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Took a break from screenwriting…

Monday, September 15th, 2008

…only to have screenwriting decide it didn’t want wanna wait for me. New job is a lot of projects at a lot more sustained pace than the old gig. Good, but I still haven’t completely gotten into my comfort zone so there’s still the sense of highwire sans net. Not having a paycheck until the […]

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Because I love James Garner and Steve McQueen and wouldn’t hesitate to chop off a toe, foot or leg to have a drink with either. Godspeed to recovery, JG.
Unk had another installment on screenwriting structure last week, focusing on the Protagonist’s entrance into the NEW WORLD which would, as it turns out, mark the […]

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Somehow the conflux of JK Rowling’s Harvard graduation speech and John August’s advice regarding “wanting to write something else” has me feeling a blog post. With regards to JA, it’s always nice to have something like…
“The time to move on is when reaching the “best version” of your script ceases to be interesting to you.”
…externalized […]

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I think I’m done with long-form movie reviews. My reactions are a strange, skewed, subjective mess and unless I’m taking things apart from a hard theory critique standpoint and making the effort to support my thoughts (which sure as hell ain’t gonna happen at this hour), it’s essentially the same wank seen anywhere else online. […]

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my eyes are on strike

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Somewhere between getting my drafts in order for the competition deadlines, my daily bill-paying 8 hours in front of the computer, the compulsive Sam & Max playing, weekly overseas television downloads, beefing up my digital design portfolio and the 3-year old eyeglasses prescription I’ve royally fraked up my eyeballs. Since I’m incapable of moderation, I’m […]

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