Podcast: The Process.Ink — Episode 4 with David Kanter Tom Benedek talks with manager-producer of The Revenant and more.
Daily Dialogue — December 4, 2016 “We lost Germany. We lost France. If we lose today, we won’t get to fight another.”
Daily Dialogue theme next week: Excuse Join the Daily Dialogue team: 3,124 consecutive days and counting.
Free Tickets to See ‘Braveheart’ Screenwriter Live in L.A.! Randall Wallace with moderator Greg Kinnear on Tuesday, December 6.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 266th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Alisha Brophy & Scott Miles 4th Holiday Animation! 2014 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting duo’s annual holiday cartoon.
Videos: Writer-Directors Tom Ford, Barry Jenkins, Mike Mills, and Jeff Nichols Four talented filmmakers describe a key scene from their new films.
Daily Dialogue — December 3, 2016 HILLER: Sonofabitch. Haaaa! Just wait! Just wait! Get off. Get off of me!. That’s what you’ll get! Ha, ha! Look at you! Ship all banged up…
Would studios return to the ‘Singles and Doubles’ approach to making movies? Neil Turitz points to Screen Gems as an alternate to mega-budget blockbusters.
Audio: Nerdist Comics Panel #106: Jon Spaihts 50+ minute conversation with one of Hollywood’s top screenwriters.
5 Screenwriting Skills: #5 — Conviction As writers, we have to believe in our stories, our characters, ourselves.
Writing and the Creative Life: 9 Bad Habits You Must Break To Be More Productive Nothing sabotages your productivity quite like bad habits.
Daily Dialogue — December 2, 2016 Man In Black: [sitting at the bar] Beer. Odell: What kind? Man In Black: Draft. Other Man In Black: On the rocks.
Paul, that’s often the way it works: An assistant or recently promoted manager actively looks for… So yes, be on the lookout for new managers. And when talking with manager’s assistants on the phone — following up on queries — be aware…
5 Screenwriting Skills: #4 — Voice The distinctive qualities of your creative personality expressed on the page.
The Business of Screenwriting: Flavor Of The Week If the writer does succeed in selling his script, he will almost assuredly become Hollywood’s Flavor Of The Week.
Daily Dialogue — December 1, 2016 GRAWL: Thought you could take over our world? Your kind knows no decency.
Reader Question: How can you make up for sending out a script that stinks? You thought the script was ready, however upon further review…
Good to hear, Paul. To wit: You gave me a great idea. I should make a note in this post telling people they can post questions here. Thanks!
