We talked a few weeks back about the graying of characters—making a difference in your screenplay by working your characters to max out complexity. How do we do that? A few of the way might be to surprise the shit out of your audience in the path you take the characters, and them. It’s to […]
I look across the street. “Wow, what a beautiful elm tree.” You look across. “Elm?” “The tree, right there.” “What are you looking at?” “The freakin’ pretty tree! The leaves. The October golden leaves are all over the place. Are you blind?” “I see a fireplug, man. That dog’s gonna… yeah, saw that coming.” When […]
If you’re the writer of a Studio or Indie flick, you likely won’t get within sniffing distance of final casting decisions. That’s reserved for money people and the director. Or if you’re a hyphen guy writer-director and your last name is Kaufmann, Tarantino, or Black. The dynamic shifts with micro-budget. You’ll be in the room. […]
They are making your movie: Yay! You’ve dreamed of it and now it’s happening. But you’re wondering… what’s expected of me now? I mean…can you just go down to the set and watch…or what? I’m not aware of an online etiquette guide for the Writer On Set but somebody should write one. What an odd […]
***QUICK NOTE BEFORE OUR SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING: If you’re a new screenwriter, it will interest you to know that my good friend Linda Frothingham is having a special First Five Pages Table Read event at Chicago Screenwriters Network this Sunday night, 7pm. You can find out more about it by visiting her website ChicagoHollywood.com. You can […]
