Archive for October, 2017
Oct
31
2017
 
Alice Cooper: How to Live Beyond Age 27Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaHalloween special you can file under scared to life: “The biggest lesson of my life‑Jimi [Hendrix] died at 27, Jim Morrison died at 27, and I looked at it and asked what is in common here. And what it was was trying to live that image off stage. …It took me until I got sober […]
Oct
30
2017
The Key is Conflict (Movies, TV, Docs, Podcasts, Etc.)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI’m kinda swamped with projects so I thought I’d repost one of my favorite posts from last year based on Jessica Abel’s podcast and book Out on a Wire: “The key to writing fiction and screenplays in terms of character is conflict, just like it is in non-fiction. And you have to come up with […]
Oct
28
2017
Overcoming Major Obstacles: Quinton Flowers Featured on ESPNPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaHeading into today’s game against Houston, the University of South Florida football team is 7-0. This is the story of USF’s quarterback Quinton Flowers as told by ESPN and Maria Taylor. Related Posts: La La Liberty City Scott W. Smith Tagged: ESPM, Quinton Flowers, University of South Florida
Oct
25
2017
‘A Wave of Hope’—A New Tradition in IowaPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“It kind of brings it all home—what is important?” Iowa head football coach Kurtz Ferentz Scott W. Smith Tagged: University of Iowa
Oct
23
2017
The Waiting is the Hardest PartPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaNeed a jolt this today? Here’s Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder joining Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on The Waiting (and proving I’m still not over the death of Petty earlier this month). Scott W. Smith Tagged: Eddie Vedder, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Oct
22
2017
Postcard #149 ( Green Anole Lizard)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaWhile some of my photos over the years have been near and far away, this one was only two feet from my back porch. Fall colors in Florida mean something different than other parts of the county. I was actually on the phone when I saw this green anole lizard but quickly got two shots […]
Oct
19
2017
Method Writing —Write with Your ScarsPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I hated my father long before I knew there was a word for hate…I remember hating him even when I was in diapers…I’ve been writing the story of my own life for over forty years. My own stormy autobiography has been my theme, my dilemma, my obsession, and the fly-by-night dread I bring to the […]
Oct
18
2017
Method Writing —Writing from Your ScarsPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I hated my father long before I knew there was a word for hate…I remember hating him even when I was in diapers…I’ve been writing the story of my own life for over forty years. My own stormy autobiography has been my theme, my dilemma, my obsession, and the fly-by-night dread I bring to the […] Success is dangerous to longevity. It’s just a dangerous thing, it’s an overwhelming thing, and used in the wrong way it’s really destructive. Surviving that in our earliest days was—we came out of that pretty lucky. We had a lot of good people around us. A lot of good advice. But you don’t ever […] I just listened to the what the L.A. Times called “Tom Petty’s final interview” so I guess I’m not finished yet with my string of posts on Petty. The quote comes when Grammy-winning guitarist John Jorgenson (who started out a clarinetists) came up in the conversation. “The guy’s off the map. He’s off the map, […] |
