The thoughts of Max Landis on screenwriting, life, love and nonsense. Read posts first at http://www.maxlandiswrites.com/ Curated by @oliverjudge.
Originally published at Max Landis Writes.
This short post is made up of a collection of thoughts originally posted on Max’s Twitter account.
People endlessly talk about “tone” and “internal logic” in script development, and for good reason. You see, suspension of disbelief, ie, the…
The most difficult part about having a mood disorder is acknowledging that, no matter how vehemently you feel something, it could be wrong. I’ve met many people who aren’t able to recognize this aspect, and get swept in their tides, constantly sad or overjoyed or angry. It’s the annoying waiting…
So last time I was here I was talking about the current business of screenwriting, and how my attempts to self promote to circumvent the new model had backfired, and people had…varied reactions to it.
This time I thought I’d give you advice that might actually help you, without…
Seeing as it appears the new Ghostbusters franchise will be moving away from the previous films, and be a complete reboot, I thought it would be fun to release an idea I’d been kicking around for a third movie, turning the first two into a trilogy. Following my own beliefs about trilogies, it is a…