Over the years I’ve seen a good number of my ideas pop up in movies. I am sure it happens to a lot of writers out there. I remember going to see the shit-heap that was Die Another Day and seeing my invisible car, with the exact same pseudo-science behind it up on the screen, [...]
Following on from my post from a couple of days ago . . .
I found the tap and turned it. Yes, I solved what was blocking me with the script. And just for record, I must remember that when it seems I can’t find the answer I’m looking for, it’s because I’m asking the [...]
You know that feeling when your head feels like it’s building with pressure and you can’t remember where the tap is that you used before to release it all?
I am really stuck trying to set up the story in this new script I’m writing and it’s been a week of fruitless wracking of my brain [...]
They say you can instantly tell if a script is worth reading. Some would even go so far as to say you know within the first page, or the first paragraph. I think that’s certainly true from my experience reading scripts in Hollywood.
So, at the risk of losing credibility with my readers here is the [...]
Today, one year older, I aim to begin work on my next opus. A solo project, while my part-time partner-in-crime writes his own single minded screenplay, entitled “Fat Chance”. It’s the story of a morbidly obese man who wants to be an underwear model to win back his ex. 1
In the last six years, I [...]
From Ken Levine:
“Directors [...] have cinematographers to make them look good, special effects guys, second unit directors, Industrial Light & Magic, editors, Judi Densch [sic]. But writers just have that blank screen.
Writing is lonely, directing is social. Writing is wishing, directing is making. Writing is losing your credit in arbitration, directing is taking credit for [...]
From Amanda the Aspiring TV Writer:
“Write hot. Revise cold.”
I like to (sparingly) use sound effects in my scripts. I think they help to create a lively read. Of course, it very much depends on the tone of the script and the story I’m telling, but for me they’re a fun way to play with your action/description. Out of sheer boredom today I [...]
From James Henry:
“When you start, you are not as good as you think you are. When you’ve been writing for a bit, you [...] are probably not as bad as you fear you might be.”
From me:
“A screenplay without a movie is like a table without legs.”
