tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post1712029756672699755..comments2023-10-15T05:01:43.528-07:00Comments on Bamboo Killers: My essay on how to make it in this town even though I haven't made it yet in this townEmily Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-40551969812829562862010-12-03T12:35:48.018-08:002010-12-03T12:35:48.018-08:00Okay that's two in two decades. Clearly it'...Okay that's two in two decades. Clearly it's a trend.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-60866154862268031382010-12-03T12:25:55.225-08:002010-12-03T12:25:55.225-08:00Callie Khouri won an Academy Award in 1991 for her...Callie Khouri won an Academy Award in 1991 for her first screenplay, Thelma and Louise.Lesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-26067815293166946092010-11-10T19:25:36.678-08:002010-11-10T19:25:36.678-08:00Well, you may not have made it yet but there seems...Well, you may not have made it yet but there seems to be an upswell in interest in female oriented action movies. Not sure if you're familiar with Brad Thor but apparently his books are heading to the big screen.<br />http://bit.ly/axcopUAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-68143437696723808982010-11-10T10:04:00.112-08:002010-11-10T10:04:00.112-08:00My goal is simple.
Write shit I love and that I w...My goal is simple.<br /><br />Write shit I love and that I would pay to see in the theatre.<br /><br />Show it to all sorts of people, friends, family, other writers, and learn from the their feedback.<br /><br />Rewrite it and enter contests and query folks that may want to read my type of story. <br /><br />Rinse and repeat. <br /><br />I write because I love the stories I want to tell. If someone wants to pay me for it someday... awesome.Jim Endecotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484816992028286627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-19587311565795324682010-11-10T09:15:26.652-08:002010-11-10T09:15:26.652-08:00A lot of people show up every year, it's true....A lot of people show up every year, it's true. A lot of their scripts suck and they don't realize- you don't just write the one script. Sometimes you have to get rid of what brought you and get real.<br /><br />I am happy to be teaching. OK pay, long vacations and the kids are either amusing or a good challenge for my acting chops and cop-voice. I've sold stuff. It was great, a lot of fun, I have an IMDB listing and somewhere, something I wrote is on TV (in europe [okay, EASTERN Europe]).<br />But I still don't have an agent. I have a sleeper cell working for me; we'll see how that works. What I have is:<br />HOPE. I hear stories of good writers getting good work sold AND made, I read about that- original stories. original ideas. I also have<br />CONFIDENCE. I know what's out there, I've read enough scripts to know that my stuff is good. and I have<br />PATIENCE. Life is (usually) long. I'm not so tied up in all this crap that I can't see the arc of my own life story; the guy who makes it near the end has better three-act structure.Jeff Pulicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557790577435036365noreply@blogger.com