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TO OUTLINE, OR NOT TO OUTLINE?

February 24, 2025 0 Comment

TO OUTLINE, OR NOT TO OUTLINE Good Reader, beware the snake-oil peddling gurus! You know the ones. Those who tell you the script must be created a certain way, structured in this or that box. I’m here to tell you there are no screenwriting absolutes and when you hear some dude with zero IMDB credits […]

Chicago Movie Writers- Ben Hecht

May 23, 2016 0 Comment

Who won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay at the first Oscars? Ben Hecht. 1929. The movie was Underworld. Considered one of the earliest, if not the earliest gangster movie ever made, you’d think that would be enough of an achievement for a lifetime. But this is Ben Hecht, and he was just warming up. […]

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