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• The Long Wait

  

  Over the last three weeks I'm sitting on two projects, one is starting and one is going to either be bought or not. And now that I've said "not", it'll... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Sorry for a Down Week

  

  Last week was a mess, had to do with a friend's screenplay, going over her script (or screenplay) I never really know what the words are. I often go through thi... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Doris Day and Me....

  

  I'm working over a friend's script and it's taking a lot of time. And rush, of course. Also have to do a short film for a friend.Lots of friends who need... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Holiday for Us

  

  Queen E.Monday for Canada is called Victoria Day, and really means the real beginning of summer. She was born on 1805 and lived to 1901. Scotland also had the... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• How to Write a Book to Make a Movie

  

  So this is how I wrote a screenplay from a small town that nobody ever heard of. Well, at least some people do. They read it.I've never really write much in... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Martians Here?

  

  It took me a lot of years to finally decided to write a story about me and my grade school teacher and my friends and the adventures we had as kids in that smal... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• My Town

  

  Sorry I'm behind a little, I'm preping some of my books for one of those horrible things where you stand behind you books and when people tell you your last... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• The Chase

  

  A few days ago I got an email from a French producer about a screenplay I wrote way back around 2008 and pushed it around the studios but nobody seemed to like... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Reading and Watching Movies

  

  Some of my students questioned the practice I recommend reading shooting scripts and watching movies on DVD's and Netflex and all the others that are out... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Understanding Contracts

  

  Movie contracts at their basic are about two things; Money and rights. Everything else revolves around these two items. Let's say you just got that phone call... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Adopting Books & Screenplays

  

  I decided to include a chapter on adapting both books and screenplays. My first experience with adapting a book happened about twenty years ago with a... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Working with Actors

  "Actors are good liars; writers are good liars with good memories."I was doing a reading with a handful of actors and one of them, Barry Flatman, was a friend o... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Working with Directors

  

  "Is a director someone who expects a round of applause when the sun rises in the morning? As a forcing ground for self-delusion, greed, plagiarism, vanity,... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Working with Producers

  

  "An associate producer is the only guy who will associate with a producer."Let's say that you've sold or optioned your screenplay. You will now get notes from... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Character

  

  is what I discuss in my book, and some of it here. If readers don't like the character it's probably because the character in question isn't three dimensional t... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• The Polish

  

  The rewrite the polish.Not shoes.Some of my UCLA students asked why rewrites and polishes are necessary, after all directors or actors can't change lines... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Character

  Okay, so let's look at a finished screenplay that you want to send out for some cleaning. The first thing I do is give it to close friends, both of whom are... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• What to wear?Yes. I Even Have Suggestions as to What to w...

  

  What to wear?Yes. I even have suggestions as to what to wear as you are judged almost as much as to how to look as what you have to say. Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• I Met Norton Wright

  

  at ABC after he read my Secrets of the Salmon script and liked it enough to option it. The option expired but as with a lot of the good guys, he kept in touch... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Know What to Pitch

  I can't emphasize this enough. The most common mistake new writers is to pitch the wrong story to the wrong producer or executive. Know what the producer... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2019 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL