Archive for the “Screenwriting From Iowa” Category
Jul
16
2009
 
The Art of Dramatic Writing (Part 2)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“The premise is the motivating power behind everything we do.”
Jul
15
2009
The Art of Dramatic Writing (part 1)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaSo it’s been just over six months since I had the crazy idea to go daily with this Screenwriting from Iowa blog. Like Lance Armstrong I don’t know if I’m going to return next year or if December 31, 2009 will be the finish line for the daily gig. In the meantime, I continue to hunt [...] “People who wouldn’t know an emotion if it slapped them in the face usually aren’t good storytellers. The good storytellers are the people who are attracted by the mystery of things that ‘don’t make sense’ rather than fearing those things. The human part of you is the part that doesn’t make sense. This is the [...]
Jul
13
2009
What Would Arthur Miller Do?Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI often wonder what Arthur Miller would do if he were setting out to be a writer today. What kind of writing would the author of “Death of a Salesman” be doing? I think the same for Tennessee Williams, Eugene O’Neill, Ibsen, Chekhov and so on. Would they even be writing plays?
Jul
12
2009
Before Juno There Were Grumpy Old MenPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaLong before Diablo Cody wrote Juno in a Starbucks in a Minneapolis suburb, and before Nick Schenk wrote Gran Torino at Gumpy’s Bar in Minneapolis another screenwriter from Minnesota had jumped into the scene with his first script Grumpy Old Men
Jul
12
2009
Screenwriting Quote of the Day #97 (John Truby)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Any character who is going to drive the story has to grab and hold the audience’s attention at all times. There must be no dead time, no treading water, no padding in the story (and no more metaphors to hammer home the point). Whenever your lead character gets boring, the story stops.” Moral; of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior.
Jul
09
2009
Screenwriting & Slavery to FreedomPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI’d hate to admit to how many books on screenwriting I’ve read. I tend to agree you need just one to get you on track and then start writing. (And this blog, of course. Just for a little inspiration.) But with that said, I just starting reading John Truby’s The Anatomy of Story. When Henry Miller died in 1980 at the age of 88 he had over 40 books published. On Wikipedia it was written that Miller “was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of ‘novel’ that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, [...] “I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” |
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