This adaption of Shakespeare’s great (and incredibly bloody) play, Coriolanus, was written by John Logan.
January 20, 2012
Quote of the Day: Oscar Wilde
I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning and took out a comma. In the afternoon, I put it back in.
January 19, 2012
Script: The Ides of March
Here is the script for The Ides of March. The script was written by Beau Willimon, George Clooney, Grant Heslov.
January 19, 2012
Quote of the Day: Winston Churchill
Substitute the word “script” for the word “book.”
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him to the public.
January 18, 2012
Stop SOPA
I didn’t block out this site today (obviously), mostly because I’m not quite sure how to do that.
But I wanted to take a moment to show my solidarity with the SOPA and PIPA protests. Below are some pertinent articles about SOPA. Take a moment to educate yourself.
Regardless of which side you land on, it’s vital to know the facts.
Huffington Post: SOPA Blackout Aims to Block Internet Censorship Bill
Washington Post: SOPA Protests Block Out Top Websites (gallery of images from blacked out sites)
Wall Street Journal: SOPA Protests Planned in New York, San Francisco
January 17, 2012
Writing Assignments Versus Spec Sales
John Buchanan of Script Magazine has written an article about opportunities often overlooked by novice screenwriters: writing assignments. Buchanan quotes Jeff Morris saying, ““The total amount of money paid out for assignment work versus specs is much bigger… That’s where the work is. It dwarfs spec sales by about 1,000 to one, probably.”
Buchanan writes:
When most aspiring screenwriters imagine their successful against-all-odds assault on Hollywood, they think in terms of a big spec sale that changes their lives overnight. But there is also a less glamorous, more realistic way to break into the industry—and that’s a first writing assignment that sets them on a path to becoming a genuine working writer.
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January 17, 2012
Quote of the Day: JB Priestley
Write as often as possible, not with the idea at once of getting into print, but as if you were learning an instrument.
