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Redemption, Inception, and a Vet named Kowalski

novelcliquepress wrote 6 hours ago: As writers we can learn a lot from each other. Prose writers should read poetry and listen to song l … more →

Tags: films, Gran Torino, Inception, pacing, Poetry, Poets, Prose, Shawshank Redemption

“I think every ...

awardwinningdreamer wrote 5 days ago: “I think every writer harbors—secretly or not-so-secretly—delusions of grandeur. Still, when you’re … more →

Tags: Movies, writer, Imagine

DUEL (1971)

mdino wrote 6 days ago: Steven Spielberg’s DUEL (1971) is a Western of sorts. If this is not obvious early on, it beco … more →

Tags: Film Directors, suspense films, 1970s Cinema, TV & Movies, richard matheson, duel, Steven Spielberg, dennis weaver, Jaws

From Ann Arbor to Smallville (David S. Goyer)

Scott W. Smith wrote 1 week ago: “Nowadays with the internet and all these other tools I don’t know that it’s entir … more →

Tags: ann arbor, David S. Goyer, Jonathan Ade, Man of Steel, Michigan

Gatekeeper QOTD: Franklin Leonard (The Black List)

Christina L. Bryant wrote 1 week ago: Screen Rant: “So far, the screenwriting community has had a mixed reaction to this news. Many … more →

Tags: Film/TV, Hollywood politics, Post By: Christina B, Franklin Leonard, Gatekeepers, Interview, QOTD, Scripts, the "black" list

Basketball

hollywoodscript wrote 1 week ago: Hi, at all! Good news: we are in development on our new series called “Basketball”: you … more →

Tags: Update, basket, Basketball, Cineama, crow funding, crowdfunding, Fiction, hollywood script, hollywood script team

Romantic Italian Locale in 'Beautiful Ruins' but novel still falls short

sherryevans wrote 1 week ago: BOOK REVIEW   Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (2012)  By Sherry Evans, Portsmouth Public Library At t … more →

Tags: Sherry's Book Reviews, 1960s, Actors and Actresses, Book Review, cleopatra movie, Historical Fiction, Hollywood, Hotels, Italy

Bhopal - The Chernobyl of India

tommarter wrote 1 week ago: I was shocked to read in the Guardian today that the tragedy of the Dow Chemical and Union Carbide g … more →

Tags: union carbide, Bhopal, the bhopal tragedy, bhopal.org, the bhopal medical campaign, Dow Chemical, Warren Anderson, the twin towers, Film Directors

"The Quirky Girl" Needs to Retire

acauldronofteeth wrote 1 week ago: http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2013/06/quirky-girl-crap-i-am-sick-of#page/1 Hear that, young male scree … more →

Tags: manic pixie, Poignant, Boohoo

Good writers are the ultimate eavesdroppers6 comments

writeratthesea wrote 1 week ago: In his book, The Hero With A Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell says, “Modern literature is devoted, in … more →

Tags: Blogging, Screenwriting, Characters, Creativity, Crreative Writing, film, Humanity, Joseph Campbell, Myth

CROSSFIRE (1947)

mdino wrote 1 week ago: Last week’s film dealt with inter group tensions in a very slight way.  This week, I have … more →

Tags: Film Directors, suspense films, 1940s Cinema, films about prejudice, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, CrossFire, Edward Dmytryk, Adrian Scott

The Highs and Lows of Being an Aspiring Screenwriter

Leigh wrote 2 weeks ago: Many moons ago (many moons = 14 years) I picked up a screenwriting book on a whim. As soon as I bega … more →

Tags: Screenwriting, screenplay, spec script, screenwriting, Screenwriter, writing a script, script writing, writing movies, screenwriter support

Jailbait, Rejection & Screenwriter Mark Boal's Start2 comments

Scott W. Smith wrote 2 weeks ago: “I started out in newspapers, went on to narrative nonfiction magazine articles in the late 90 … more →

Tags: william goldman, Oberlin College, The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty, Rob Feld, The Shooting Script

Actress and Photography

imogenmartinphotography wrote 2 weeks ago: So recently I was involved in some filming for a friends film he is making. As well as starring in t … more →

Tags: photograph, newbury, basingstoke, cost-affective, Photographer, Imogen, Martin, imogen martin, Photography

Discovering the Greek Hero in "Blade Runner"

underthehollywoodsign wrote 3 weeks ago: Time to Die: Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty in “Blade Runner”/Courtesy Warner Bros. I recentl … more →

Tags: Actors, directors, Feature Films, Filmmaking, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Blade runner, "Concepts of the Hero in Classical Greek Civilization", David Peoples

A Writer Needs Three Things, Quote by William Faulkner

silverbirchpress wrote 3 weeks ago: “A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times a … more →

Tags: Writing Advice, Writers Quotes, Southern Authors, Screenwriting, writing advice, Hollywood, writer's quotes, Writing Tips, William Faulkner

Lucy V Hay - INexpert #4

The Beardy Writer wrote 3 weeks ago: L U C Y   V   H A Y What do you do? I’m a novelist, script editor, producer & blogger who … more →

Tags: INEXPERT, Bang2write, Blogger, Danny Dyer, Editor, Hay, Lucy, Novelist, Reading

Tip #1 from a new Screenwriting Stylebook: Fall in love with action verbs!

Wicked Lovely Films wrote 4 weeks ago: Falling in love with action verbs is the single best way and fastest way to improve your writing whe … more →

Tags: Creative Writing, Storytelling, letter-writing, writing, workshops, Story, Writers, Screenwriting, screenplay

Change Is Good For Screenwriters

mervindelavega wrote 4 weeks ago: 2:38 pm on December 6, 2011 Whether it’s a daily routine of meals, a weekly routine of phone calls, … more →

Tags: change


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