Posted on June 19, 2010 by gilliebean
A little while ago, screenwriter Scott Myers, who runs the blog Go Into The Story, reposted a reader question about how to actually go about writing once you’re sitting in the chair staring at a black page. He asked for his readers to post helpful hints in the comments section. This was my answer: I think a [...]
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Posted on June 10, 2010 by gilliebean
Most of you know that I’m a filmmaker! Now I’m getting ready to be a film director! I’ve been a first AD and producer for a while now and it’s time for me to be what I’ve always been meant to be… A director. My project is called “Sonny” and it’s about a homeless man [...]
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Posted on March 5, 2010 by gilliebean
When I was in the Act One Executive Program, they offered a class on How to Give Notes to Writers! I thought it was a great class. And when I went through the Writing Program, one year later, I tried to give notes like I’d been taught in that Exec Program class. I also tried [...]
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Posted on February 2, 2010 by gilliebean
I’ve been working on a short film script, as a writer. But the objective for this short film has been for me to direct it. Ryan has been gunning to produce again and it’s time for me to direct. So instead of attacking this most recent rewriting period like a writer, I attacked it like [...]
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Posted on May 27, 2009 by gilliebean
I’ve been writing! And I just completed the first draft on a screenplay that I’ve been writing for a producer in San Diego. Woot! I’m gonna get notes tonight and then I’ll start revisions. It feels good to complete the first draft of another screenplay. It feels like having climbed to the top of one [...]
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