Monthly Archive |  July 2008

 

Say Hello to WriterDad

 
Say Hello to WriterDad A brief unrelated note: the two of you that aren't in San Diego this weekend, please join me for the first ever Screenwriting Manifesto Live. Hope to see you there. Now, back to our ...
 

Answering your unanswered search queries

 
Answering your unanswered search queries Two brief side notes here. First, this will likely be my last major post until the site officially opens in September, but I'll be around responding to comments and working on the blog's back-end. Second, ...
 

Screenwriting Manifesto Live

 
Screenwriting Manifesto Live Please join me for what I hope will be the first in a series of regular events -- I call it, Screenwriting Manifesto Live. I'll get to the specifics in a moment, but let me ...
 

How to keep your day job from killing your writing career

 
How to keep your day job from killing your writing career Like most writers waiting for their big break, I have a day job. I have, in fact, had a day job for a long, long time ((Except for the few years that I was in ...
 

What ‘Refusing the Call’ is really about

 
What ‘Refusing the Call’ is really about Sometimes the hard part of writing a screenplay is making your characters behave in a way that is inconsistent with their established character, yet is entirely sympathetic and believable. Most protagonists end up doing the one ...