“… According to comScore, only around 11 percent of Twitter users are teens. And this recent NY Times article states that teen usage is low for all social networking sites….it’s adults, in fact, who are driving this bus….”

Go to Will Dixon’s place …

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“… It started with Ann Rice. The publication of Interview with the Vampire occurred during the ’70s vampire boom, and introduced some radical new ideas into vampire lore. However, it was the 1985 publication of The Vampire Lestat that got the series rolling. Rice may have been the first one to re-imagine the vampire as […]

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“… TV is a highly moralistic universe.  Good almost always triumphs over evil.  There are, of course, gray areas.  Antiheroes like Tony Soprano, Vic Mackey, Dexter Morgan and Patty Hewes are far from squeaky clean.  But if you look closely, they do have their own moral codes which may be outside the law, but aren’t […]

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“… As creators, we want our work enjoyed by as many people as possible and we want to earn a living.  Technologies have offered consumers a myriad of new ways of consuming what we create. Ordinary people want the right to copy, time shift, record, mashup and parody. We think they should have those rights, […]

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Paul Littell’s “Toy Soldiers” is a feature screenplay finalist in the 2009 Moondance International Film Festival competition. Congratulations Paul!
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“… Probably the most classic kernel of writing advice is “Write What You Know.” On the surface, that seems to make a lot of sense, and I’m sure it has worked for thousands and thousands of writers. It didn’t work for me….”
Go to Steven Pressfield’s place …

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“… One of the things that directors and producers and development people often don’t understand is that you have already considered the change they are suggesting - you looked down that road when you were outlining the script and realized it was a dead end or the scenery wasn’t as interesting. You looked down hundreds […]

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“… Titanic didn’t became a worldwide megahit because it offered a highly believable depiction of a sinking luxury liner.
“I’ve explained this before but I thought I’d do so again to answer those saying that Avatar might be another Titanic in terms of ticket sales. No, it almost certainly won’t be. Titanic tapped into a very […]

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Kathy Panzella has signed an option/purchase agreement with Bob Lenthart to adapt Crooked Cross Factor, a novel about a burnt spy who needs to rescue his hostage daughter and save a NATO base from terrorists. Congratulations Kathy!
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Spec Market Scorecard for January 1 through August 15, 2009.
Go To Jason Scoggins’ Place …

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Former studio exec Lindsey Hughes says it’s important for writers to distinguish between these two apparently similar genres.
“… I just saw 500 DAYS OF SUMMER, which was a charming, sweet movie.  People are calling it a romantic comedy and I disagree – I think it is a funny romance.  Romantic comedies and romances are kissing […]

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“… In the past, we gave participants a scene prompt … and 90 minutes to write their own best version … (This year,) (i)nstead of cramming 80-100 writers into a classroom every two hours over the course of a weekend, we’re giving everyone the prompts online and giving you the entire weekend to craft and […]

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“… Being familiar with the lesser known hidden structures that all of these great stories have in common, will not only help you improve the structures of your own stories and master the art form, they can open the door to deeper levels of understanding great stories – namely, the real source of their power, […]

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Attorney-author Julie Hilden points out the value of showing events as they happen, letting the audience draw its own conclusions, and knowing what your story is about and sticking to it.
“… (U)sing chronological order alone can be devastating, because every reader has the tendency to connect a series of facts, and to infer causation from […]

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“… You never know who’s available at any time. You may think that you have the perfect picture in your head of what someone should look like, or be like. But how many stories have you heard of an actor who came in, and ultimately was iconic in a role, but who wasn’t at all […]

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