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Here Are Some Movies That Are Over-Appreciated
Here Are Some Movies That Are Over-Appreciated
Sorry Kubrick and Coppola
Richard Walter
Jul 8
Adapting Novels Into Movies
Adapting Novels Into Movies
Part 2
Richard Walter
Jun 20
Hollywood Power-Players: Please Stop Spanking Writers
Hollywood Power-Players: Please Stop Spanking Writers
There is a sorry old joke: those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.
Richard Walter
May 29
A Classic Hollywood Strategy: Stumble and Bumble Your Way to Success
A Classic Hollywood Strategy: Stumble and Bumble Your Way to Success
Decades in the past, when Neil Simon guest-lectured in my UCLA screenwriting class, one of the students asked him, “Do you laugh at your…
Richard Walter
May 20
If You’re A Writer, You Must Be Ready to Play God
If You’re A Writer, You Must Be Ready to Play God
Prepare yourself to win hearts and minds
Richard Walter
May 6
Want To Be Outrageously Successful in Hollywood? Train as a Hack and a Whore
Want To Be Outrageously Successful in Hollywood? Train as a Hack and a Whore
In other words, be more like Shakespeare
Richard Walter
Apr 30
Here’s How to Query (and Not Query) a Hollywood Agent
Here’s How to Query (and Not Query) a Hollywood Agent
Three examples
Richard Walter
Apr 10
Real Truth Versus Reel Truth
Real Truth Versus Reel Truth
Please don’t try to be true-to-life in movies
Richard Walter
Apr 3
For Writers, There’s Something Worse Than Dying of Encouragement
For Writers, There’s Something Worse Than Dying of Encouragement
It’s even worse that dying of criticism and public failure
Richard Walter
Mar 28
Zorro’s Chiropractor
Zorro’s Chiropractor
My favorite writing assignment
Richard Walter
Mar 27
Oscars, Schmoscars
Oscars, Schmoscars
Art is not the place for debate and discourse
Richard Walter
Mar 19
Adapting the Novel for the Screen
Adapting the Novel for the Screen
Part II
Richard Walter
Mar 11
Adapting the Novel for the Screen
Adapting the Novel for the Screen
With my new novel Deadpan now available to order online at Amazon and, best of all, directly from its courageous publisher Heresy Press, I…
Richard Walter
Mar 4
A Letter from Jack London On What Matters to Writers
A Letter from Jack London On What Matters to Writers
It’s not prose, grammar, or spelling
Richard Walter
Feb 26
Screenwriters — Check Your Pride Or You’ll Pay in Hard Cash
Screenwriters — Check Your Pride Or You’ll Pay in Hard Cash
Narcissism is killer for writers
Richard Walter
Jan 31
If You Want to Write a Screenplay That Sells, Stop Trying
If You Want to Write a Screenplay That Sells, Stop Trying
If at first you don’t succeed…
Richard Walter
Jan 26
Do Racists and Hate Speech Belong in Movies? F#$% Yes!
Do Racists and Hate Speech Belong in Movies? F#$% Yes!
Introducing the comfort plague
Richard Walter
Jan 10
How to Write Good Bad Guys
How to Write Good Bad Guys
The virtues of villainous villains
Richard Walter
Jan 4
There Are Only Two Genres and Two Types of Writers
There Are Only Two Genres and Two Types of Writers
Regarding media criticism and commentary, you’ll never have to stand in line for your ration of condescension, snobbery, ignorance…
Richard Walter
Dec 10, 2023
Real Versus Reel: Get to Know the Difference
Real Versus Reel: Get to Know the Difference
Symbols don’t matter like they used to
Richard Walter
Dec 2, 2023
Copyright and Copywrong
Copyright and Copywrong
Err on the side of the creative muse
Richard Walter
Nov 23, 2023
What Beethoven, Brahms, and Mozart Can Teach Screenwriters About Hollywood Hoaxes
What Beethoven, Brahms, and Mozart Can Teach Screenwriters About Hollywood Hoaxes
Three hoaxes, actually
Richard Walter
Nov 16, 2023
The Screenwriter as Crybaby
The Screenwriter as Crybaby
Stop whining, start writing
Richard Walter
Nov 12, 2023
What is the Point of Screenwriting? To Help Us Predict the Unpredictable
What is the Point of Screenwriting? To Help Us Predict the Unpredictable
Our job is to desensitize the audience
Richard Walter
Oct 31, 2023
There Are Two Questions I Never Answer
There Are Two Questions I Never Answer
Do you have what it takes to be a screenwriter?
Richard Walter
Oct 24, 2023
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