Author Archive
Oct
12
2014
 
Writing Quote #52 (Gillian Flynn)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“There are a million talented writers who are unpublished only because they stop writing when it gets hard.” Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) More magazine October 2014 Tagged: Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, writing
Oct
10
2014
Gillian Flynn: Author or Farmer?Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I had always, always, always wanted to write, and pictured myself as an author. From third grade on, my mom kept those scrapbooks about ‘what do you want to be when you grow up.’ I always said, ‘An author.’ Either an author or a farmer. But that was my aspiration. I was a big reader. […] “I had this kind of 1930s childhood because my dad was really into radio serials, and my parents were also very, very anti-TV… It certainly was helpful having grown up with my dad as a film professor, and I studied movies and worked at EW for 10 years…If you’re wondering if I’ve always written dark stories—yes. Starting […] “I try never to go longer than two lines of action because I think the eye naturally drifts away. We all do it. You look at the script and there are breezy reads—Scott Rosenberg (Con Air) to me pioneered how to do a breezy quick read.” Screenwriter Sheldon Turner The Dialogue: Learning from the Masters […]
Oct
06
2014
The Donnie Brasco/Tony Soprano ConnectionPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“America was born as a rebel country, and Americans have always had a soft spot for the outlaw.” Professor Maurice Yacowar Married to the Mob by Mark Sauer One of my favorite discovers since starting this blog in 2008 is being able to find the connective tissues between ideas, scenes, ideas, characters and sometimes entire […] “The basic thing that attracted me to Quiz Show was it was a kind of companion piece to Donnie Brasco. Donnie Brasco was about guys who were really dumb but really shrewed. Cause those mob guys are like that, they all have a 75 IQ but they can read people and read the room. And […] “When I started writing Donnie Brasco—first of all, it was right at the beginning of my career so I was just really grateful to have a job. It was the first thing I did with Barry Levinson, and really that experience with Barry—you know Quiz Show came out of that, Homicide came out of that—it was […] “To make a good film, to write a screenplay, is surprisingly hard. It shouldn’t be that hard. You’re really creating a diversion for people for two hours. But because of the length—it’s almost like writing a villanelle, or one of those forms that has so many requirements, that to hit the marks you need to hit […]
Sep
30
2014
From Wyoming to Sunset Blvd.Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Here I am, a cowboy author in a town of 25 [Ucross] in northern Wyoming. And all of sudden, my character is on Sunset Boulevard 20 stories high. It’s a little odd.” Writer Craig Johnson Author of the Walt Longmire mystery series LA Times interview by Liesl Bradner “ I’m of the belief that everybody has a […] “In terms of its wide-open, rural Wyoming setting and characters, Longmire marks a rare and welcome departure from the tired New York, DC, and LA locales where far too many such series are both set and filmed. It’s a big country out there with interesting people in it. It’s nice to see their lives portrayed once […] |
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