Cracked began its life as a parody and satire competitor for Mad, but in the digital age it has found its true calling – as a socio-entertainment enterprise of the highest and most helpful order. Take this video, for instance, and the lesson it teaches new filmmakers about what not to do.
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In moving images by Will Shoder:
In words and a diagram by Dan Harmon:
Story Structure 101: Super Basic Shit
By Dan Harmon.
Why I Passed On Your Screenplay
A Hollywood pro steps up to tell us how the TV/Film writing biz really works. Our suggestion is that you read it carefully and relish the insight this knowledge gives you.
by Tennyson E. Stead
For almost 10 years, I worked as a development executive for Unified Pictures and Exodus Film Group. One of my chief sources of income over the last year has been writing script coverage, writing development notes, and in general parsing screenplays for writers and producers. My friends, I have read a LOT of screenplays. If you’re an undiscovered screenwriter with more than three our four scripts out there on the market, there’s a fair chance I’ve covered you at some point.
How Hollywood Writing Credits Really Work
This should be required reading for every aspiring film (and to a lesser extent TV) writer. The smart ones will read this before coming to L.A.
Meet the Writer of ‘Gemini Man’ (Who Didn’t Actually Write ‘Gemini Man’)
by Borys KitSitting near the back of the Chinese Theatre, in between his wife and his parents, Darren Lemke watched the big Imax screen light up, Gemini Man unfolding before his eyes.
Status Report from Newly Re-elected WGAW Prez David A. Goodman
LB’s NOTE: I’d say this covers just about everything re where the Writers Guild of America is now and where it – we – want to be in the immediate future.
September 20, 2019
Dear Members,
