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Sleeping with the Enemy

Posted in Screenwriters, screenwriting, tagged Cedar Falls, Cornell College, Detroit Tigers, Diablo Cody, entertainment, Fatal Attraction, Iowa, Iowa Writers' Workshop, Julia Roberts, Juno, Malmarie Press, movies, Nancy Price, Nancy Price Books, New York Times, Pretty Women, Samuel Goldwyn, screenwriting, screenwriting from iowa, Sleeping with the Enemy, University of Northern Iowa, Waterloo Public Library on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »

“Looking back, I can’t believe that I—a housewife in Cedar Falls, Iowa–saw my poems and short stories appear in magazines, newspapers and books.”
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David Lynch in Iowa

Posted in Screenwriters, screenwriting, tagged American Film Institute., Babette's Feast, Blazing Saddles, Blue Velvet, Bur Hur, Crimes and Misdemeanors, David Lynch in Iowa, David Lynch Weekend, Diablo Cody, Dreams, DV films, entertainment, Exploring the Frontiers of Creativity, Fairfield, Films, Focal Press, Godfrey Reggi, Gregorian chants, Hanry David Thoreau, Iowa, Iowa City, Island Empire, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jesus, John Calvin, John Merrick, Juno, Koyaanisqatsi, Lars von Trier, Lost Highway, Mel Brooks, Mullholland Drive, Neo, peace, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Farnsworth, screenwriter, screenwriting, St. Francis of Assisi, Star Wars, Straight Story, Tender Mercies, The Elephant Man, The Five Obstructions, The Matrix, The Maxtrix, The Qatsi Triliogy, The Seventh Seal, The Shawshank Redemption, Thomas Edison, Twin Peaks, Utopia, Videography Magazine, Walden, Wild at Heart, You Tube on April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »

“Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream, Neo? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world? “
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John Irving, Iowa & Writing

Posted in Screenwriters, Screenwriting Road Trips, screenwriting, tagged A Prayer for Owen Meany--(Simon Birch), Academy Awards, Ben Afflack & Matt Damon, Bobby Bowden, catharsis, Cedar Falls, Dan Gable, David Mamet, David Puttnam, Dickens., Eliot Spitzer, Florida State football coach, Forrest Gump, Gary Ross, Good Will, Hemingway, Hunting, Iowa Writers' Workshop, Jerry Maguire, John Irving, John Updike, Juno, Kurt Vonagunt, Laura Hillendrandt, Michael Caine, movies, Oscars, Powell's City of Books, Prairie Lights Bookstore, Sceeenwriting, Scott W. Smith, Seabiscuit, Tattered Book Cover, The Cider House Rules, The Hotel New Hampshire, The Verdict, The World According to Grap, Tobey Maguire, Tom Wolf, University of Iowa, wrestling, writing on March 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I was talking to John Irving the other day…

Okay, technically that’s true, but it’s not like we were hanging out talking about his writings and the finer aspects of American literature. Irving was in Iowa City this week and doing a Q&A session sponsored by the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. I was simply one of the approximately [...]

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