Wednesday, July 16, 2014

The Problem With Sequels 2: Dragonfire!

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                                                                              Well, I promised you a sequel - though this isn't it, ...
Saturday, July 5, 2014

Book review: Into The Woods (John Yorke)

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John Yorke is one of the most influential people in British drama: he's been Head of Drama at Channel 4 and Controller of BBC Drama Prod...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The problem with sequels... (this is heavy, Doc!)

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                                                                                 Okay, so we all know that the odds of getting a seque...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Screenwriting Structure Wars: The Ultimate Secret

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So what's up with screenplay structure anyway? Do you Save The Cat or have My Story Beat Up Your Story? Are you a three-act adept, a fou...

Bullet To The Head - When Good Buddy Movies Go Bad

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It should have been a match made in heaven: Walter Hill, writer/director of many action and Western classics in the '70s and ...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Premium Rush (2012) - Let Go Of The Damn Brakes!

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In David Koepp's Premium Rush (written by him and John Kamps), the protagonist, Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a bicycle couri...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

The Secrets Are Out... Bill Martell's 'Act Two Secrets' Blue Book Reveals All!

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When Bill Martell finally gets around to finishing his last Blue Book on screenwriting, he will have completed the most exhaustive, practica...
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Friday, December 28, 2012

3-Act Structure Has Been Declared Dead - Once Again

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Tom Lazarus has a new book out, The Last Word: Definitive Answers To All Your Screenwriting Questions . Just got my hands on it, so it's...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Mighty Thor or mighty bore?

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      Though a seminal movie in the run-up to Joss Whedon's The Avengers , Kenneth Branagh's Thor isn't exactly going to kn...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

The paradigm is a-changing - and not for the better

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  More and more screenwriting experts are claiming that 3-Act Structure is dead, and/or that the original Field-inspired paradigm is no long...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Why Green Lantern's Light Sputtered And Died...

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A looooong time ago I gave a glowing review to the screenplay of Green Lantern , by Berlanti, Green and Guggenheim. It seemed to be an almos...
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Review: Blue Book #8:Visual Storytelling by William C. Martell (Kindle, Nook)

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The latest Blue Book is the biggest yet and also the... well, 'best' is such a difficult term to apply because all of the Blue Books...
Monday, March 5, 2012

Review: Writing The Pilot by William Rabkin (moon&sun&whiskey Incorporated, paperback and kindle version)

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If you've ever considered writing a TV pilot, get this book. If you're an executive or development person who want to be able to com...
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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Review: The Inner Game of Screenwriting: Twenty Winning Story-Forms (Sandy Frank, Michael Wiese Press)

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The Inner Game of Screenwriting promises to teach screenwriters the single biggest thing a screenplay needs to be succesful. The secret of...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Review: Secrets of Action Screenwriting by William C. Martell (Kindle, Nook)

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Over a decade ago, William C. Martell published the first edition of Secrets of Action Screenwriting to great success. The book sold out - b...