One thing newbie writers do is to think that their dialogue is so clever (a-la Clerks) that it will carry a movie. It won’t. Movies are about “moving pictures” not “moving pictures of two people talking.” If I want to see two people talking, I can go down to the local Jack in the Box, [...]
Pushing through the act 2 rewrite of ‘Below the Ice.’ Had a group of college kids over yesterday for a reading of ‘THE FOURTH.’ What a kick. They were very enthusiastic. Hopefully we can do it again in the weeks to come. Not a lot of new writing this year. Just re-write. After re-write. After [...]
Since I’m doing this on the fly, I wanted to get in and out. Here we go with PROJECT UPDATES! 1) 2 0 3 – nobodies really read it! So sad because it’s pretty damn good. Soon, soon. 2) American Monster – it’s a tough one because of it’s graphic nature and the fact that [...]
‘BULLET PROOF’ recedes in the rear-view: Goodbye, Mateo! Goodbye! It was fun to write. Fast paced. Good hook. A tad long. The fast pace negates the impact of the few extra pages. So we’ll see. I’ve noticed my pattern after finishing a script is to go back and polish the older, non-optioned scripts. So both ‘THE FOURTH’ [...]
A rather disappointing week in terms of production. I did spend a chunk of time looking at my act 2 inciting incidents and got a good handle on them. But birthdays, a dog sent to the emergency room, and stress have teamed to block progress. No big whoop. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger [...]
Slasher’s come. Slasher’s go. A dime a dozen? Sure. Most quickly fade into obscurity. Mocked. Forgotten. But a few stick around. Back in 1978, at the tender age of 11, I saw Halloween.
For all of you folks asking “what’s up with [INSERT TITLE HERE].” Here we go. A blow by blow run-down… On Every. Single. Script.
Finished my new script last Sunday. It’s called ‘THE FOURTH.’ You know the best thing about a firecracker? It’s the antici.. It’s the antici… … tici… Anticipation.