The Social Media Week Story Project is starting to take shape. A team is forming. Stories and characters are developing. And a plan for pulling the whole thing off is starting to fall into place.
Yesterday, Karen Hill and Scott Albert sat down with me and we had a first go at wrestling this sucker to […]
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Technology has affected writers in the last 10 years. In my last post, I talked about viewing habits. Today, I’m going to look at some of the other digital developments and how they affected us.
Blogs
Although blogs have been around since the mid-90s, free blogging services that made it possible for anyone to blog easily arrived […]
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Monday, December 28, 2009
2010 is a milestone. As a writer, my major objection to the first decade of the century has been about naming it. I hate the way this sounds:
The first decade of the two thousands.
On the hand, this rolls off the fingertips:
The first decade of the nineteen hundreds
But other than that, these last ten years have […]
Thursday, December 10, 2009
The Northern California Screenwriters & Filmmakers Expo runs March 26, 27, 28, 2010 at the Silverado Resort in Napa, CA (doesn’t that sound fantastic?!).
The expo includes 2 days of classes and presentations from industry leaders such as:
- Paul Walker
- Oscar-winning screenwriter Bobby Moresco (”Crash”, “Million Dollar Baby”)
- Dave Trottier (writer of the bestseller “The […]
Tickets for the 13th Annual Writers Guild of Canada Awards are now on sale.
Hosted by Geri Hall of 22 Minutes the Awards will take place on Monday April 20th, 2009 at Maro (135 Liberty St, Toronto)
Cocktails: 7:30 p.m.
Ceremony: 8:30 p.m.
Reception: 9:30 p.m.
Tickets are available online* at www.wgc.ca.
WGC Members $45 (2 per member) / Non-Members $75 […]
Check out the videos of David Milch on “The Idea of the Writer” here.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
I was lucky enough to attend the nextMEDIA conference entitled Monetizing Digital Media. I was interested in what opportunities there are for screenwriters in the ongoing digital wave and the word “monetizing” sounded promising.
I’ll get to the bottom line first: the money’s in advertising. Whether it’s banner ads, product placement or building a […]
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
I meant to write about Across the River to Motor City much closer to its release, however a little rally and something suspiciously like paying work got in the way. So please forgive the lack of timeliness of this post.
I was particularly interested in breaking down the first episode of this six-pack because Denis […]
Friday, November 16, 2007
Just a few last thoughts about the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds meetings and then back to regularly scheduled programming.
I haven’t mentioned the French guild — Union-Guilde des scénaristes (UGS).. They were represented by Treasurer Bernard Besserglik and Co-President Olivier Lorelle, the award winning screenwriter of Indigènes, Don Quichotte ou Les mésaventures d’un homme […]
Thursday, November 15, 2007
In Ireland, anti-competition laws prevent screenwriters from negotiating minimum terms because they are independent contractors. According to Chief Executive of the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild David Kavanagh it’s a difficult problem to solve. So the IPSG is developing best practice standards to help guide writers in negotiating their deals.
The TV writing market in Ireland […]
