Screenwriting From Iowa

“The manly sport of golf—where you can dress like a pimp and no one will care.”—Robin WIlliams

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“When Sofia Coppola, the director of Lost in Translation, sent me the script, she included a photo and said, ‘This is what I have in mind.’, It was Brad Pitt in an ad for espresso in a can, and he had the same grimace: ‘I can’t believe I’m selling this can of coffee.’, That influenced […]

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Epiphany: A moment in which you suddenly see or understand something in a new or very clear way. Merriam-Webster definition  “Inside each and every one of us is our one, true authentic swing. Something we was born with. Something that’s ours and ours alone. Something that can’t be learned… something that’s got to be remembered.” Bagger Vance […]

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“I think people trying to get into the spotlight are much more interesting than people in the spotlight. That’s why I think Tin Cup is a really well conceived and executed movie, because it’s about a guy who’s trying to get there. And when he gets there, he doesn’t know how to stay there. I think stories […]

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One of the people I got to know when I lived in Iowa was actor Gary Kroeger who was born and raised in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Kroeger left Iowa to attend Northwestern University where he started an improv group with Julia Louis Dreyfus. The two of them ended up with Second City in Chicago and […]

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“I have no daily process. I have trouble calling myself a writer. It was never a plan of mine. I learned to type in the Navy’s communication corps, learned Morse code and how to type at 100 words a minute (I never went to war). Typing was a skill I took advantage of. I like […]

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“Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use.” Screenwriter and actress Ruth Gordon After writing almost 1,700+ posts on screenwriting and filmmaking (on top of probably 1,700+ other blogs out there on screenwriting, filmmaking and movies) it’s hard to write something fresh, but today I want to touch on an Oscar-nominated husband and […]

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On this day six years ago I wrote the post below reflecting on a relatively unknown golfer named Zach Johnson who beat Tiger Woods in his prime at the Masters Tournament. Since the Masters was today I thought I’d have a special repost Sunday and add a fitting quote by writer Carl Hiaasen that shows a […]

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          “Golf is a bond that has drawn us all together and created a special fraternity among celebrities of show business, sports and politics.” Bob Hope  When I stopped by the Golf Channel headquarters today it was hard to miss the empty spot up front dedicated for Arnold Palmer. The 84-year-old […]

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“Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion.” Carl Spackler (Bill Murray) in Caddyshack Since today is the first day of the 2014 Masters Tournament  in Augusta, Georgia I’ll use that to jump ship from blogging about baseball to blogging about golf. Today I visited the World Golf Hall of […]

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