The first question most new writers ask those of us who already are working professionally at the craft in various media inevitably is, “Will you read my script/book/whatever else I’ve written?”
After that gets the most tactful version of “Hell no!” the pro can come up with, most newbies swiftly move to the second most-asked question. “Why won’t the agents I write to even answer me?”
Remember when feature films used to be the leaders in cinematic expression?
No?
Well, come to think about it, that was pretty long ago. Here’s an interesting video about the new leaders of the media pack. Enjoy and learn, gang!
Seth Godin isn’t primarily a media guy, but he sure is a perceptive one, and the way media work is just one of his many great strengths.
Join us for a few words about the relationship between old and new media and you’ll see why our signature writing competition, PEOPLE’S PILOT 2019 welcomes media old, new, and, you know, in between.
Lawrence Kasdan on how he writes those beautiful scripts. (Don’t worry if you aren’t sure who he is. The second paragraph below will fill you in.)
“I wrote screenplays as a way to get into production. I wrote six or seven before I sold one; that was The Bodyguard. I thought if I started selling these screenplays, I’d get a chance to direct. I thought that was the way in.”
Regardless of whether your experiences with the actors you’ve been writing for and otherwise working have been good, bad, or indifferent, the following post about a future where electronic media – which are pretty much everything we watch today except for stage plays and live concerts – is fascinating.
NOTE FROM LB: Admission – my knee jerk first reaction to an actorless future was, “Yes! No more ridiculous actor demands to deal with!” But I immediately thought of all the times great performances have resonated with me as a viewer and saved my butt as a producer and realized that no matter how great the technology may get, human performers always will be irreplaceable.
