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Dialogue Yes; Dialect No

Dialogue Yes; Dialect No

Collaborator Is Not Always a Dirty Word
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In Hollywood, It’s Not What You Know But Who You Know — Right?

In Hollywood, It’s Not What You Know But Who You Know — Right?

Dispelling one of the biggest myths in town
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Six Friends Every Writer Needs

Six Friends Every Writer Needs

Your success depends on it
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A Lesson from My Movie-Star Sister

A Lesson from My Movie-Star Sister

Filmmakers, take note
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The Difference Between Original Screenplays and Adapted Screenplays

The Difference Between Original Screenplays and Adapted Screenplays

Nothing!
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Over- and Under-Appreciated Movies

Over- and Under-Appreciated Movies

Less Altman, more Hackford
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Here Are Some More Movies That Are Over-Appreciated

Here Are Some More Movies That Are Over-Appreciated

Oscar winners shall not be spared
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Here Are Some Movies That Are Over-Appreciated

Here Are Some Movies That Are Over-Appreciated

Sorry Kubrick and Coppola
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Adapting Novels Into Movies

Adapting Novels Into Movies

Part 2
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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.
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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…
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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
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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
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Here’s How to Query (and Not Query) a Hollywood Agent

Here’s How to Query (and Not Query) a Hollywood Agent

Three examples
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Real Truth Versus Reel Truth

Real Truth Versus Reel Truth

Please don’t try to be true-to-life in movies
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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
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Zorro’s Chiropractor

Zorro’s Chiropractor

My favorite writing assignment
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Oscars, Schmoscars

Oscars, Schmoscars

Art is not the place for debate and discourse
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Adapting the Novel for the Screen

Adapting the Novel for the Screen

Part II
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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…
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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
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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
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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…
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Do Racists and Hate Speech Belong in Movies? F#$% Yes!

Do Racists and Hate Speech Belong in Movies? F#$% Yes!

Introducing the comfort plague
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How to Write Good Bad Guys

How to Write Good Bad Guys

The virtues of villainous villains
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