08/15/2013 Screenwriting

One commodity that will never be in short supply among writers is paranoia. Yes, from time to time writers’ intellectual property is infringed upon, but that happens rarely, and it is virtually never intentional. When it happens, it happens because of the nature of a creative community tossing about creative ideas in discussions at delis […]

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08/03/2013 Screenwriting

Plenty of screenwriting pundits and gurus assert that if a screenwriter wants to succeed, she’s got to keep up with industry trends. She’s got to know the weekend’s grosses, chart the rise and fall of box office figures for this picture and that one, and reach back into previous weeks and months, all the while […]

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