December 2010
39 posts
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Dec 26th
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WatchWatch
Red State - Coming 2011 (by Red State) This teaser is amazing.  A thing of muted beauty.  I love that there’s no action-audio or soundtrack.  It’s creepy.  It looks nothing like a Kevin Smith film.  I’m in awe.
Dec 24th
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Red State - Coming 2011 (by Red State) This teaser is amazing.  A thing of muted beauty.  I love that there’s no action-audio or soundtrack.  It’s creepy.  It looks nothing like a Kevin Smith film.  I’m in awe.
Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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“Make notes—I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular...”
– Judith Guest
Dec 23rd
Dec 22nd
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“The old man was thrown into a fury of exasperation that there was not enough...”
– Flannery O’Connor (from The Violent Bear It Away)
Dec 22nd
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It was going into the summer of 1986, Reagan was president and there was a bunch of people holding hands across the country, but us folk in Cotton Hill were busy looking for Paige McConnell.  Her mother had reported her missing that Thursday night when she didn’t show up after dinner.  Paige was a part of this community and most folk had watched her grow up if not played a part in it.  Her...
Dec 22nd
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“Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if...”
– Banksy re: Film | /Film  (via jbishop)
Dec 22nd
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“The old man was thrown into a fury of exasperation that there was not enough...”
– Flannery O’Connor (from The Violent Bear It Away)
Dec 21st
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The word sounds come slow and broken at first, like a motor that won’t start in the winter.  Enoch watches with intent eyes as the golden dew of this human creature’s words begin to gather on its lips.  The lips pull open and the words web into a golden gossamer for a moment before they break apart and trickle down into his ear.
Dec 21st
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She just left; took flight. Another Christmas apart. Let it be the last. 
Dec 21st
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On hand-writing story notes.
With all this technology at my beck and call, I often times find myself distracted by all its offerings.  Even with my favorite writing application, Scrivener, and its distraction-free writing layout, I still manage to find a way to get distracted when I’m working out the details of a story or screenplay.  Despite all of the technological ways to be productive, it’s all too easy to tap...
Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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“The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight years—if it ever did...”
– Stephen King (from IT) Perhaps one of my favorite books from childhood. 
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 12th
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The Getting Up Early Business
So far, this has been working.  The morning time has been fruitful and most importantly, it’s provided a routine period of time to dedicate to my writing.  I’ve written a short screenplay, started a feature screenplay, revised three short screenplays and started a short story. I say this, not to brag, but to concede that this getting up early business works;  I’m a believer.
Dec 11th
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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Suicide Note
If I were to write a suicide note today, it might read a little something like this: Dear Mom and Dad and friends and loved ones, As you are most certainly now aware, I am deceased—and so of my own volition.   The reason?  Quite simply I cannot continue sharing oxygen with the same generation of people who lionize The Kardashians and such genetic malfeasance as The Situation.  American Idol...
Dec 9th
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You Cannot Do This, He Says
I think it’s the innate enemy of the writer—or artist.  The Other Self.  The One that lies. He works at us from every part of our body and spirit.  He knows our secrets and shames; our fears.  He gnaws at our stomachs and we double over in pain.  He whispers in our ear and we double over in fear.   Sometimes it’s easier just to sleep. Some days He controls us. We rise with high...
Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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“Tumblr has been down for hours. How quickly the world thinks a free service owes...”
– @Blankenship
Dec 7th
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Dec 5th
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“Writing is not hard. Just get paper and pencil, sit down, and write as it occurs...”
– Stephen Leacock (via AdviceToWriters)
Dec 4th
Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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Re: Joss Whedon
Mr. TV Executive, My sincerest apologies for impeding on, what is most certainly, your precious time.  I feel I must expound upon our previous exchange. You see, Mr. Whedon, the man of whom you ask “who?”, well how do I put this—he’s somewhat like the messiah of TV.  I know, I know, you and your racquet club friends guffaw at the thought that anyone besides Mr. Abrams could...
Dec 1st