Archive for December, 2018
Dec
25
2018
 
Postcard #167 (Christmas 2018)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaMerry Christmas. (I took this photo last Saturday in downtown Deland, Florida.) Scott W. Smith
Dec
18
2018
‘I don’t understand the creative process…’—William GoldmanPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThe Princess Bride is the only novel of mine that I really like. And I don’t know how I did it . . . I don’t understand the creative process. Actually, I make more than a concerted effort to not understand it.” William Goldman Four Screenplays with Essays Page 270 P.S. One of the things […]
Dec
15
2018
‘I try to make my screenplays as readable an experience as I can…’—William GoldmanPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI try to make my screenplays as readable an experience as I can, for a good reason and greedy reason— I want the executives, who read them and who have the power to greenlight a flick, to say ‘Hey, I can make money out of this.’ Obvious truism: we all want the movies we write […]
Dec
13
2018
The Best Character Introduction William Goldman Ever Came Across—and the Importance of Knowing the Sundance Kid Couldn’t SwimPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaHere are the first lines of dialogue in the screenplay and movie Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid: BUTCH: What was the matter with that old bank this town used to have? It was beautiful? GUARD: People kept robbing it. BUTCH: That’s a small price to pay for beauty. One of the great true [Butch] […]
Dec
11
2018
Jack Kerouac’s Last House, My First Pair of Warby Parker Glasses (& Tales from Tampa Bay)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaWriter Jack Kerouac died in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1969. On Monday I drove by the last house he lived and took a photo. Neither the photo or the house or anything special, but it was something that I felt compelled to do after receiving my master’s degree from USF, St. Petersburg the day before. […] This photo’s from yesterday’s graduation at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, Florida. Two years ago I began the process of pursuing an M.A. in Digital Journalism and Design. It gave me a chance to not only work on my book based on this blog but begin producing some short teaching videos on […]
Dec
03
2018
William Goldman Clarifying His ‘Nobody Knows Anything’ QuotePosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaIt’s funny, [my quote] ‘nobody knows anything’ has caught on—and what I meant by it was nobody has the least idea what will work. I mean, the big movie that’s opening this weekend is Sex in the City 2—the first one was a freak hit and people loved it, and now they’ve done the sequel. […] |
