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I noticed a  similarity between a recent news story and a script I wrote years ago and had abandoned. I upgraded my computer from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 this week, and spent the rest of the week fixing the problems that created. I didn’t get anything done on “Felix”. That left me with nothing… 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 →

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 →

I came across this posting (http://candidcoverage.blogspot.com/2010/03/avoid-page-10-rejection.html) on James Jordan’s Candid Coverage Blog (http://candidcoverage.blogspot.com/). This posting explains why moviemakers reject many scripts within the first ten pages. He then provides 20 tips to avoid that. His focus is on selling a script to a Hollywood studio, but I think many of the tips are useful, even… Read Article →

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