Ethan Hawke as Russell Millings in the drama “ADOPT A HIGHWAY,” an RLJE Films release. Photo courtesy of RLJE Films. by Carrie Harris (@carrharr) I recently had the opportunity to chat with Logan Marshall-Green about his screenwriting and directorial debut, Adopt a Highway. The film stars Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, Elaine Hendrix, Diane Gaeta, Mo... Continue Reading →
6 Easy Script Mistakes to Avoid When Entering a Script Competition
by Tim Schildberger (@LiveReadLA) We are in Competition Deadline Season! Many of the biggest screenwriting competitions have their final deadlines in the next few days and weeks -- the Nicholls final deadline is May 1, and the Austin final deadline is May 15 -- so now’s the time to polish that script you've been toiling... Continue Reading →
Quote of the Day: Paddy Chayefsky
If you're reading through and stop, something is wrong. Cut it. If something bothers you, then it's bad. Cut it.
Quote of the Day: Frank Yerby
It is my contention that a really great novel is made with a knife and not a pen. A novelist must have the intestinal fortitude to cut out even the most brilliant passage so long as it doesn't advance the story.
Quote of the Day: Tom Stoppard
I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do.
Quote of the Day: Frank Yerby
It is my contention that a really great novel is made with a knife and not a pen. A novelist must have the intestinal fortitude to cut out even the most brilliant passage so long as it doesn't advance the story.
Quote of the Day: Unknown
Inside every fat book is a thin book trying to get out.
Quote of the Day: Henry David Thoreau
Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.
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.