February 29, 2008
For an understanding of how and why that car appeared in the field that night, you’ll probably want to look to the big man behind the wheel and the nature of his relationship with Larry Davis. Find the answer and then turn it on its side, because if it’s too obvious, it won’t work.
February 28, 2008
By now you’ve had a chance to read the new script pages written by Jerry Lazar and maybe even start thinking about where you’ll take...
February 27, 2008
Every story needs a protagonist with a goal -- and something preventing him from reaching it. Mayor Russell Napolitano is the hero, or maybe anti-hero, of "Right of Way."
February 25, 2008
Sorry, still in Oscar mode here. The fact is, I have read all the submissions from the first week, pondered the various directions they might...
February 23, 2008
The pages have started to come in, and I'm glad to say, everyone seems to be having a good time with the writing. Any of...
February 21, 2008
Some of you are probably thinking about contributing to our script this week but don’t know how to get started. One question I’ve been hearing...
February 20, 2008
Got a couple of emails this week from readers who caught problems in the script's first three pages. One was a geographical foul-up: I seemingly...
February 19, 2008
So, “Right of Way.” What’s it about anyway? Today being Wednesday, I thought I’d write a little about our script’s first three pages and what...
February 18, 2008
In these last quiet days before our first weekly deadline, I’ve been sending out emails and making calls, drumming up excitement for our script. One...
February 17, 2008
I just got off the WGA picket lines and frankly, I’m already missing the camaraderie. Because for three months we were “all in this together,”...
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Before I lived in Echo Park, there was a tiny 1920s bungalow-cottage-standalone house on N. Occidental in Silver Lake. I...
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I don't know why it's taking me so long to choose the new platform for this blog. Well, that's not...