Mark Davidson. The Writer.

Archive for May, 2011

21 May

Nobody wants your original spec… or do they?

Interesting link HERE. Not a lot of new stuff, but a great job of gathering together some key ideas. 1) Movies are in the hands of marketers, not auteurs; 2) Sequels make sense for the studios; 3) Sequels DO serve a purpose, sate a desire. So what to do if you’re not writing sequels? If [...]

13 May

The 7 Stages of get off your ass and get to work

I was recently corresponding with some people about a tardy project — I was the one that was tardy. Thing is, this wasn’t the first time. Why? Why does this keep on happening? Particularly on a pitch. For this scenario, I had already written the pitch – twice – and now had to (basically) re-do the whole [...]

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