This Creative Spark series from the Academy is so fun to watch. You get to see inside the homes and offices of some of the top screenwriters working today, and get a feel for their process and how they approach their writing each day. It’s nice to see these pros struggle with the same stuff … Continue reading A Few Videos to Watch During a Break from Writing
Tag: Writing Inspiration
Geoff LaTulippe’s Six Week Spec Challenge!
A few weeks ago, I decided to apply for screenwriter, Geoff LaTulippe’s Six Week Spec challenge. Here's the challenge in Geoff’s own words: “Starting 1 September 2014 – professional duties allowing, I’m going to begin writing the first draft of a brand new spec screenplay. I’m giving myself six weeks to complete it. I want you … Continue reading Geoff LaTulippe’s Six Week Spec Challenge!
Quote of the Fey
"Don't waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you're the boss. Or they won't. Who cares? Do your thing, and don't care if they like it." Tina Fey, Bossypants
QOTD
"Art itself can warp the artist, I think. The process involves a public exposure of what may be deeply private, and criticism can feel like a review not of mere work but of the artist’s inner life. This turns some into egoists or recluses or both. Yet while painters or musicians don’t necessarily have to … Continue reading QOTD
The Dialogue: Learning from the Masters
A few years ago, the owner of theOffice, Aleks Horvat, produced a series of in depth interviews with some of today's most successful screenwriters and released them on DVD. Now, for the first time ever, they are available on Youtube in full. The interviews are over an hour long and provide incredible insight into what … Continue reading The Dialogue: Learning from the Masters
QOTD
“[It's]a question I’m obsessed with: Why don’t people work hard when it’s in their best interest to do so? The (short) answer is that it’s really risky to work hard, because then if you fail you can no longer say that you failed because you didn’t work hard. It’s a form of self-protection…" via Malcolm … Continue reading QOTD
Too Sick to Write?
Last week I was pretty sick. Sick enough that I skipped work and stared at the TV all day long without a shred of guilt. Sick enough that I tried to do some stretches on my living room floor and woke up down there two hours later from a very nice nap. Sick enough that … Continue reading Too Sick to Write?
8 At The Zoo, a Fundraising Play for theOffice
Every Monday night, theOffice closes its doors so that the writers and actors of Safehouse can take over. Safehouse consists of about 20 working Hollywood writers, including founding members Jim Uhls and Blake Herron. They workshop new material with actors in front of the group. It's been a "safe house" for screenwriters and playwrights for over 10 … Continue reading 8 At The Zoo, a Fundraising Play for theOffice
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QOTD
"The odds of making it as a screenwriter always seem daunting… If you took every single person that said, “I want to be a writer,” in Hollywood, everybody who ever said that, then the percentage of people who actually make it in terms of actually being a working writer would be extraordinarily small. But then, … Continue reading QOTD
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