Screenwriting From Iowa

“I really think you have to teach yourself to see the world cinematically in order to write cinematically.” Writer/director Robin Swicord

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“I started writing ever since I could pick up a pencil, but I had been orientated to novels and short stories because that’s what we studied in school. I really didn’t know movies were written until I was probably about 20-years-old. Screenwriter Robin Swicord Chances are good that even if you live in a small […]

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“My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball. I didn’t realize that four years ago. I do now.” LaBron James Sports Illustrated 7/11/14 “Unless you are hardhearted or a Miami Heat season-ticket holder, this is tough not to love.” Jason Gay on LeBron James returning to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers NY Times Years ago […]

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I started this postcard thing on the blog years ago to give myself a break from writing and researching posts when I was on the road working on various productions. Hard to believe today is the 80th postcard. I’m posting this on the tail end of a long video production day and drive home. One […]

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In honor of 2014 FIFI World Cup Brazil championship game yesterday I decided to dig up a photo I took in Brazil back in ’07. I was part of a team that shot footage in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro (where I bought a Pele jersey) and in Manaus. I took the above shot from a […]

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“I believe in the affirmation of life. If we lose that hope, if we lose the possibility of it, we’ve lost an awful lot.” Writer/Director Paul Mazursky Film Comment 1978 Interview “I never thought, I’m going against the grain, I’m going to inform America about the problem of women, about society, about the bums on […]

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“The big blockbusters—you have to have a certain amount of spectacle, that’s why they’re blockbusters. Screenwriter Stuart Beattie

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“I think 10 bucks to escape to a different world is worth the 10 bucks. Stuart Beattie “No survivors? Then where do the stories come from, I wonder?” Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) Though I was a lover of the Walt Disney World ride Pirates of the Caribbean since my childhood, when I originally heard they […]

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“You don’t know what the story is 30 pages in, you don’t know who the main character is going to be, scenes that go on too long and don’t get buttoned, the scene ends but it drags on for three lines more—or starts three lines earlier [than it should], lack of momentum, lack of pace, […]

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“I need silence. I turn off the phone. I turn off the email, and I just sink into that world and I disappear.” Screenwriter Stuart Beattie (I, Frankenstein) “I have kids so I have to be disciplined. I do [my writing] from 9 to 5:30 everyday, Monday through Friday—keep those bankers’ hours. Otherwise I’d never get […]

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