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: screenwriting
May 01 2010
Bible Con Rewrite
Nicholl 2010: Submitted ScriptSavvy April: Submitted Mysterious Director #1: Sent Mysterious Director #2: Sent Mysterious Manager: Sent Family Friend Who Writes on Awesome TV Show: Sent Mom, friends, internets friends: Sent (If I missed you, holler)
Apr 28 2010
Writing Insanity Cont’d – 2
So, the last 20 pages are all handwritten. It may come in under page count, but that’s OK. I think there are some formatting issues and underwritten stuff that a polish pass will probably add some length. I’m going to type it up tonight and print it out tomorrow to start polishing through it. I’ll …
Apr 27 2010
Writing Insanity Cont’d
Only 20 pages to go. Up to now, the rough structure hasn’t changed too much, but the characters, tension, and absolute ridiculousness have been taken to their logical extreme. This means that the dominos that have been set up for the farcical ending are totally different. Hopefully, if the set pieces are good enough, it’ll …
Apr 26 2010
Writing: Insanity
So, I’m insanely trying to get through a new draft of Bible Con by May 1st. I decided to do that … um today. And yes, it’s nuts. Fortunately I tend to work really fast when I can focus. So only like… 50 pages to go, so… yeah. But today I wrote something that made …
Mar 22 2010
A comment about Eddie Kritzer I got today
This is a lesson I will never forget (with the scumbag Eddie Kritzer): This is the letter I jsut sent him today: “Mr. Kritzer, I sent you the letter 75 days ago to terminate my agreement with you. I will give you until This Friday (March 26) to return the $700 (or less before your …
Mar 02 2010
Crazy Busy
Forgive the pun. Housing situation up in the air. Getting packed, finding a place to live. It’s a lot of chaos, so I haven’t posted here much. I actually wrote yesterday, which was good. F and I wrote a parody (rip-off?) of the Greatest Commercial of All Time. I need to spend more time writing …
Jan 20 2010
Maleficent
It seems that Tim has a hankering for SLEEPING BEAUTY… but not really… You see, he’s going to tell the story from Maleficent’s point of view. In fact, it’ll be called MALEFICENT. She was always the most interesting character in that story, but we never knew why she hated those three little fairy wenches… or …
Jan 20 2010
Call to TV Screenwriters/Enthusiasts
Does anyone have a copy of a Glee script? I promise it’s just for personal use… Please?
Jan 11 2010
Movie News; January is Entertainment on Crack
December is a relentlessly slow month in Los Angeles. It can be refreshing or really painful if you need to be working. January, however, makes an attempt at making up for all the hours not worked in December. Today: Sarah Palin will have her own show on Fox News. “It’s wonderful to be part of …
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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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