Screenwriting From Iowa

“We strive for is to create ‘water cooler moments’.”— ‘Breaking Bad’ creator Vince Gilligan

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Just a few days ago Breaking Bad in its final season won its fourth Emmy for best drama. The AMC show averaged over nine Emmy nominations per year in its five-year run. And who knows how many ‘water cooler moments’? Here’s one from the season four episode Problem Dog written and directed by Peter Gould. […]

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“What is it people like about Darth Vader? Is it that he’s so evil, or that he’s so good at his job?” Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan

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“This is a business that’s based on rejection and the anticipation of rejection.” Screenwriter Walter Bernstein

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“Perseverance has kept me going over the years. Things rarely happen overnight. Filmmakers should be prepared for many years of hard work. The sheer toil can be healthy and exhilarating. Although for many years I lived hand to mouth — sometimes in semi-poverty — I have lived like a rich man ever since I started making […]

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“Enchantment lies in different things for each of us. For me, it is in this: to step out of the bright sunlight into the shade of orange trees; to walk under the arched canopy of their jadelike leaves; to see the long aisles of lichened trunks stretch ahead in a geometric rhythm; to feel the […]

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  “Every man wants life to be a fine thing, and easy. And it tis fine, son, powerful fine— but t’aint easy.” Penny Baxter (Gregory Peck) in The Yearling Since my last post had a shout-out to Lake Howell High School I thought it fitting to show Lake Howell the lake. The lake actually sits […]

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There’s nothing quite like high school friends. Yesterday I missed writing a post on a weekday for the first time in a long time. But it was just one of those crazy 15 hour shooting days. I’m working on a video version of the Mike and the Mechanics song The Living Years that will be used […]

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“There are three points of view from which a writer can be considered: he may be considered as a storyteller, as a teacher, and as an enchanter. A major writer combines these three — storyteller, teacher, enchanter — but it is the enchanter in him that predominates and makes him a major writer.“ Russian American […]

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“Generally in a lot of my plays, two people are in major confrontation with each other.”—Neil Simon

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