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I have recently been inundated with news and digital communicaes from various sources indicating that that there is too much to do. Just prior to the climatic scene in Bridge on the River Kwai, the commander of the British commandos sent to blow up the bridge, utters...Articles
I know. I know. It has been almost a month since last I blogged. Months are such a flaky way to measure time, let us use Weeks instead. It has actually been 4 weeks since my last entry. 4 weeks is only a month in February and then we screw that up every 4 years. ...Articles
“No true fiasco ever began as a quest for mere adequacy”…the disaster of mythic proportion known as Elizabethtown. “If at first you don’t succeed”… insert your reference here. I choose Miracle on 34th Street because...Articles
As I approach my 100th episode, (this is 92) I have been reflecting on the craft. The Pitchfest re-affirmed what I consider to be the writers prime directive, “distinguish YOUR work”. All the query letters, log-lines, elevator-pitches, and publicity...Articles
Take 100+ Hollywood Production Types put them in a big room just down the road from Burbank Airport. The day before this, take 500 would be screenwriters with heads firmly in the clouds and whip them in to a frenzy by teaching them how to summarize their BIG ideas in...