Daily Dialogue — October 1, 2017 Woody: Hey, Buzz! You’re flying! Buzz: This isn’t flying, this is falling with style! Woody: [Excitedly] To infinity and beyond!
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 30 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Daily Dialogue theme next week: Interrogation Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 3,425 consecutive days and counting.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 310th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Reader Question: What to do when you feel out of touch with creative energy? Reflections and tips about when you’re feeling blue creatively.
Interview (Written): Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina and Darla K. Anderson The co-director, co-writer, and producer of the Pixar movie Coco.
Daily Dialogue — September 30, 2017 ANNIE: Hold on. Take Sepulveda to Slauson to La Brea. Take La Brea north to Sixth into downtown. (on the phone) So what? You’ll be up late…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 29 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Reader Question: Should Antagonists think they are the Protagonists of their own stories? Hey, even Bad Guys have mothers!
What do ‘Wall-E’ and ‘Logan’ have in common? Both movies use a simple gesture to pack an emotional wallop.
Film 50 2017: Chicago’s Screen Gems Honoring the city’s burgeoning movie, TV, and creative community.
Writing and the Creative Life: Structure and Freedom Words of creative wisdom from the 20th century composer Igor Stravinsky.
Daily Dialogue — September 29, 2017 Paul discovers the subway fares went up to $1.50 at midnight. He only has 97 cents. He pleads with the Subway Attendant.
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 28 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
“Franklin Leonard Wants to Diversify the Box Office” Featured in this week’s New York Times Magazine.
The Business of Screenwriting: Never send out a script before it’s ready Or how I almost managed to kill my screenwriting career before it started.
Daily Dialogue — September 28, 2017 “Are you joking? Do you guys like it here? Who the hell likes being stuck in a place where you can’t even smile? It’s hot as balls…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 27 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Reader Question: What does a “bidding war” mean and how does that happen? It can happen when more than one buyer wants a spec script.
Tweetstorm: Daniel Kunka on the Importance of Ideas A series of tweets on the inestimable value of ideas.
