Archive for August 22nd, 2011

I’m not one to follow daily box-office trends, but you have to take notice when a film like The Help takes the top box-office spot over and the new release of the $90 million Conan the Barbarian and last week’s box-office champ Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The Help is a $25 million [...]

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Earlier this week I drove through St. Paul, Minnesota which just happens to be the birth place of F. Scott Fitzgerald who is most well-known for his novels The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night—both which were made into films.   ”All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.”F. Scott Fitzgerald (Stumbled upon this [...]

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“As a guy who runs a blog about the nuts and bolts of screenwriting, I sometimes get frustrated by aspirants who only want to dip their toes in, or believe they should be able to have a thriving film career in Duluth. The don’t want to commit fully to the form or the craft.” John [...]

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