Screenwriting From Iowa

I meant to post last Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but life happens. This is a slightly adjusted re-post from a 2008 post with a similar title. (Interesting to think that the original post was written before Obama became the first black President of the United States.) “Find a strong-willed character with a […]

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“Sometime in the past few years, the blog died…R.I.P. The Blog, 1997-2013.” Jason Kottke NeimanLab (2013)   BLOOD Robert Redford’s character in the 1996 film Up Close and Personal explains the time tested news reporting truism, “If it bleeds, it leads.” So here we go… Today marks the ninth anniversary of this blog. And there’s blood everywhere. […]

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I’ve been fortunate to see my share of space launches and sunrises in Florida, and I never get tired of either.  But last weekend before I headed home after my week long adventure I stopped in Satellite Beach and was looking for something different that a typical sunrise photo. I came across this bird hunting […]

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 “You know, there’s always been that hype about people fighting for waves at Sebastian, but when I was a kid, it seemed super aggressive. There were always a bunch of older guys out there taking any wave they wanted. I remember being about 10 years old and trying to get a wave from this guy […]

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Joe’s Stone Crab first opened in 1913 and is the go to place for stone crabs. I always wanted to go there way back when I was a student at the University of Miami but it was too expensive. Over the years on trips to South Florida for whatever reason (long wait times, didn’t have time […]

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Here’s what the Port of Miami looked liked early this morning looking toward downtown Miami. It’s been a long day so this is all I’ve got for this post. Scott W. Smith

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I didn’t have the opportunity to the visit great diving reefs of Cozumel or see any of its historic spots on my half-day stop there yesterday, but I did find this group performing by the port visually interesting.

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I went down to Captain Tony’s to get out of the heat When I heard a voice call out to me, “Son, come have a seat” Jimmy Buffet/Last Mango in Paris Though today’s postcard comes from Key West (where I was yesterday) this is the first international post in the nine years of writing this […]

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The video project I’m working on today for client took me to Key West and as I was capturing footage and photos around town, I stopped to take picture of a huge kiss statue that was just lifted into place a few hours ago. This couple asked me to take there photo with there phone […]

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I started this postcard section years ago when I traveled for various productions. I don’t travel as much as I used to but a shoot popped up last week so here’s a shot of the sunrise this morning from my room at the InterContinental Hotel in Miami. (Actually a shot of a shot of a sunrise.) […]

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