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Donate to the American Heart Association & Get Your Script Read by Daniel Vang of Benderspink
It’s an enormous challenge finding an agent or manager to read your script when you’re first starting out. Hell, even when you’ve been at it awhile, there’s nothing easy about it. And it’s for a good reason: There are gazillions of talented people competing for a small number of jobs. It’s nothing personal, it’s just business. …
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How Writing Affects the Brain
I stumbled across this infographic a number of weeks ago and it popped up on my radar again this morning. I’ve always found the link between art and science fascinating. Science tests evidence against experience. Art is where your imagination meets experience. In an ever evolving and complex world, science broadens our collective knowledge and …
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A Conversation with Christine Conradt
This began with a simple email asking Christine if she’d like to join an upcoming podcast. When she replied me-mentioning the name of a film she’d be willing to discuss, I knew I wouldn’t have any problem getting Dan on board. The thought was to analyze one film over the course of our conversation. It started …
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Lawrence Kasdan’s Handwritten Screenplay Pages for The Empire Strikes Back
Thanks to the Writers Guild Foundation’s new online exhibit, Scribble to Screen, we can now view Lawrence Kasdan’s handwritten notes from the greatest film in the Star Wars franchise. Kasdan appeared on George Lucas’ radar after selling his script for Continental Divide to Steven Spielberg. Though it was released the year after The Empire Strikes …
Screenplay Analysis
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The Shawshank Redemption
Frank Darabont has often compared The Shawshank Redemption to a Rorschach test. Written and executed with exceptional skill, it possesses a power that allows viewers to effortlessly empathize with its …
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Risky Business
It would be wrong to label Risky Business as just another teen sex comedy. It’s much more than the best that genre has to offer. It’s the yin to The …
