Screenwriting From Iowa

There are two performances by actors that stick in my mind as transcending acting. In both performances I had not see the actors before which helped bring a sense of heightened reality to the roles they played. And both come down to a single scene that burned into my memory. One was Denzel Washington and [...]

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Ernest Hemingway once said something to the effect that the secret of being a good writer was to have a miserable childhood. Frank McCourt would  qualify.
McCourt, who died last week, really should be the patron saint of something. Maybe the patron saint of writers who endure. If you’ve read his writings you know that he [...]

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