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		<title>Meet the Reader: A Few Brief Thoughts on the Death of Movies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 01:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Morton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[change in the movie industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s been a lot written lately on the decline of the movies as a relevant and vital entertainment medium and &#8211;like it or not &#8212; it looks like we are living in the last days of cinema as we have traditionally known it. There are three primary reasons for this: The technology is dying: the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Lines with DR: Writer as Sacrificial Lamb aka Doug a la Carte</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Richardson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gary Ross, writer-director of films such as Seabiscuit and Pleasantville, invited me to join in a round-table luncheon with Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey. The congressman had shown interest in meeting with movie-making word-merchants to discuss a subject plaguing that particular news quarter: Violence in Movies. The tragic events of Columbine were still in the rearview [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the Page: Funny Changes Everything</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Script Magazine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you ask a comedian what it’s like to perform onstage, don’t expect a lighthearted response. “Doing standup is like walking on a tightrope over a tank filled with sharks while the audience is hacking at the tightrope with machetes,” notes J.D. Shapiro, a regular at venues including world-famous L.A. club the Comedy Store. Yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask the Expert: Can an Out-of-the-Box Indie Succeed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 02:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Script Magazine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Sparling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s Ask the Expert is answered by screenwriter of Buried and ATM, Chris Sparling. Before I say a word, let me simply ask why the default settings for Microsoft Word are eleven point Calibri font?  Has anyone ever – and I mean ever – written something in those settings?  This might seem like a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balls of Steel: Give to Receive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeanne Veillette Bowerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Screenwriter Columns]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob DeRosa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doug richardson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film industry executives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay it forward]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve mentioned the power of paying it forward before, but I&#8217;d like to discuss what makes someone want to help a person. What do they get out of it? How do they decide who to help and who to walk away from? In this cutthroat industry, it’s imperative to learn how to attract those who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How The Writers Store Changed My Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 20:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Trottier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Screenwriter Columns]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[movie magic screenwriter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never set out to become Dr. Format. Oh, no. In the mid to late 80s, I was a marketing executive and doing good work. One day, my Muse Betty whispered to me, “Teach. Write.” I whispered back, “Let me think about it.” So I thought about how much I enjoyed teaching marketing to employees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adapting for the Screen: Heaven and Hell</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 03:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Script Magazine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Screenwriting Articles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adapting a novel to a screenplay can be heaven or hell, and it’s usually a little of each. Why is adapting a joy?  For most screenwriters, the problems of adapting a book are outweighed by the joys of working with very rich source material. Novelists put in so much work to create vivid characters, interesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: The Three Cs of Screenwriting with Jenna Milly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Script Magazine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[concept]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict and character]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wish you could crack the dreaded Hollywood creative executive code? What is he or she looking for in a feature-length script? Never fear, we have some tools for you. Using the three C&#8217;s of screenwriting &#8212; concept, conflict and character &#8212; you can make sure your script has everything you need to get from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Lines with DR: Swear I Didn&#8217;t Do It</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 19:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Richardson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m a big Michael Douglas fan. Have been since I was a boy and he was playing Karl Malden’s sidekick in The Streets of San Francisco. So I thought it was pretty cool when my agent asked if I’d be interested in writing a movie for his company. At the time, Michael Douglas was producing [...]]]></description>
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