A Screenwriter’s Island Life Initialization AKA The AI-Driven Retirement Plan *Disclaimer: Luna is my AI Assistant. It is not alive. Any references to “she” or “her” in this blog were strictly accidental. While I can’t speak for you, Good Reader, I have to say I’m already tired of the ‘Round Up The Usual Suspects” answers […]
This subject reminds me of 1979, my first year studying in London. I was rooming with a guy from Liverpool, an actor, going to school at the Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art. I went to see one of his shows. Ridiculously good. I went backstage. “What’d ya think?” he asked. “Amazing! I really have no […]
Ah, development hell. That magical purgatory where screenplays linger for years, collecting dust, rejection notes, and the tears of screenwriters. It’s the Bermuda Triangle of Hollywood—ideas go in, chaos ensues, and sometimes, sometimes, something escapes. Here are seven legendary tales of scripts that clawed their way out of hell, battle-scarred but victorious. Dallas Buyers Club: […]
A bit of a screenwriting hodge-podge today. Here we go: REPURPOSING MATERIAL You never know where you can use previous material in terms of projects you’ll work on in the future. That means re-using your stuff. God knows how many plays I’ve written whose only purpose was to become a doorstop. Along with a closet […]
Hi Folks… I’ve been bad. It’s true, I’ve shirked my responsibilities here at Script Gods. The forces of excess triviality had carved me up. Thus– and I’m dead sure you’ve noticed– no posts in the last two months. I’ve been halfway around the world and back. That beach up top is Manuel Antonio, Pacific coast, […]
