Diablo Cody’s script Juno earned her an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In some interviews and her own writing before the Oscar win, she talked about keeping her work real. From Diablo Cody’s Tips for Blogging Your Way to Hollywood Success, By John Scott Lewinski, Wired magazine site: “One of my teachers told me [...]
Protecting your identity as an artist “The people who love their craft and see themselves as artists, and carry that identity through and study each day… are the people who thrive. … Successful people are able to sustain their identity as separate from their profession and what’s happening to them. That’s particularly important in the [...]
Television’s got feature films beat “Each year hundreds of screenplays become feature films. And each year thousands of teleplays become television episodes. “Opportunity-wise, television’s got feature films beat. TV’s got the heat. The magic. The glitz. All that’s missing is you. How do you change that? It’s about YOU first and your talent and ability [...]
In his article How to write your book faster, Steve Manning claims there are a number of myths about gaining success as an author, such as these: Talent: in order to write a book, the less writing talent you have, the easier it will be for you. If you’re a professional writer right now, it’s [...]
A long road for Alan Ball Getting the needed meetings to get his script for “American Beauty” actually produced [by DreamWorks] only happened some years after Alan Ball [photo] was discovered by a talent scout at Carsey-Werner Television who had seen his play, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress. Never schlep coffee again In a [...]
Preconceptions about the creative process We live with a lot of mythologies and concepts about the “inspiration” and “craft” aspects of expression that influence how we approach doing something creative. One of those ideas is that anything so complex as a film script must necessarily take a long time to develop. But screenwriter James Lamberg [...]
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