April 2011
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Watchwriterofscreen:
Insights into Adaptation by Mark Fergus
Mark Fergus writer of The Children of Men, Ironman, Cowboys and Aliens on Inspiration and Adaptation
Being able to adapt from other media is a critical skill for surviving as a professional screenwriter.
This was a MOST excellent interview.
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This is an important news bulletin:
Does anyone have copies of Harry Potter years 2 & 3 I can borrow? I’m almost finished with book one. Oh, do please help me to find out what happens next!
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Committed six scenes to my first draft of “Sara, Please Don’t Suck” today. Determined to be productive after Zero Week last week. This is going to be my most fun, and potentially commercial, feature yet.
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“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
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Ira Glass (via jbishop)
Thank you. Noted.
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“I love writing, but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says ‘You...”
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Aaron Sorkin
(via housingworksbookstore)
—The man sums it up right there.
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Somehow this week I have managed to accomplish absolutely nothing. Not a thing. Zero productivity.
With a pile of half-written stories/scripts and a head full of others, I committed not one word to the page all week. Instead I slept late and bitched about it. Every day.
Quite a feat. Add that to the growing list of my un-accomplishments.
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“Like a cock at dawn, rising to its own song.”
– Vukmir (A Serbian Film)
“Since when have colleges become so controversial? They used to embody humankind...”
– Professor X, “An Anti-College Backlash?” (Sounds lovely.) —I agree.
“You think God belongs only to you? He doesn’t. God is an immortal spirit who...”
– Jesus - The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
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Watchrubenfm:
Here is the Red Band Teaser Trailer for 30 MINUTES OR LESS!
Yeah. I’m gonna see it.
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“After all, the distance any of us non-New York writers have from New York is...”
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Edan Lepucki, Going Native: Writing Place in Los Angeles over at The Millions This whole piece is great. I have to admit that living in a genuinely boring place has helped my writing, somewhat. At least the pace. The role of place and location in writing is the thing I’m most interested in at the...
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'What would happen if the Messiah did show up?'
guardian:
Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian
James Frey, the controversial novelist, talks about truth, fiction and his new book The Final Testament of the Holy Bible
Interesting article/interview. James Frey is an enigma or a contradiction, or both—or, who cares. But one thing has always been clear: he loves writing with a tumultuous passion that burns like few renegade artists.
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