screenwriting

Austin Film Fest

May 31, 2006 – 12:39 pm

As I mention in yesterday’s post, Script Number Two of Six in 2006 is done. I print it up on Sunday, which is a good four weeks later than I’d palnned. But sickness, New Mexico and Coachella all conspire to make me late. And Script Number Three is already twenty pages towards its eventual immortalization [...]

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Six In 2006 - Part III

May 2, 2006 – 12:44 pm

It’s May. That means a lot of things to a lot of people. For my Sister-In-Law, Joy, as well as my friend, Victor, it means Happy Birthday. So happy birthday, y’all.
For me, it means we’re on to part three of the increasingly famous Six In 2006. Script Number Two is supposed to be done on [...]

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Six in 2006 Phase II

March 1, 2006 – 1:48 pm

So Strange Angels is done (more or less.) It’s now the First of March. That means it’s time to move on to the next script.
But this is the part where I’m paralyzed. The blank page stares, zombie-eyed, back at me. I know what I’m supposed to write. I even have it mapped out. The new [...]

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Six in 2006

February 24, 2006 – 6:57 pm

Looking over the past several posts (not counting the boring blog-related ones) the casual reader might assume that this is blog about music. It isn’t really. In fact, it isn’t really about anything. It’s just a place for me to write some stuff. ‘Cause that’s what I do. I’m in L.A. because I’m thinking about [...]

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Pitch

August 4, 2005 – 8:38 am

I haven’t been able to post this week. Since returning from SF, it’s been all about catching-up. That, and preparation. I’m pitching my new script to Maple Shade over at the Warner lot today. Then Threshold Entertainment tomorrow. Then I’m meeting with an independent director on Saturday regarding The Last Hit. He wants to make [...]

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Writer Guidelines

July 19, 2005 – 10:51 am

Writer C.J. Cherryh says that “no rule should be followed off a cliff.” She refers here to the rules of writing and good grammar. But she also mentions this with respect to her own guidelines, some of which she conveys on this page. Good stuff. And a good reminder that though I’ve come a long [...]

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Sorry Sue

July 18, 2005 – 8:42 am

I’ve been more or less silent around here lately. Sorry about that. I think this cartoon, taken from the pages of New Yorker (March 21, 1994,) sums things up rather nicely:

Too many projects. And too many projects necessarily means choosing just one or two to focus on. Either that or a picking up some crystal [...]

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The Week In Review

June 18, 2005 – 12:51 am

Oh, Lordy, has it already been a week? A quick check of my calendar reveals…hey, where the hell’s my calendar?
Well, almost a week, anyway. I owe this blog a handful of oddball posts. In fct, I owe a lot to a lot of people. LAist was gonna get two additional posts this week, but I [...]

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so much for technology

March 20, 2005 – 11:48 pm

The other day I promise Danny to print up a copy of The Last Hit for him so he can pass it on to someone else who can pass it on to a magician somewhere who can wave his bejeweled staff and cause it to open on five thousand screens nationwide. When I get home [...]

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the art of the query

February 28, 2005 – 12:05 pm

I worked a short time as a script reader. I only read about a hundred scripts, but no more than a handful of them were written with a modicum of confidence, style and ability. The rest were various shades of horrible. A script reader is the second of many hurdles separating a screenplay from production. [...]

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