Living on the Edge
How do you deal with the sweeping changes of technology in publishing?
Tips for Brainstorming — or Why I Don’t Believe in Writer’s Block
Besides being one of our friendly STC! Forum moderators, Mike Rinaldi completed the prestigious Act One writing program and has consequently been mentored by some of Hollywood’s top writers and directors. He’s done production work on five feature films as well as commercials and a...
From the Best of Blake’s Blogs: “Back to the Drawing Board”
Every once in a while, we’ll re-post one of Blake’s inspirational blogs. This was first published on July 3, 2008. Sometimes the best thing we can do with an idea is… let it go! As a self-proclaimed “idea guy” l love my notebooks. I love...
Rules of the World
Thanks to Master Cat! Anne Lower, always conquering new heights, for this week’s thought-provoking blog. Writing is fun. I know I’m not supposed to say that; I know I should be telling you that writing is work: exhausting, frustrating, challenging work (it is). I know...
Rise of the Planet of the Apes Beat Sheet
Thanks to Master Cat! Ben Frahm for breaking down the hit film: Writers: Pierre Boulle, suggested by the novel La Planete des Singes. Written by: Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver Director: Rupert Wyatt Genre: See comments 1. Opening Image (1): — Eyes. Not sure if...
Adapting to the Beat
Our thanks to Jeanne Veillette Bowerman for this brilliant and helpful guest blog. Jeanne is the Co-Founder and moderator of the weekly Twitter screenwriters’ chat, Scriptchat, and has a regular Script Magazine column entitled Balls of Steel. A graduate of Cornell University, she’s written several...
Remembering Blake
Two years. We miss you, Blake. Your words — and your life — remain an inspiration. From Blake’s first blog – December 9, 2005: By helping you win, I win too. We all do. And that is the only way to become not only a better...
Write, Shoot, Repeat. (A Cautionary Tale)
Our gratitude to the team of Nicole Greevy and Todd Faulkner for this lesson-and-laugh-filled blog. Nicole is a writer, actor, and producer who co-created and appears in the supernatural comedy and web series, Exorcists Local 667, an Official Selection of the International Television Festival. Her...
Saving the World with Save the Cat!
Our thanks to Aaron Pope, Los Angeles-based writer/director and senior analyst for www.coverageink.com, for this guest blog on LIBERATOR, a very cool project he’s working on with his partner, Jim Cirile. Launching a new superhero franchise without source material is impossible. No question about it....
Erik Bork on Blake’s 10 Genres
Our guest blogger, Erik Bork, is best known for his work as a writer-producer on the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and From the Earth to the Moon, for which he won two Emmy and two Golden Globe Awards. You can find out more through his website, www.FlyingWrestler.com. Though our...
