Author Archive
Apr
01
2014
 
Baseball, Bergman & Bull DurhamPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa ”I wrote it quickly (10 weeks), without an outline, and we pretty much shot the first draft.” Ron Shelton on his Bull Durham script I’m not sure you could put together an outfield (3 players) of screenwriters who once played professional baseball. In fact, the only player that comes to mind of any screenwriter who […] Baseball is in the air as the Major League Baseball kicked off in full force today. As I looked for something movie related to baseball and landed on a trailer from For Love of the Game. Partly because my last post was on Tiger Town in Lakeland, Florida where the Detroit Tigers hold their Spring Training—and in For […] Today I went to the last ’14 Spring Training baseball game in Lakeland, Florida where the Detroit Tigers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3. I took this photo of a couple Tiger mopeds in front of Joker Marchant Stadium. It’s a jungle out there… Related post: Screenwriting from Michigan Scott W. Smith Tagged: Detroit […] Today I went to the last ’14 Spring Training home baseball game in Lakeland, Florida where the Detroit Tigers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3. I took this photo of some Tiger mopeds in front of Joker Marchant Stadium. Tagged: Detroit Tigers, Florida, Lakeland
Mar
27
2014
Writing Quote #46 (Philip Roth)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“When I decided to stop writing about five years ago I did, as you say, sit down to reread the 31 books I’d published between 1959 and 2010. I wanted to see whether I’d wasted my time. You never can be sure, you know. My conclusion, after I’d finished, echoes the words spoken by an American […] “The former Buffalo Bills QB [Jim Kelly] has endured more pain, grief and disappointment than many nations, and it’s only getting worse.” Rick Reilly ESPN March 4, 2014 “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” Andy Defresne in The Shawshank Redemption Jim Kelly changed my life. […]
Mar
25
2014
There are no rules, but… (Tip #93+)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaIf you don’t want to hustle then the film business may not be the best career for you. Writing is only about 50% of the job.
Mar
24
2014
“There are no rules” (Tip #92)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Anybody in this business who reads scripts doesn’t given a flying f*#k about the rules. All they care about is a really great script.”—Christopher Lockhart
Mar
21
2014
‘Broke, Busted, & Disgusted’Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Here’s an indication of how burdensome student loans have become: About one-third of millennials say they would have been better off working, instead of going to college and paying tuition.” Halah Touryalai, Forbes Calvin Johannsen of The Visual House is one of those creative hybrids who’s a producer/director/shooter/editor as well as being quite proficient in motion […] “I thought I had just taken a vow of anonymity and poverty, if I was going to be a documentary filmmaker concentrating in American history for PBS.” Ken Burns New York Times 2013 There’s no doubt that my personal project Tinker Field: A Love Letter was influenced by filmmaker Kens Burns’ PBS film Baseball. (I’m looking forward […] |
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