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Writing is always a leap of faith. Good writing requires that you challenge yourself. Do things that you have never done before. And possibly fail. Write dangerously!
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“Goddamn it, I knew I should've listened to my mother. I could've been a cosmetic surgeon, five hundred thousand a year, up to my neck in tits and ass.”
From a movie released on this date.
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The thing about luck is the more scripts you have, the more queries you send, the more people you interact with, etc - the more chances you have.
Bin Filling: Most of the time I am writing one script and suddenly have ideas for other scripts.
When I have a deadline, there's brainstorming ideas... And raiding the dialogue and action and character bins. DROID GUNNER (9 days!) was mostly random funny lines on note cards. 5/5
Assignments are usually based on existing material or something that I pitched in the room - so the idea and characters and some of the scenes are already figured out and I just need to flesh it out, write the treatment by the deadline, and the script comes from that (plus their notes). 4/5
My reason for trying to write consistently every day is so that I know I can ramp up a little if I have a crazy deadline. Also I am used to working on a deadline instead of when I am in the mood. Before pro, 1 page a day (min) before work gave me 3 new scripts every year. And confidence.
3/?
Usually I take the deadline and figure out how many pages I need to write in a day, and add a quick rewrite. So anything that was rough gets fixed before my deadline... And they think I'm a genius. (I am not)
2/?
The pages a day on an assignment depends on the deadline, and I have had crazy ones. Last movie was 2 weeks - because they were trying to get the film made and delivered to the streamer in 5 months. That didn't happen, but my script was written in 2 weeks. 1/?
Two different things.
An assignment doesn't get an idea bin, because they want a finished script by a deadline, and I am scrambling to get it written.
If I come up with an idea for one of the future scripts (idea bins) I'll write it on a card (or whatever) and put it in the bin.
But I have deadline!
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Trailer Tuesday: THE IPCRESS FILE (1965). Michael Caine is The Spy Who Does Paperwork in this great film. Great dialogue, great shots, great music: John Barry, great performances. One of my favorites.
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There comes a point where I want to turn all of those ideas into a script - and I don't need to go searching for them or trying to remember something from a year ago. It's there. Waiting.
I haven't reread that tip, but I am guessing it's my idea bins. They fill whenever they fill. Some from the 80s are still a couple of notes (though usually those get dumped after a while). When I am writing one script I always get ideas for another - so those go in the bins.
Nobody.
Are they all action scripts with car chases and shoot outs and fist fights?
I guess I misunderstood...
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Great movie score by a woman?
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![Modern Times (1936) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:65cgkcx2blgsnpyj7pmsp5fu/bafkreifjyk2dsq2adtppqjggfwmwujwtntofuafs73rnrwyrnuzo3kbbmq)
On this date in 1936 Charlie Chaplin's great MODERN TIMES was released in the USA. Written and Directed by Chaplin. Starring Chaplin and Paulette Goddard, Tiny Sanford, Henry Bergman, Hank Mann, Chester Conklin, and Stanley Blystone.
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