Where’s Waldo?
I feel a little like Waldo. I can certainly turn up anywhere, and I am damn glad to be seen! I am back in Chicago just this minute. I am in town to do some very interesting consulting work in advertising and marketing. Can’t say...
More Success Stories
What separates our method from that of other screenwriting guri? Our primary purpose is to help you to sell your script! Thus when I get a rash of messages from those of you who are using STC! to leapfrog ahead, I just have to share....
Thank You, Chicago Screenwriters
I flew to Chicago last week and met with a group of screenwriters who are fast becoming my favorite friends. Merry Carol, Michelle, Dirk and Linda, Marilyn, Roger, and Jonathon are all working on great scripts. It’s a beehive of activity. The idea was proposed...
Spend a Week with Blake in Maine!
How’s that for an opening line? David Lyman’s Film Workshop in Rockport, Maine is the center of amazing activity for film students all year round. But in summer it’s incredible. If you are interested in directing, editing, film production, or writing for the big or...
Story Commercials
Story is everywhere. It’s in the movies we see. It’s in our conversations when someone asks: How was your day? It’s even in our sales presentations when we tell the “story” of how the house we’re showing came on the market or how a xerox...
Mile-High Thanks
What a great time I had in Denver. It was SO much fun — I’m still here! I’ll be getting on a plane soon and heading back to L.A. but before I do, I just wanted to say “thank you” to the participants in the...
Goin’ To Denver… Yee-Haaa!
I will be in Denver this weekend to present my fantabulous screenwriting seminar AKA Everything You Wanted To Know About The Movie Business And Were Afraid Was True. It will be held at the Raddisson this Saturday 9-5 and for information about how to sign...
Waiting for Jaws
The bad news is: 15 year-old boys would really rather not go to the movies anymore thank you very much. They’re getting their stories from video games, online and from Reality TV shows. I asked some of my college-aged students recently what their favorite movies...
What Makes a Great Logline?
I am starting to see a lot more spec sales in the trades!! This makes me very happy. Maybe… FINALLY… Hollywood is looking outside the studio gates for their movie ideas. ’bout time! One recent sale I cited in my seminar last weekend was one...
Do or Die Time in Hollywood?
This summer promises to be a turning point according to Variety editor Peter Bart. In a recent column, Bart points out that the studios will be forcing their will — and their advertising budgets — on the American viewing public with yet another season of...
