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Jun
24
2014
 
The Screenwriting Bar vs. Drinking BarsPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“When I was 18 I said, ‘Dad I think I want to be a screenwriter.’ He said OK and took me in his office…and pulled out the screenplay for Ordinary People and he said, ‘OK, do this.’ He was saying to me that’s where we’re going to set the bar.” Billy Ray “I think UCLA […] Today is the first day of Screenwriting Summer School. Admission is free and attendance is optional. The text I’ll be using mostly isn’t a text at all, but videos from The Dialogue Series: Learning from the Masters. The series (81 of the top screenwriters working today) was produced several years ago and until earlier this […]
Jun
20
2014
‘Field of Dreams’—25th ReunionPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Movies aren’t intellectual, they’re emotional. And this one rang a bell…Movies at their best are about moments that you never, ever forget.” Kevin Costner on Field of Dreams The above NBC program aired yesterday and was shot last weekend in Dyersville, Iowa. It would be wrong (and maybe un-American) to have a blog title Screenwriting from […] Since this is the last day of spring 2014, I thought I’d do a little spring cleaning and doing something I don’t often do–write two posts in one day. (There may even be a third one later.) But in light of yesterday’s post (Susannah Grant on Failure) I thought I’d sneak in this quote which […]
Jun
20
2014
Film Collaborating, Mismatched Souls & Pizza MakingPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Film is, of course, a collaborative art and yes, sometimes those collaborations are like shotgun weddings of mismatched souls; the whole thing goes awry and everyone walks off in a huff vowing never to talk to each other. That can definitely happen. “But what can also happen is that you end up working with enormously […] “Here’s a secret I have learned in 20 years as a screenwriter. Failure is constant for everyone. And I mean it, everybody fails at this all the time. Not just screenwriters, but I think anyone who tries to illuminate the human experience in an authentic way…I think everyone has the permission to fail a little. […]
Jun
18
2014
Writing with Tears (Paulo Coelho)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaJust a few hours after my wife booked a flight to Denver yesterday to visit her brother in the hospital she received news that he had died. I saw the below photo @UNKScreenwriter this morning and it seemed fitting. And also a way to give a shout-out of thanks to the Unknown Screenwriter whose the one I found […] Problem solving. That pretty much sums-up a chunk of our personal and work life —as well as our writing life. As I write this my sister and I are in the middle of trying to straighten out a mild emergency medication issue my mother has at the assisted living facility she just moved into and my […]
Jun
16
2014
Script Mag: Website of the WeekPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“It’s all baby steps. One foot in front of the other.” Writer/Director Sidney Lumet (The Verdict) A few days ago I was thrilled to find out that the Screenwriting from Iowa and Other Unlikely Places blog was named by Script Magazine as Website of the Week. That’s pretty cool. I I’m a long time fan of Script […] “It’s all baby steps. One foot in front of the other.” Writer/Director Sidney Lumet (The Verdict) Baby steps. That’s how I’ve felt the last two weeks as I cut my first project on Adobe Premiere Pro CC. In film school I cut my first 16mm project on an upright Moviola. My first production job I edited […] |
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