Screenwriting From Iowa

“It is not easy to cut through a head with a hacksaw.”
                                           Michael Crichton 
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“Three years ago I was living in Vegas as the night manager of the Mirage Hotel tram line.”
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Obama Speaking in Waterloo, Iowa 2007

 
There is some speculation about what President-elect Obama’s howdy factor will be. They don’t call it that, but that’s what it’s known as in some screenwriting circles. (I’m not sure who I learned this from, but when I remember I’ll give them credit.)
The howdy factor (or howdy trait) is the [...]

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“From Iowa to Pennsylvania, the presidential campaign has provided its share of made-for-Hollywood moments.”
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“Here’s my unsolicited advice to any aspiring screenwriters who might be reading this: Don’t ever agonize about the hordes of other writers who are ostensibly your competition.  No one else is capable of doing what you do.”
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“Small town people are more real, more down to earth.”
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Anytime you take up a new sport or hobby you often see a sudden rise in your skill level at the start. That’s when learning is fun. But sooner or later you hit a plateau. That’s when you start thinking of the next sport or hobby you’d like to take up.
This rings true for screenwriting. [...]

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“I was just a guy with a pen and paper and an idea for a book.”
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“Ohh Nooo!!!”
                             Mr. Bill 
 ”You could make a really good-looking movie right now for ten grand.”
                             Steven Soderbergh 
 

 
The other day I saw Mr. Bill in a commercial and I realized I [...]

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“Why does New York have a monopoly on theater?”…I have no vested interest in New York, I don’t live there anymore. It’s all the same to me. But that is where the talent is collected, and if it doesn’t happen there, generally it doesn’t happen anywhere else. I wish it would happen in Ann Arbor, [...]

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