The Bitter Script Reader posted some advice about how to survive to move to LA. I tried to comment over there and it won’t let me, but this is what I said. 1) Get settled so that you’re as comfortable as possible — living out of boxes makes everything seem transient. Have roommates or whatever, …
Tag Archive: Advice
Nov 21 2009
Eddie Kritzer Cont’d
His response to my email: “Which incorrect blog are you talking about?” Boy does this say a lot. I think he just saw my blog and sent me a blanket threatening e-mail that he sends all blogs that say bad things about him. And there are quite a few*. Which makes sense, since nothing in …
Oct 22 2009
Photoshop Liquify Tool: Makes everything better
Seriously. I could stare at this for hours. I mean, I have to actually use the knowledge to fix my painting, but you know, it’s kind of cool that I can just fix it on the computer instead. And make an awesome annoying animated gif, 1998 style.
Oct 18 2009
Nicholl: What I’ve learned so far; 15 and 16
What I’ve learned: You don’t break into the industry with a Mockumentary. People really enjoy reading them, but no one wants to make them or believes you can write based on them. Which is weird because there’s a screenplay sitting there that they really enjoyed, but despite the success of The Office and Best in …
Sep 26 2009
Lots of Twitter Visitors
Where are they coming from? I obsess over the stats on this blog way too much. Probably human nature. In other news, I went to the best restaurant, Panda Inn in Pasadena. Yum. Go Into the Story’s Scott Myers answers a question I asked about how to turn a contest placement into an agent.
Sep 23 2009
Inktip Update; Logline published in Newsletter
I just received an e-mail from Inktip that impressed me quite a bit, mostly because I’m always surprised that there are people making sure the website is running the way it should. Subject: Regarding ‘Bible Con’ Dear Ashley, Your script was chosen to be published in yesterday’s industry newsletter, along with six other loglines. This …
Sep 20 2009
Advice: How not to Audition; 18 things Actors shouldn’t do
I acted as Casting Director for the Thesis Films my last year of grad school and experienced the scariest audition ever. I would like to share the story, as a warning to other actors. Do not behave like this. Ever. We called this actress, MKS, like 2 weeks before we landed in LA. She’d sent …
Sep 11 2009
8 things not to do in rejection letters
It frequently happens that you get rejected in this business. 9 times out of 10 the rejection comes in the form of no response. Occasionally, it comes in really patronizing, mean, or embarrassing e-mails. So, if you ever have to write a rejection letter, here are 8 pieces of advice. 1. Do get the name …
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Kate Donovan
Ashley's co-blogger is a third year student at Northwestern University who runs on coffee and snark. . At some point, she'd like to make people sit on couches and tell her about their feelings, but right now she writes in different places around the internet and makes silly faces when she doesn't know what to say. She's the president of her local Secular Student Alliance affiliate, and she is on the Secular Woman speakers bureau. Opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Secular Student Alliance
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