Archive for February, 2016
Feb
12
2016
 
TV Time (or Whatever You Call It)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI’ve written over 2,000 post on this blog and less than 100 of them have been on TV writing. But that’s changing this year. And maybe Tv writing is the wrong term now that Netflix, Amazon, You Tube and others are creating content. There are reports showing teenagers spending most of their screen time with smartphones, […]
Feb
11
2016
Sundance, Independence & DiversityPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“During the ’60s and ’70s the mainstream included independent films within its own structure…What happened is in 1979, maybe ’80, I could see something happening where cable was coming up, and video on demand was coming up. At the same time Hollywood as an industry was beginning to move away from the more independent films and focusing […] “When it comes to screenwriting, it’s the writing. You don’t hear people who want to play professional tennis ask to be introduced to the head of Wimbledon. No, they’re out there hitting a thousand forehands and a thousand backhands. But for some reason, in the case of screenwriting, people don’t think that way.” Oscar-nominated […] Starting tomorrow I’ll start a string of posts on Film vs. TV writing, but today I wanted to reflect on Super Bowl 50 and see if I could find any takeaway for dramatic writers. Payton Manning won his second Super Bowl game as quarterback and it had to be pretty sweet knowing that earlier this […]
Feb
08
2016
85 Bears, 50 Super Bowls & 1 John MaddenPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThe ESPN Films new doc The 85 Bears premiered a few days ago celebrating the Chicago Bears football team who won Super Bowl XX after the 1985 season. And since this is Super Bowl 50 Sunday, I thought I’d post a photo I took in the mid-’80s of the quarterback of ’85 Bears, Jim McMahon with […]
Feb
07
2016
Super Bowl 50, ’85 Bears, & 1 John MaddenPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaESPN Films new doc The 85 Bears premiered a few days ago celebrating the Chicago Bears football team who won Super Bowl XX after the 1985 season. And since this is Super Bowl 50 Sunday, I thought I’d post a photo I took in the mid-’80s of the quarterback of ’85 Bears, Jim McMahon with John […]
Feb
05
2016
Screenwriting & a 10 Foot Concrete WallPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI had a slightly abridged version of this quote in an earlier post this week, but thought it needed to stand on its on: “I’ve always felt that if you put me in front of 10 feet of concrete and said, ‘walk through it’—I’d get through it. I believe it, I really do. It’s just […] “I’m a craftsman. I don’t know if you’ve seen Jiro, the movie about the sushi chef… There’s a little bit of that feeling of, ‘Finally I’m starting to understand certain things.’ I’m starting to understand how to use certain tools. And there’s tons of things that I need to learn and that I need to practice […] “I’m a craftsman. I don’t know if you’ve seen Jiro, the movie about the sushi chef… There’s a little bit of that feeling of, ‘Finally I’m starting to understand certain things.’ I’m starting to understand how to use certain tools. And there’s tons of things that I need to learn and that I need to practice […]
Feb
03
2016
Writing Quote #53 (PD James)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“To write well, I advise people to read widely. See how people who are successful and good get their results, but don’t copy them. And then you’ve got to write! We learn to write by writing, not by just facing an empty page and dreaming of the wonderful success we are going to have. I […] |
