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Lessons from Hollywood: Things NOT to Write About

WARNING: I name drop to an obnoxious level in this article

Adam Sandler Hates Carpet Padding

I’ve been on Medium for a week and maybe it’s the algorithm but mostly I’m seeing articles about how to get followers (100 in 1 hour!) or how to write in more profitable ways (Use These Writer’s Tools and Tricks to Earn $4000 a month Passive Income for the Rest of Your Life!)

In a way it reminds me of the old Classified Ads gambit where people would take out classifieds in all sorts of print publications and ask people to send $1 and a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope [SASE!] to get details on how to make money through classifieds. It’s like Inception, with envelopes.

Or, going back further, it’s like that Italian dreamer and his postal coupons.

Charles Ponzi

Digression: with all the scams playing out around the world these days, our tv production co. has put a series based on Ponzi into development. He had a ton of adventures and run-ins with the law before his big caper made him the poster boy for, well, for Ponzi Schemes.

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