“Primary exposition is telling and showing to the audience the time and place of the story, the names and relationships of the characters, and the nature of the conflict.”
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Archive for June, 2008
Screenwriting, Baseball and Underdogs
Posted in Screenwriting Road Trips, screenwriting, tagged 2008, baseball, Chris Moneymaker, Client Eastwood, Clinton, college world series, Cynthia Whitcomb, Diablo Cody, entertainment, ESPN, George Washington Carver, Iowa, Joe Eszterhas, John Wayne, Juno, LA Dodgers, Logan Miller, Meryl Streep, movies, Noah Miller, omaha, Orel Hershiser, Oscar award, Phillip Noyce, Record crowd, screenwriting, The Bridges of Madison County, The Devil's Guide to Hollywood, Tommy Lasorda, Touching Home, Walter Murch, Winterset, World Series MVP on June 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“I’d wake up at night with the smell of the ball park in my nose, the cool of the grass on my feet… The thrill of the grass.”
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Don’t Waste Your Life (part 2)
Posted in screenwriting, tagged Arthur Miller, Diablo Cody, Don Hewitt, Don't Waste Your Life, E.B. White, Edward Dmytryk, Harper Lee, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, John Steinbeck, Ken Kragen, Lee Iaciocca, Lilly Tomlin, Mark Twain, Mystery Man on Film, Satchel Paige, Scott Frank, Tom Wolfe, Wordpress on June 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Since my last post had more views in a five day period than anything I’ve posted I thought (like a good Hollywood producer) that I would follow it up with a sequel. But this time instead of limiting myself to more kinda, sorta random quotes on writing and life from mostly screenwriters I’ll open up the [...]
