“… Action lines are in some ways Screenwriting 101: Don’t just tell me what’s going on, lay it out as if I am watching what’s going on. Huge difference. Yes, yes, one can adhere to ‘rules’ like keep action lines to less than four lines in one paragraph but really, what sets action lines in […]

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Denice Lewis is writing a screenplay on assignment for a film scheduled for shooting later this year. Congratulations Denice!
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Michael Hockney (Ed, Edd, and Eddy) recently completed a paid writing assignment with Class 3 Entertainment to write a high concept TV comedy. The series is currently being shopped to networks.  Congratulations Michael!
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Launching something on YouTube could be a good way of getting some attention for a project, but thousands of people with laptops and cameras are having the same idea all at once. So how do you get noticed if you’re not a hot music biz newsbreaker, don’t have access to a lion-crocodile-water buffalo fight, and […]

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Denis Faye interviews gridiron technical advisor Allan Graf at the WGA West site.
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The Hollywood Elsewhere blog’s 2009 “Oscar Balloon” lifts off with rough predictions for next year’s winners.
(h/t — Anne Thompson)
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Missed any episodes of “Leverage” since its premiere on basic cable in the U.S. last December? There’s an opportunity to watch or record them tomorrow, Tuesday, February 24th. TNT will be running a “Leverage” marathon starting at 10:00 AM Eastern time, all the way through the second-part season finale episode at 10:00 PM.
Meanwhile, TNT’s DramaVision […]

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Original screenplay — “Milk,” written by Dustin Lance Black
Adapted screenplay — “Slumdog Millionaire,” screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
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“… The Wrestler, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and Milk shared top category honors at the 2009 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards, making the highly anticipated annual event into a celebration of the diverse films that captured the public’s attention this year. The Visitor, Frozen River, In Search of a Midnight Kiss, Man on Wire, The Class and […]

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Mark Kratter was recently hired to produce a film while seeking funding for another project.
In addition to that, Mark has been retained to write a high concept thriller for a Los Angeles production company. Congratulations Mark!
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“After spending most of 2008 predicting the success of political actors—also called politicians—it’s only natural that Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight.com) would turn his attention to the genuine article: the nominees in the major categories for the 81st Annual Academy Awards (Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. on ABC). Formally speaking, this required the use of statistical software […]

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“… A reader can tell when there’re problems with the tone when they suddenly realize they aren’t sure how they are supposed to be feeling. That realization could happen on page five, it could happen on page 62. But it happens. Confusion sets in. I know that sounds almost too casual a reflection to point […]

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ProSeries Writer Huck Brown has a screenplay scheduled to start production next month. Congratulations Huck!
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Joss Whedon (Buffy, Firefly, Serenity, Dollhouse) was interviewed recently at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s Knowledge@Wharton site.
“TV and movie writer-director Joss Whedon wants to change the way Hollywood does business. While Whedon works inside the studio system on major projects, he also hopes to blaze a trail on the Internet for creating […]

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Lee Goldberg takes a look at certain essential ingredients a number of television characters are missing these days.
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