I have been mulling an idea for a while now. Video websites like YouTube have been very successful financially by selling advertizing. Meanwhile, most of the people who post their videos on the sites get little or no money for their contribution. I thought about creating a website for my own videos, where I would… Read Article →
Posts By: James Beattie Morison
I’m one of those people who always thinks of a good comeback, the day after the conversation. One of the nice things about doing a blog is that you can talk about what you would have said. About nine years ago, I did a workshop talking about my films. In the workshop, I wanted to… Read Article →
I was reading Sue Grafton’s book T is for Trespass and noticed similarities between the villain in her story and the one I created for mine. I suppose that I really should not have been too surprised. When I started to create my villain, I didn’t want to base it on anyone I knew. None… Read Article →
I got the first draft of the script done today. It came in at 71 pages. That is still too short for a feature. When I do the next draft, I will see what I can do to enhance the story to make it a feature. I had skipped a couple of scenes part way… Read Article →
This was a very good week for my script. I finished 34 scenes and I have 6 or 7 left to do. At one point I thought I would have the script finished this week. I’m debating if I should replace two scenes that aren’t working with a single scene. I skipped those two scenes… Read Article →
After I have finished the first draft of my detective script and polished it a bit, I want to get someone else to read it. I know that I have my blind spots when I go over my own work, and I suspect that there are not many writers who don’t. Hearing someone else’s opinion is a valuable reality check.
