Yes, it’s true. The Writers Guild of America West wants to help us make it big. And, as we pointed out yesterday, using an indie web video or series as a stepping stone to bigger things is an idea whose time definitely has come:
This is important business!
“Nobody knows anything…… Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what’s going to work. Every time out it’s a guess and, if you’re lucky, an educated one.” William Goldman
If you’re writing screenplays or teleplays you know who William Goldman is – a writer with many hats who’s been writing, publishing, etc. for many years. Screenwriter is among his numerous hats. Mr. Goldman is approaching 85 now according to what I can find and I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that he’s still writing. That’s the glory of being a writer. You do it until you drop dead usually.
I admit to being a bit of a Goldman fan and have read some of his books along the lines of Adventures in the Screen Trade and Which Lie Did I Tell. And I’ve enjoyed Butch Cassidy And the Sundance Kid and loved The Princess Bride. The above quote is pretty plain and right on. And it should give every writer some hope.
*If you haven’t viewed this film yet be warned this review may contain spoilers!*
It has been thirty years since the original Ghostbusters was released into theaters and instantly became a classic. Paul Feig, famed director of Bridesmaids and Spy, took the helm in this reboot for a new generation. This film finds a new cast of characters headed by Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth investigating paranormal activity in Manhattan.
Here’s the most encouraging thing we’ve learned this week. STRYKA, the video below, has been so well received – because it’s so damned good – that it’s gotten its director writer-director Emily Carmichael the gig writing the next Pacific Rim film, Pacific Rim: Maelstrom and directing Steven Spielberg’s hotly anticipated Powerhouse.
Ms. Carmichael did this. Others have succeed via this route too. What’re you waiting for?
This is what the web – and your own talent – are for!
