October 2011
228 posts
“Writing is hard work, and if anything’s true about the process, it’s the fact...”
– Adam Johnson (via planb-becomeapirate)
Scripts and Things: Thought of the Day: Forging... →
scriptsandthings:
I’ve been building my system of writing for months now, and just when i think i might have it locked in, another revelation forces me back to square one to rebuild it from scratch.
Each time it becomes better and better.
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder and The Anatomy of Story by John Truby have…
“The tragedy of life is not that the beautiful things die young, but that they...”
– Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye (via poetnine)
“You see, becoming a screenwriter is no secret: you write, you rewrite, you...”
– The Script Lab (via icantsleepin)
“It’s funny because in the book, you don’t see anything.”
– Kristen Stewart (via goldenfiddle)
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Bridesmaids
Great movie. If you haven’t seen it - go see it.
Went to a screening last night that Kristin Wiig and Annie Mumolo - the writers. Found out that Annie was actually in the movie too - she plays the crazy lady that Kristin sits next to on the plane who has dreams of the plane crashing.
They were both funny and charming. There was a lot of talk about how the movie was written really fast -...
"Don't get it right, get it written."
irinaf:
-James Thurber
Screenwriting advice from Professor Angelella, who say’s I have commitment issues.
Fear of the Unkown
mysterybomb:
When it comes to scary movies, writers and directors love to invoke Hitchcock when proclaiming the power of using the mind’s eye to produce scares.
M. Night Shyamalan has talked about how he doesn’t want to show you the gore or the monster, because what you can produce in your mind is far scarier than what he can produce.
But, I’m afraid, this is wrong, wrong, wrong.
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today
lots of Tom Waits new cd.
Buck documentary on netflix.
Writing. Lots of writing.
Sleep.
“People on the outside think there’s something magical about writing—that you go...”
– Harlan Ellison (via jncera)
I'm Back
Alaska was beautiful. Alaska was cold.
But the shoot was amazing - and the people were awesome. Now - at least two more shoots to wrap up this show.
Now. I’m tired. I’m exhausted. But I’m back.
“I have a pesky little critic in the back of my mind. He’s a permanent fixture...”
– Rukhsana Khan (via planb-becomeapirate)
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not;...”
– Calvin Coolidge (via tyhodges)
wow.
“From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class, From 10 feet away she looked...”
– Raymond Chandler (via xrae05) 