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Follow a screenwriter as he attempts to get his screenplays made into movies.
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It Started in 1989...
I got a phone call from a producer who, besides not knowing how to text, calls me from time to time about a screenplay I wrote that he likes a lot but has not... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
Part 2 of Now What Do I Do?
Okay, here we go again. So why are you guys going to have a hard time getting into the business? Well, I'm talking mostly about screenwriting. There are two... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
Now What Do I Do?
I get some emails from people I know or people who think I might help them find a job in the movie business. And some of them are parents, friends of mine, who... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
Back Again
Had one hell of a flu-bug or whatever it was, knocked me out for a couple of days wherein I stayed inside everyday. Which is almost impossible in southern... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
No More Dave
Okay, looks like Dave Letterman isn't here anymore. I tried to watch Jimmy Kimmel and lasted about 5 minutes. Didn't bother to set the other Jimmy nor any of th... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
The End of an Era. Really.
Only three more days left for watching a truly iconic television star. For those of you in Russia, Ukraine,Germany, France, Greece, Australia and South Korea... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
More of the Job I Lost
So far you've learned about writer-killers and how they can spoil a screenplay mostly because they don't really help you along.Sure, you just think that I'm jus... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
How I Got a Job and Lost It.
I think I mentioned that I got a writer's job which began in January and ended last week. I didn't want to do too much blogging on it because I wasn't really... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
The Writer-Killers
If you are just beginning as a writer, you probably may have heard of a particular species of producers that can make you crazy. Probably some of them have... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
The Searchers, WW2 and the Movie Brats
A movie opened in LA last week called Adult Beginners and a review in the LA Weekly, a hangover of the alternative newspapers that my generation started. Read more
Posted on 29 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
Emperor of Mars Comes to Hollywood
I left off talking about my story, Emperor of Mars and how I started the project. The script was shown around to several Canadian producers who didn't really... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
The Emperor of Mars - Part 1
Over the week-end I met an old writer friend whom I hadn't seen for a few years. We got to talking about all the screenplays we either wrote or wanted to... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
Sad Endings to Good Movies
I happened to catch The Way We Were on TCM, with Redford and Streisand. Not particularly a favorite of mine except for one thing; that song with lyrics like... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
A Little Bit of Heart
Finished the "treatment" on the project I was hired on. Yesterday I sent it away to the person who has a title of "Director of Script Development", usually a... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
Beginning to Work
As mentioned, I'm finishing off a treatment for a script to be filmed, probably in a few months. I really am throwing myself into this, so much that I won't hav... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
A Job... Really.
Looks like I have a job.I even get paid.So what is it?A former agent of mine sent an action screenplay I wrote two years ago called The President's Heart. Read more
Posted on 23 March 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
Selling Yourself
I have just ended a writing job, or at least I think I have. And I wish I have.A director and producer here in L.A. read a screenplay of mine which was basicall... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
The Music Documentaries to See
Well, all the awards have been given out for another year, oscars, Golden Globes, etc. etc. Looking back at 2014, I started doing taxes and realized that I... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
No Surprises
Had too much work yesterday to blog. Watched a bit of the Spirit Awards on IFC, which "used to be" about independant films, you know the films where people... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL -
A Canadian Screenwriter
Last week one of the earliest screenwriters in Canada passed away. When I say "earliest", there weren't a lot of feature film screenwriters in Canada until the... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL