If you have not been watching the Banksy action on the book’s Going Banksy page you are missing out. It is hilarious and fun. Here are some shots from the Banksy action in Park City and Salt Lake City.
Categories: Books, Conferences, Festivals, Film, Humor, Max Adams, Screenwriting, The Academy of Film Writing, Writers, Writers, Writing
I was over on the Done Deal forums today. I don’t go there often, but I stopped in, hit some posts, answered some, recoiled at others, put in my time. It’s the giving back phase and I had too much coffee so there I am. And I keep seeing this message spewed out over and over again over there: “If it’s ‘great,’ they will want it.” That’s not actually true. Read More ...
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Three Reasons Someone Might Not Read Your Script ~ by Max Adams ~ originally published on Bang2Write Many thanks to Max Adams aka CelluloidBlonde for today’s shot in the arm – I recognize everything she describes here, having probably done them myself years ago AND having been on the receiving end now! Go Max … Number One: You Have No Idea In Hell Whom You Are Talking To – Read More ...
Construction is complete. And no one went to the emergency room! Yay! The big news is, class registration is now automated. Instead of people having to email in via a form [which apparently was not working for a while no telling how long that was in play but sorry about that if you did not hear back from me your email got shredded by the bad internet fairy] you can Read More ...
Categories: Blogs, Classes, Screenwriting, Social Media, The Academy of Film Writing
Heads up, we are doing some construction around here. It should be done shortly but if things look a little in disarray do not panic. It will all be put straight shortly. The main thing we are shifting is how you register for classes. The current registration links will still work but there are some new links and class listings going up too so there is a little overlap. Stay Read More ...
Categories: The Academy of Film Writing
Aren’t you glad there are Do’s & Don’ts for surgeons? And for the Bomb Squad? And for pilots? Don’t you wish there were some for screenwriters? Read More ...
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Holiday month classes tend to be pretty small, January classes tend to be pretty full, that is when the U students are hitting the classes again. I would suggest, if you want to get on January classes, you register now. Courses [All] January Classes: The Art of the Pitch Visual Writing The Sex Scene Register
Categories: Classes, The Academy of Film Writing, The Art of the Pitch, The Sex Scene, Visual Writing, Writing
Want to know how to get a $375 class for a hundred bucks? Then this deal is for you. Read on – IF YOU BUY 3 DIGITAL COPIES OF MY BOOK FOR THE HIGHLY REASONABLE PRICE OF $9.99 each, I WILL GIVE YOU A FREE SIGNED HARD COPY when the book hits print in 2013 — all postage paid in the US. [Non-US peeps, sorry, I cannot predict roving Read More ...
Holiday month classes tend to be pretty small, January classes tend to be pretty full, that is when the U students are hitting the classes again. I would suggest, if you want to get on January classes, you register now. January Classes: The Art of the Pitch Visual Writing The Sex Scene Register
Guerrilla Tactics: Interview With Author & Screenwriter Max Adams ~ by Nancy Bilyeau In the middle of attempting to write my first screenplay, I bought a paperback called The Screenwriter’s Survival Guide: Or, Guerrilla Meeting Tactics and Other Acts of War, by Max Adams. It was a fast, smart read, very funny, with an insider’s wisdom about how to get off the ground as a screenwriter. Max, I learned, had Read More ...
Categories: Articles, Blogs, Film, Inerviews, Max Adams, Screenwriting, The Academy of Film Writing, Writers, Writers, Writing
Yeah yeah yeah, I know, all book all the time. But if you just spent months of your life on a book pulling all nighters, you would kind of be all about the book too. And since this book helps you more than it helps me, get behind it. Jeesh. The New Screenwriter’s Survival Guide is now available at Amazon on Kindle, at Barnes & Noble on Nook, at Kobo, Read More ...
Categories: Books, Film, Max Adams, Screenwriting, The Academy of Film Writing, Writers, Writers, Writing
This is a great blog post about scripts, films, and development by Geoff LaTulippe: Yesterday, in a forum on Done Deal Pro, I posted in a thread where the discussion had turned into theories as to why some movies that come out of Hollywood are so bad. A few aspiring writers postulated that (and I’m not only paraphrasing here, but including musings I’ve heard many times in the past) it’s Read More ...
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