“As the day ended, the five were satisfied, they had done something new, something different, something more! The Numberlys William Joyce & Christina Ellis Now that my life is so prearranged I know that it’s time for a cool change Cool Change/Little River Band (Written by Glenn Shorrock) Today is post #1,901 on Screenwriting from […]
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Archive for August, 2014(It’s been almost four years since I originally wrote this post—then titled Screenwriting Obsession—and it seems a fitting time to repost it.) “Most creators — and all would-be creators — simply aren’t obsessed enough.” Eric Maisel A few weeks ago I was talking to a couple filmmakers and we got to talking about a favorite […]
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2014
 
‘The Best Log Line’—Tom LazarusPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaTom Lazarus (Stigmata) is not only a produced screenwriter, but a longtime instructor at the UCLA Extension program. Earlier this week I thumbed through a book of his I bought over a decade ago and found this little gem: The best log line I’ve ever read was for an episode of the old TV show […]
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2014
Tom Lazarus (‘The Best Log Line’)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaTom Lazarus (Stigmata) is not only a produced screenwriter, but a longtime instructor at the UCLA Extension program. Earlier this week I thumbed through a book of his I bought over a decade ago and found this little gem: The best log line I’ve ever read was for an episode of the old TV show […]
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2014
Off-Screen Quote #28 (Robin Williams)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“In Hollywood people are nice to you just in the first week after the [Academy Award] ceremony. Then they are like, ‘Oh, you just won an Oscar, right?’ Three weeks after the big party people are already thinking about the next year’s Oscars. Life goes on. Winning an Oscar is an honor, but, between you […] “What will your verse be?”
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2014
Inside or Outside? (Tip #98)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaIn the past year and a half I’ve been giving away boxes of my screenwriting and productions book to high schools and colleges. Last week I went through by bookshelf again and came up with two more boxes of books to give away and this batch includes William Froug’s Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade which […] “I also think you can learn to be a good writer. Like I was a bad, actively bad, and I willed myself to get better. I really tried to learn what are the building blocks of a good story. And I think often people who aren’t naturally good writers, you’re just intimidated because you feel […]
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Movie Flaws, Personality & DNAPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Fear forces executives to make your screenplay perfect. Perfection is the enemy of art. It’s the enemy of character. It’s the enemy of anything that’s dynamic and interesting.” Nick Kazan |
