And I thought it was pretty cool that Nebraska produced financial guru Warren Buffett, screenwriter Alexander Payne (Sideways, Election), and actor Marlon Brando, but now I’ve learned that ScriptGirl was born and partially raised in Nebraska (and has strong enough ties there to spend Thanksgiving in the Cornhusker state this year). And on top of that [...]
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ScriptGirl from Iowa & Nebraska
Posted in Screenwriting Biz, tagged Alexander Payne., Bellview, Election, Iowa, Jimmy Buffet, Marlon Brando, Nebraska, omaha, Script magazine, Scriptgirl., Sideways, University of Iowa, Warren Buffett on November 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Cocaine Cowboys & the Future of Film
Posted in Screenwriting Biz, tagged A Clockwork Orange, Anne Thompson, Billy Corben, Cocaine Cowboys, Colombia, HBO, indieWIRE, Jonathan Dana, Magnolia Films, Medellin drug cartel, porsche, rakontur, Stanley Kubrick, The U, University of Miami on November 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday was an important day personally. I got a glimpse into the future. And, yes, it did involve illegal drugs.
I watched the documentary Cocaine Cowboys on immediate viewing online through Netflix. The movie has been out for few years but I had never seen it before. Having attended the University of Miami in 1981-1982 the [...]
How Much Do Screenwriters Make?
Posted in Screenwriting Biz, tagged Atlanta, Austin, Babylon 5, Brett Favre, Cedar Falls, Des Moines, Detroit, Diablo Cody, Drake University, How much do screenwriters make?, Investing in Screenwriting, Iowa, Iowa City, J. Michael Stracznski, John Ausgust, Max Adams, Memphis, Payton Manning on November 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When people think of how much professional football players make they tend to focus on the big numbers. Brett Favre’s $20 million dollar one year contract with the Minnesota Vikings. Payton Manning’s $99.2 million seven year contract with the Indianapolis Colts.. But the truth is most rookies in the NFL earn around $300,000 per year. [...]
Will Anyone Read Your Script?
Posted in Screenwriting Biz, tagged Script magazine, Wesley Rowe on October 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s commonly agreed upon that the first 10 pages of your script are the most important. Script readers are savvy enough to judge in those first ten pages if the story, the characters, the set-up, and the writing keep their interest. But Wesley Rowe makes the case that your spec script will probably be sold [...]
Farrah, Michael & Logan
Posted in Screenwriting Biz, tagged Farrah Fawsett, Michael Jackson, She's Out of My Life, Timothy Sexton on June 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Farrah. Michael. They are part of the small, but elite club in pop culture that are known by one name. Before their deaths yesterday, both Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson had their share of time in the spot light as well as time getting lost in their own versions of never never land. Seems to [...]
The Tonight Show Tonight
Posted in Screenwriting Biz, tagged A Day at the Races, Beautiful Downtown Burbank, Burbank, California, Cecil B. DeMille, Clark Gable, Conan O'Brien, Corning, David Lynch, Disney Studios, Gone With the Wind, Iowa, Jay Leno, John Wayne, Johnny Carson, Marlon Brando, NBC, Red River, Richard Farnsworth, The Burbank Studios, The Grey Fox, the Marx Brothers, The Natural, The Straight Story, The Ten Commandments, The Tonight Show, The Wild One, Universal Studios, Vivien Leigh on June 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien premieres tonight it marks the end of one era and the beginning of another one.
The show will no longer be taped at the NBC studios in Burbank, but across the way at Universal Studios. Though The Tonight Show began in New York in 1954, since 1972 the show [...]
The Bump in Factor
Posted in Screenwriting Biz, tagged Conversations with Screenwriters, Dirck Halstead, E.T., E.T.:The Extra-Terrestrial, Emily Dickinson, fall of Saigon, Harrison Ford, Hemingway, Jimmy Buffett, LAFCPUG Super Meet, Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group, Melissa Mathison, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Robert Capa Gold Medal, Steven Spielberg, Susan Bullington Katz, The Last Mango in Paris, The University of Missouri, Time, University of Texas, Vietnam War on April 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”
Emily Dickinson
So last week I was sitting down at the Rio Hotel in [...]
The Wizard of Hollywood
Posted in Screenwriting Biz, tagged AFI, Des Moines, Dorothy, illegal download, Jason Weinberger, Judy Garland, Katie Couric, NBC Today Show, Pink Floyd, Steven Spielberg, The Dark Side of the Moon, The Wizard of Oz, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, X-Men Origins: Wolverine on April 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”
Dorothy
“Digital downloads! Internet video-on-demand! This is the future!”
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Is Hollywood the New Detroit? (part 1)
Posted in Screenwriting Biz, tagged Alexandyr Kent, DGA, Dodge Durango, Hollywood, John Nolte, LA film czar, Runaway production, screenwriter living outside L.A., screenwriting from iowa, USA Today on March 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Hollywood has a problem and it’s not my fault. Really it isn’t. But if you’re a screenwriter living outside L.A., L.A.’s problem is your opportunity.
Don’t blame me if Hollywood is the new Detroit. I just started “Screenwriting from Iowa” last year. L.A.’s runaway problem has been going on for the last decade. Runaway production is [...]
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