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LATEST ARTICLES ( 619 )

• Starting Again - Monday

  

  Still gathering things; our Ghostkeeper 2 went down in flames with Canadian Telefilm support, we had hoped for a nice little bit of money from them but it... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Back from Blue-grass

  

  Finally finished a week of shooting blue grass bands, some of which where really amazing. I was working for a week in the small town of Lyons, Colorado, right u... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Bluegrass & Firing Screenwriters

  

  I'm off to Colorado at the end of this week where I'll be filming video on a documentary that's based on a small Rocky Mountain town that was flooded last... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Mazursky

  

  One of my favorite filmmakers passed away two days ago, Paul Mazursky. Someone told me that nobody makes films like Mazursky and that it's a sad thing to hear... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Mix-ups and a Little Bit of Hope

  

  We received some good news late Friday on Ghostkeeper 2 in that one of those funding agencies will consider our proposal. While this is not a decision by any... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Why?

  

  This certainly is the year of remakes and remakes of remakes (Godzilla for one) and I'm not even mentioning Transformers, although LA Times reviews it as very... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Funding Ghostkeeper -- "How Low Can You Go?"

  I'm hoping some of you stay with these notes on financing a movie, some might ask what this has to do with writing, but since I'm more of a "filmmaker" than a... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• The Cost of Ghostkeeper 2

  

  Now that we're attempting to fund GKPR 2, the discussion of how much should the movie cost. In other words, how much should we budget for the movie. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Selling Ghostkeeper 2

  

  I thought I should give you some ideas as to how I and my partner in Canada are attempting to raise funding for Ghost Keeper 2, the sequel to my 1980... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Only Words on a Page

  

  For those out of the USA and Canada, there is a weekly Sunday show on CBS-TV that features several different stories about people and things. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• I'm Still Here

  

  I haven't posted anything for the past week or so due to some family stuff, mainly my brother who was working for a newspaper in Bangkok decided it was time to... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Three Ways to Write a Screenplay

  I've talked about the three projects that were optioned by three different groups. Two screenplays were optioned by an American group and a French group. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Stealing Ideas

  

  First of all, I really did a lame blog last Friday, it just wasn't really that good. But it's gone and today's a new day.When I taught UCLA classes a lot of... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Screenplay Markets Pt 2

  Last Monday I talked about the many places writers can go to in order to show their stuff. Mostly places that charge money and which, if someone doesn't like... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• The Writer's Market

  "In the 1940's a handful of writers would come to Hollywood every week to be famous. Today there's a hundred writers who come off the jetplane or their car to... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Always Needed

  I'm rushing into writing a new outline that's needed by the actor/producer that is needed for next week to get an idea of the budget for the film... means I'm... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• The Rewrite

  Most of what you read about screenwriting and how to write that first screenplay and how to sell it and how to get the money and then they make the movie. But... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Way Too Hot

  

  Haven't had a chance for my usual week-end blog but it's hot as hell in L.A., the high 90's and it's not even summer yet. Back Monday with a blog about critics. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Waiting

  The photo above was taken on Highway 50 in Nevada and is one of many photos that I'm using to write my travel book now, putting aside the Travel Day contract... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Writers & Directors

  "The reason why directors don't like writers on the set is because the writers know the director is faking it."I really don't know who said that but I've heard... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL