Every year the Women of Cinematic Arts puts on a killer conference with a line up of current power house players in the Industry. On the whole, there are a ton of USC alumni and most encouraging – WOMEN in key creative roles. Aside from hearing personal anecdotes on blockbuster movies and shows, it is also …
Tag Archive: Writing
Oct 09
Don’t Make Your Characters Dumber Than Your Audience
There should be a universal list of no-no’s that every writer (and editor) should be forced to go through when they have completed their work. Amongst them, in fact maybe even atop this whole list, is that your main character should never become dumber than your audience. Here’s what I mean: I’m in the last 150 …
Oct 02
The Double-Edged Sword of New Ideas
It’s funny how new ideas arrive. I don’t get them a lot. Maybe a couple of really good ideas every year, but definitely not more than that. As a writer, though, we always have to be in search for those new ideas, and willing to open our minds to and chase nearly every idea that …
Sep 28
Write Movies Finalists – 25th International Writing Competition
Moving on up… Terra Incognita made Finalist at the WriteMovies.com competition. They actually have made some of their past winning scripts. Good competition to participate in. At least we now have an idea that our script can compete with international ideas. Global market value, baby! WriteMovies.com International Writing Competition #25 We received nearly 1000 screenplays, …
Sep 13
Austin Heart of Film Screenplay SEMIFINALISTS!
So I had received my rejection letter from AFF on my birthday, no less – telling me that we made it to the 2nd round of the Drama competition with Terra Incognita. I was so bummed. I really thought that script was perfect for this competition. They even had a special section for: Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Mythology Perfect, …