William Martell’s article “Blockbuster Brilliance!” from the September/October edition of Script, perfectly outlines my final, winning rebuttal to an argument I’ve been having with a writer friend mine who thinks Avatar shouldn’t be on my 2009 top ten list. (After all, we’re screenwriters, not just “average moviegoers.”)
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What’s New in the Sept/Oct 2010 Issue of Script
Aaron Sorkin on The Social Network! Chris Provenzano & Charlie Mitchell on Get Low! Stephen Schiff and Allan Loeb on Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps! All of this and much more in the Sept./Oct. issue of Script magazine on newsstands now!
PRIMETIME: How should I lay out episodic format in a written pitch?
NEVER use one-sheets or leave-behinds. Execs and producers may ask, but they almost NEVER HELP YOU.
PRIMETIME: Can I submit my sizzle reel electronically… and should I password-protect it?
When people are super-proprietary over ideas they pitch, and they think it’s the only one of its kind, A) they’re wrong, and B) it feels like amateur hour.
SCRIPT ON SCRIPT: July/August 2010
When I saw the title of Dwayne Alexander Smith’s article in the July/August edition of Script and the accompanying, enticing picture of the sexy, welcoming, smiling woman with the “no” and “yes” signs, I became quite excited. “The Agony of the Silent No” must contain the answers to my problems. However, soon enough I realized the woman in the picture wasn’t welcoming me, but only teasing me, and that she would leave through the back door before I ever found out if we were going home together… or something like that.
TV Writer Podcast Episode 1 – Matt Miller (Human Target/Chuck)
Script Magazine is proud to announce our editorial partnership with TVWriterPodcast.com! Hosted by Gray Jones, the TV Writer Podcast is devoted to interviews with working TV writers. For the inaugural episode, Jones has not one but two interviews with Human Target show runner Matt Miller.
