Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards: DEADLINE JUNE 1st – NO ENTRY FEE – ONLY FOR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENTS The Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards is one of the most prestigious writing competitions in America, only available to University of California students. From the Website: Some of th[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Writing’
August 9th, 2009 - 7:17 am § in Screenwriting
Nancy Miller on Writing
Nancy Miller is the showrunner for Saving Grace. She has some valuable information on writing and succeeding in this strange business. She says as writers, directors, actors, etc. you need three things; 1. Talent 2. Craft 3. Tenacity Solid advice. Here’s the whole interview. I highly recomme[...]
July 29th, 2009 - 11:20 pm § in Screenwriting
Sundance Screenwriters Lab
My screenplay “Old Money” hast made it into the second round! I now have until August 15th to rewrite it. I had originally set it aside to work on another project, but now rereading it I am pleasantly surprised by what I found. There are the usual typos and small events that do not pay [[...]
July 15th, 2009 - 9:33 pm § in Filmmaking, Screenwriting
Writing Transitions: The Narrative Jump Cut
In my continuing study of Raging Bull I came across the Wikipedia article on Jake Lamotta and a bit of narrative brilliance. This is the “Early Life” section of the article: “LaMotta was born in New York City, specifically the Toodles McGee section of The Bronx, near the Pelham Par[...]
July 9th, 2009 - 9:23 pm § in Filmmaking, Screenwriting
Porn, Drama and Documentary
Introduction to Dramaturgy Last week I saw the German Documentary 9 to 5: Days in Porn. Porn, love it or hate it, is inherently interesting. The moral debate surrounding pornography is beyond the scope of this article. As a writer and filmmaker my biggest issue with this documentary was dramaturgica[...]
July 2nd, 2009 - 3:32 pm § in Screenwriting
John August on Writing
I got an email yesterday that I still have time to submit my screenplay to the sundance screenwriting lab. I had tried to make the deadline on May 1st, but unfortunately that day turned out to be a national holiday in Berlin. John August has some very good advice in this post, especially about rewri[...]
June 26th, 2009 - 6:34 pm § in Filmmaking, Screenwriting
Elizabeth Gilbert on Creativity
Thanks to Dara for the link:[...]
June 24th, 2009 - 6:01 pm § in Filmmaking, Screenwriting
Failure
“I think that people who end up becoming artists are those people who are best able to live with uncertainty.” Another funny little thing I picked up on today for writers, a little too threatening for me, but entertaining nonetheless.[...]