Our Most Important Post of the Week, as in, “Whoa, I really wish I’d written this.” Hats off to Mihaela Ivan Holtz.
As an artist, you live in a dreamworld. It’s a world filled with creative ideas, passion, and fantasy. In that world you meet characters, you hear music, you envision the stories that you want to create.
From Scary Movies that made us laugh to this just plain VERY Scary miniseries:
If something is ethical but illegal, does that mean we can break the law?
In most countries the law strictly forbids people from sharing copyrighted material without permission. However, not everyone necessarily agrees with this position. New research reveals that many lawyers studying at Harvard view casual forms of piracy as ethically acceptable. Does this mean that the law should change?
Sit back and gaze upon your screen, my children, and all will be revealed by the writing brains behind Script Reader Pro.
Is Deadpool “high concept”? What about Midnight in Paris? Or The Purge?
The fact that you can ask ten different writers and get ten different opinions, kind of sums up how confusing the notion of a “high concept” has become.
Yes, the TV and film writing world is still talking about – and learning from – Aaron Sorkin’s work in terms of his finest work – the script for The Social Network. Although just between us, we believe the first two seasons of The West Wing were even better.