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Screenwriting

The Writers On Strike

November 16, 2007

Thirteen days into the Hollywood Writers’ Strike and the blogs have sprung to life with daily accounts of writers walking the lines in Los Angeles. Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin have running accounts of what it’s like out there in the first full-scale WGA strike since 1988. According to the Los Angeles Times, negotiations [...]

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Los Angeles Times: A writer unblocked

May 7, 2006

A Screenwriter Takes To Novel Writing Wesley Strick is a screenwriter whose credits include “Cape Fear” (1991) and “Return to Paradise” (1998). His first novel, “Out There in the Dark,” was published this year by St. Martin’s Press. A few years ago, I called the guy at my agent’s office who handles book projects to [...]

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Would My Book Make A Good Movie?

February 23, 2006

Books and movies are two different languages. To compare the two is like comparing pottery and stained glass. –Russel Banks Probably half the movies made in Hollywood are adaptations of stories that originally appeared as novels, nonfiction books, comic books, short stories, plays, poems, or what have you. Hollywood studios and production companies aggressively scan [...]

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Good Books On Screenwriting

January 12, 2006

“In Hollywood, writers are considered only the first draft of human beings.” –Frank Deford On Screenwriting The best resource for screenwriters seeking “official information” about Hollywood is the Writers’ Guild Of America website. If you want inside information about how writers survive in the business, you are in luck. A dozen or so professional screenwriters [...]

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