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 [...]
October, 2007. Hollywood, USA.
RING. RING.
“[Film Company]. Hi, John. No problem.”
. . .
“Hey, Melanie, it’s Kevin. I have John on the line for you . . . John, you’re on with Melanie.”
Geez, this kinda sucks. I’ve been here a few weeks now and I haven’t seen or met a single proper celebrity. Jason Priestly doesn’t [...]
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 Jon Schwartz:
“Yo! [...] Any new scripts (that aren’t horrible like the others)?
