“Home is where you hang your childhood, and Mississippi to me is the beauty spot of creation, a dark, wide spacious land that you can breathe in.” Tennessee Williams He was born on March 26, 1911 and named Thomas Lanier Williams III. But he always thought Thomas Lanier sounded like bad poetry so welcomed […]
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Author ArchiveI’m going to Graceland Graceland In Memphis,Tennessee Paul Simon/Graceland “Elvis loved his John Deere [tractor].” Elvis’ Aunt I’m fascinated that people are so fascinated by Elvis. And though touring inside Graceland was never really on my bucket list, I was glad to have the opportunity to tour the famous Memphis home of The King of […] When I was walking in Memphis I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale Marc Cohn/Walking in Memphis Monday night I stopped in Memphis to eat dinner on Beale Street expecting it to be a very light crowd—but the action was in full swing. Turns out the Memphis Grizzlies had just finished […] “Missouri was an unknown new state and needed attractions.” Mark Twain Autobiography “Yes, high and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water.” Mark Twain If one of Ernest Hemingway’s characters in The Green Hills of Africa is correct in that,”All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark […] “Make your hobby pay for your hobby.” Advice I learned this weekend from a 79-year-old antique collector who bought a Harley for $100 and sold it for almost $40,000 I meant to get this post out Saturday but ended up having one of those 17 hour work days so it fell between the cracks. I […] “I have to thank Austin Powers, because whenever that happens I’m just like, ‘Hey, here comes Basil Exposition!’ and I laugh to myself. Sometimes you can’t help it. The studios like things to be super expository because they think you’re all dumb. I try to fight on behalf of the viewer. ‘They can figure out what’s […]
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Writing Quote #44 (Wally Shawn)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“What I’m really involved in when I’m writing is something that no one ever mentions when they see any play. Writing is like trying to make gunpowder out of chemicals. You have these words and sentences and the strange meanings and associations that are attached to the words and sentences, and you’re somehow cooking these […]
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Postcard #59 (The Black Hawk Hotel)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaAnd I wish we could sit upon a bed in some motel And listen to the stories it could tell John B. Sebastian/Stories We Could Tell When artists, speakers, and musicians come to Cedar Falls they often stay at The Black Hawk Hotel. Over the years Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and Family Guy creator Seth […]
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Writing from Rural Georgia…to DreamWorksPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I wear glasses and braces. I do all my clothes shopping at Walmart and second-hand stores. I spend more time on algebra than I do on my hair.” 15 year old Maya Van Wagenen Yeah, teenager Maya Van Wagenen may still live with her parents in rural Georgia, but she doesn’t need to shop at […]
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Postcard #58 (Oster—Regent Theater)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“GIVE MY CREATION LIFE!” Dr. Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) in Young Frankenstein (And the plea of screenwriters throughout the world) Yesterday I went to see Young Frankenstein at the historic Oster Regent Theater in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It was a good turnout for the 1974 film directed by Mel Brooks. The theater opened in 1910 as […] |
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