Interesting quote, Adam. Bottom line, we need to really immerse ourselves in our story universe and especially in knowing our story’s characters.
On Writing “When I describe a scene, I capture it with the moving eye of the cine-camera rather than with the photographer’s eye — which leaves it…
Daily Dialogue — September 4, 2017 Summer: We’ve been like Sid and Nancy for months now. Tom: Summer, Sid stabbed Nancy, seven times with a kitchen knife, I mean we have some…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 3 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Writing as Jazz, Jazz as Writing: 5 Part Series Words of writing wisdom gleaned from some jazz greats.
Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Name That Tune! Pick songs which speak to the core essence of specific characters.
Documentary: “The Graham Greene Trilogy” 1993 BBC doc about the renowned novelist, playwright, and screenwriter.
Daily Dialogue — September 3, 2017 Mark Zuckerberg: You signed the papers. Eduardo Saverin: [almost in tears] You set me up. Mark Zuckerberg: You’re gonna blame me because…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 2 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Daily Dialogue theme next week: Break-Up. Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 3,397 consecutive days and counting.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 306th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Interview (Video): Angela Kang (The Walking Dead) and Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy) From a 2015 Austin Film Festival panel.
Interview (Written): James Raue His movie “Psychoanalysis” was discovered as a script on blcklst.com.
Daily Dialogue — September 2, 2017 “I know, we’re all gonna die. Everybody knows that. But I’m going to die today. Funny that… you know, to know. But the thing is, is that…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 1 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
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Writing and the Creative Life: Mind Wandering “What no [spouse] of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he’s staring out of the window.”
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Story Prep (Part 9) —Get Your Head On Straight A series to help prepare writers for next month’s writing challenge.
Spec Script Deal: “Jack & Dick” Hyde Park Entertainment acquires historical drama spec script “Jack & Dick” written by Lee Batchler and Janet Scott Batchler. From…
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