Screenwriting From Iowa

I think it’s going to turn into Daivd S. Cohen week as I pull another quote from his book Screen Plays. This one from screenwriter David Franzoni. Before Franzoni won an Oscar for his role in writing Gladiator or worked with Spielberg on Amistad he was a struggling writer like everyone else. He grew up [...]

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“Really, normal people are not attracted to this business.”
                                                      Madonna
Today I flew from Orlando to Cedar Rapids and I had the double whammy of sitting in a row with an obnoxious woman and a totally undisciplined child.
It wasn’t the fact that they played peak-a-boo over and over, (and over and over again) for 15 minutes [...]

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“Really, normal people are not attracted to this business.”
                                                      Madonna
Today I flew from Orlando to Cedar Rapids and I had the double whammy of sitting in a row with an obnoxious woman and a totally undisciplined child.
It wasn’t the fact that they played peak-a-boo over and over, (and over and over again) for 15 minutes [...]

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Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was one of America’s greatest painters. He began his career as an illustrator before moving to Prout’s Neck, Maine. His style was eclectic as he created his art in oil paintings, etching, wood engraving, and watercolor. He is most known or his land and seascapes. His most popular works are Crack the [...]

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“Somebody have me a copy of Robert Mckee’s Story. I said, ‘This is like trying to understand a human being by looking at DNA.’ Maybe we could put the book on the shelf, and right next to it could be the Leslie Dixon book, which would be a flyer saying, ‘Do they want to turn [...]

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“I didn’t say, ‘I’m going to be a writer.’ All I knew was, that I was able to write better than a lot of the stuff I was reading, and I was going to take a shot at it. That it turned out the way it did was accidental — purely accidental. Not a matter [...]

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” I didn’t say, ‘I’m going to be a writer.’ All I knew was, that I was able to write better than a lot of the stuff I was reading, and I was going to take a shot at it. That it turned out the way it did was accidental — purely accidental. Not a [...]

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Last weekend I was shooting in St. Pete Beach where I’ve had the good fortune to spend a little time there over the years. I always think of two things when I head that way — Woody’s (a cafe) and writer James Michener. Woody’s is a former bait shop built in 1945 and is now [...]

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“I believe throughout history, through all of history, way back to the most early days of the human race, when people gathered around the fireplace at night, they wanted to remember what had happened and reflect upon the big events of that day and reassess values and maybe get new dedication to the next day. [...]

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As one of the screenwriters for X-Men Origins; Wolverine, David Benioff is having a good run. Wolverine had an opening box office weekend of $87 million.  You wouldn’t think a novelist (The 25th Hour) who wrote the script for The Kite Runner would feel at place (or even be considered) writing a blockbuster film. (But no one [...]

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