Sounds bad, right? Not at all. Script Frenzy is…
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OK, let’s talk about scripts. I mean, if you want to write them, you have to read them. Science fact. I’ve been working hard at my day job, so I have to fit in reading on the subway ride there and back. Basically the most uncomfortable environment known to man or farm animal. A New…
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Concept is your one stellar idea. You hang an entire story around it. It carries your title, characters and plot all the way to awesomeville and back again. Hollywood prizes high concepts above all else, they’re pretty much the currency they trade in and people’s careers have been made (and sustained) on them. So there’s…