…From a guy who definitely made this talk a success for us:
We used to be kinda proud of being aimless. Well, okay, not proud exactly, but definitely amused. Watching and listening to James Murphy, above, has caused us to re-examine our lives.
Write NowWrite What Now?
As writers, along the away at some time, we’ve all heard the admonition, Write What You Know.
Uh huh, right. Well I’ve always kind of wrestled with that, but now I’ve heard it put another way.
Nope, we don’t even pretend to know about video game writing. But this guys, and reading this article has taught us a hell of a lot (which can transfer right over to our TV writing obsession as well):
As is my unhealthy obsession, I waited impatiently for BioShock Infinite to unlock on Steam—then I played the game through in a single sitting. It took about 11 hours (on normal difficulty), though I didn’t “complete” the game in the sense of finding all the secrets it contains. I left some doors locked, and I didn’t find all the codes, but I did fully experience the game’s main draw: its story.
Read ‘n’ learn, kids. Read ‘n’ learn:
RUSH
Set against the sexy and glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing, RUSH portrays the exhilarating true story of two of the greatest rivals the world has ever witnessed—handsome English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl). Taking us into their personal lives on and off the track, RUSH follows the two drivers as they push themselves to the breaking point of physical and psychological endurance, where there is no shortcut to victory and no margin for error. If you make one mistake, you die.
Well, that’s what newly minted NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke said last week while buttering up the press.
Hollywood Reporter.Com reports that Ms. Salke’s development philosophy goes something like this:
I think this is the most daunting time — about a month from now — where it settles in that you have this money to spend and this agenda to create hit television…To be in these jobs, you have to be a believer that it’s possible … that if you build it, they will come.