Archive for December, 2019
Dec
11
2019
 
Writing is Work and How David Sedaris Worked After Work (Until Ira Glass Called)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I know for myself, it’s important to write every single day. I meet a lot of young writers and I say do you write everyday, and they say, no, I write when it strikes me. I don’t know, I suppose that might work for some people—I’m not really the one to say—but it never would […] This is part of the answer Lulu Wang gave when asked what her takeaway was from the success of her film The Farewell. “People don’t have to go to the movie to see plot. It’s about connection. And the question that I ask myself for most of The Farewell was not about plot—like what are […]
Dec
03
2019
Lulu Wang’s Day Job Before ‘The Farewell’Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaBefore writer/director Lulu Wang made an international splash this year for her movie The Farewell, one of her day jobs was producing videos for lawyers to be used in legal cases. “I was basically going to people’s homes – you know, people who had been severely injured, people who, oftentimes, their injuries weren’t visible to the eye, […]
Dec
03
2019
Happy Thanksgiving —and My Go-to Movie This Time of YearPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaMy go to movie at Thanksgiving is Pieces of April (2003), written and directed by Peter Hedges Here are some post I’ve written about it over the years: Thanksgiving with ‘The Florida Project’ and ‘Pieces of April’ Pieces of April (Part 1) Pieces of April (Part 2) Pieces of April (Part 3) Pieces of April […] |
