Archive for the “Screenwriting From Iowa” Category
Jan
14
2011
 
Emmy-Winning Writer Rick ClevelandPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I thought if (Harvey Pekar, American Splendor) could write comic books about real people maybe I could write plays about real people.” Rick Cleveland Though The West Wing won 27 Emmys in its seven year run it only collected one for best writing. Just one. And that one program, In Excelsis Deo, was written by [...] “I think boxing’s pretty dumb, and I’ve never been a boxing fan.” John G. Avildsen Oscar winning director of Rocky AFI lists the character Rocky Balboa on their all-time movie hero list at #7 and the film Rocky as the #4 most inspiring film of all time. Writer/actor Sylvester Stallone has understandably gotten plenty of [...] “Ultimately, it all comes down to one of the grand old rules of screenwriting: whenever possible – show, don’t tell.” Ray Morton Script magazine “IF YOU PRETEND THE CHARACTERS CANT SPEAK, AND WRITE A SILENT MOVIE, YOU WILL BE WRITING GREAT DRAMA. IF YOU DEPRIVE YOURSELF OF THE CRUTCH OF NARRATION, EXPOSITION,INDEED, OF SPEECH. YOU WILL BE FORGED TO WORK IN ANEW MEDIUM - TELLING THE STORY IN PICTURES (ALSO KNOWN AS SCREENWRITING). David Mamet Memo to The Unit writers [...] “When a hero starts his life as an orphan, it is to show he has nothing to lose. He is unattached and unencumbered by family ties and social obligations, so he is usually portrayed as an orphan to indicate that he is not saddled with the normal attachments the rest of us have. This sense of [...]
Dec
13
2009
Character Flaws 101 (tip #30)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Well. nobody’s perfect.”
Dec
12
2009
Screenwriting Quote of the Day #118 (William Goldman)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Let me tell you the super story that Cliff Robertson told me a dozen years ago, and I think I’m giving the credit properly. It was a story he had been told by Rosalind Russell. I think he met her during the filming of Picnic. She said, ‘Do you know what makes a good movie?’ [...]
Dec
11
2009
Writing Quote of the Day #9 (Cheyefsky)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThe Craft of the Screenwriter was one of the first books I ever bought on screenwriting. It’s older than some of the readers of this blog. I picked it up when I was in film school in 1982 when screenwriting resources were limited. (The Craft of the Screenwriter is worth having in your library and [...]
Dec
10
2009
Screenwriting from Huntsville, ALPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“My work, I can do anywhere.”
Dec
09
2009
Writing Quote of Day #8 (Ben Franklin)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” “Segar grew up in an out-of-the way place but the inspiration for his most successful graphic creations came out of that place.” Thanks to the Google Popeye doodle I saw last night I’ve discovered one more example of a big success coming [...] |
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