There are rumors of the film office here in Iowa kicking back up, but for the record this blog really uses Iowa as a metaphor. It’s about writing screenplays in places seemingly far from Hollywood. It’s a niche, but a broad niche.

I re-read your bio and thought you might know my old boss, Jim Banister. Im not sure what he did on it, but I always had the impression he was an integral part of post production for Shoah… just curious if this is another on those small world stories.

Keep up the great work on your screenwriting blog. I keep toying with the idea of starting a filmmaking blog on a domain I bought, filminginiowa.com, but after all the scandals the last couple of years, not sure Id have that much to talk about. I think my SAG card would have more use if I put it in a frame and hung it on my wall than it does in my wallet.

Keep up the great blog, would love to talk more some time.

Troy Rutter

Thanks for the note. Muscatine, as I’m sure you know, has an interesting history so I expect good things from you guys.

“And I remember Muscatine—still more pleasantly—for its summer sunsets. ” — Mark Twain (who lived in Muscatine for a while.)

Phil Vischer, the co-creator of Veggietales is from Muscatine and I believe writer Max Allan Collins (The Road to Perdition) still lives there.