Karen Bryson’s Monsoon Season (with Amy Arnold) was named a finalist in the 3rd Screenplay Search Screenwriting Competition.
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“Our world changed last August 4, when Blake Snyder passed away. Since that dreary day, your support to keep his vision alive has been inspiring — and our future is bright.
“In May, 2008, Blake was interviewed by Robin Mizell for an article she was writing for Screenwriter’s & Playwright’s Market. Robin has kindly given us […]

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“… Sometimes, the boundaries of a story become so set that they hamper a writer’s imagination.  That’s when you start get a lot of “there’s only one way” kind of thinking.
“What’s the solution?
“Expand your ‘creative range.’
“The exercises below are about breaking out of your shackles. Their purpose is to free you from the boundaries you […]

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“… A few days later, I’m chatting with a ProdCo colleague and we’re discussing ideas that have been floating our way. We hit upon the genre of the script my friend had given me and I tried my best to remember the exact logline. I kind of remembered it, but boy did I wish in […]

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Lisa Molusis’ suspense thriller Retribution and Clark Ransom’s based-on-a-true-story Messenger Dogs have been named semifinalists in the 2010 AAA Screenplay Contest sponsored by Creative Screenwriting.
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“… Accepting the fact that I was ambitious took a great weight off my shoulders. I felt terrible about it (it seemed so aggressive and competitive and non-regular-guy-ish), but at least I wasn’t lying to myself any more. To admit that I wanted something better for myself didn’t mean that I intended to morph into […]

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“Comic-Con, the destination for everyone who ever got beaten up in high school. Or Day Care. One of my spies took these pictures this weekend….”
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“… What he wanted to hear was that his idea was special, that his inspiration was unique, that he had created something worth … stealing …”
(h/t Michael Taylor)
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“… I wasn’t nervous about the film, per se. I mean, yes, sure, a little bit but ultimately I love it, and if people don’t like it, there’s nothing I can do about that now. What I was more nervous about was hosting the screening itself. Not really my area of expertise. I don’t really […]

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“… The more challenging pep talks are the ones that we ‘more established’ people occasionally need to have with each other. I’ve recently been helping a friend of mine get a little perspective on a particularly challenging writing assignment. Believe it or not, the major task has not been so much giving him notes on […]

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“… (B)ack then I was a refugee fresh from twenty years in the single-camera world, and had no familiarity with these strange new ways. For a long time, I kept fretting over exactly where to hang the lamps on Day One.
“‘Don’t worry about it,’ my fellow juicer said, shaking his head with a weary, patient […]

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Margaret Riseley’s supernatural thriller “Leonard” has been named a quarterfinalist in the 12th Annual Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition.
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“… Peter Benchley, the author and co-screenwriter, was talking about the ending of the film. He said that from the beginning of production Spielberg had been ragging on him about the ending – he said it was too much of a downer. For one thing, the visual wasn’t right – if you’ll recall the book, […]

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Check out Josh Durkin’s pilot-length feature Dead Cat Bounce, now playing at Openfilm.
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USC adjunct professor and former development exec Neely Swanson talked recently with writer-producer David Eick (Caprica, Battlestar Galactica) about the produced pilot “Them” (2007) written with John McNamara, based on the graphic novel Six by Michael Oeming & Daniel Berman.
“… (T)he truth is, we wrote what we pitched. We were very excited about the idea […]

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