January 24, 2013
For those of you who keep tabs on these sorts of things, the Scoggins Report is out recounting all of the spec scripts that sold in 2012 (to studios — I don’t believe independent film sales are included. Correct me if I’m wrong) and the genres that those scripts belong to.
Ta-dah! The actual moment you were waiting for: The unveiling of the 2012 Year-End Spec Market Scorecard. This is our fourth annual edition, marked not only by a series of incremental improvements to the format and data but by something unprecedented since we’ve been covering the market:
2012′s total number of spec sales — 132 — is exactly the same as 2011′s.
We know, we reported a couple of months ago that 2012 had improved over 2011 significantly, but in preparation for this week’s monster Scoggins Report we combed through all our data once again and recalculated all our numbers yet again. At the end of the day (or year, as it were), 2012 ended up exactly on par with 2011.
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January 24, 2013
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
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January 23, 2013
The Sandlot (originally titled The Sandlot Kids) was written by David Mickey Evans and Robert Gunter.
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January 23, 2013
Don’t sell yourself short; dare to dream. You might sell to a top market before you ever sell to a non-paying market - you won’t know unless you try. In the same way, it’s good to be cooperative, but don’t be too humble either.
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January 22, 2013
The Goonies was written by Chris Columbus.
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January 22, 2013
Dune was written by David Lynch.
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January 22, 2013
People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad.
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January 18, 2013
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January 18, 2013
A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print.
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January 17, 2013
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