The Ride of Your Life
I love this interview with Patti Smith. She gives great advice for creative people. AND she compares life to a rollercoaster ride, (one of my all-time favorite scenes from the movie Parenthood) I’ve included the Parenthood clip below Patti’s interview for your enjoyment. Have a great day! Here are a few of my favorite quotes from Patti Smith: “Be concerned... Read More
Movie As A Mirror For Your Holidays
Connie Britton & Ed Burns in Fitzgerald Family Christmas This Thanksgiving week holiday, I’ve watched Skyfall, Lincoln, Funny People, The Five Year Engagement, Being John Malkovich and Fitzgerald Family Christmas. I wonder what this collection of movies says about me. I love movies. I love watching movies. I love reading about how movies are made. I follow Edward... Read More
Interview with Brad Feld- VC, Entrepreneur & Marathon Man
Here’s my interview with Brad Feld, nationally recognized speaker on the topics of venture capital investing and entrepreneurship who writes widely read and well respected blogs at www.Feld.com and www.askthevc.com He also happens to be one of the most generous, intelligent and thoughtful dudes I’ve ever met. Brad shares his story of success and gives tips for finding... Read More
It’s Never Too Late to Try Your Hardest
This is the 10th blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here Day 21 – 19,092 words down I’m packing for the Sundance Film Festival! I can only imagine how disappointed I would be with myself if I hadn’t taken on this challenge and I was going back to Sundance without accomplishing much of anything this year. I am so friggin’ happy that I... Read More
The Unbearable Heaviness of Editing
This is the 9th blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here Day 20 - I printed out the screenplay yesterday. I took a picture and texted it to my sister and a couple of friends. It felt pretty cool. Scary – but cool. They all asked to read it. I told them I needed time. I wasn’t ready for feedback yet. As a writer, I’ve come to know my... Read More
The End – Roll Credits?
This is the 8th blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here Day 19 - I finished the first draft!!!! I am printing it out as we speak, er, as I write this! It’s short in the word count department, but the beginning and the end of my story met in the middle and the pieces are in place. It’s definitely a first draft. A really rough first draft.... Read More
Procrastination
This is the 7th blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here Day 18 - Wednesday 9:32am I’m having trouble getting moving on the screenplay this morning. Usually I’m done or almost done by now. I haven’t even opened Final Draft yet. I don’t want to. Why? Don’t feel like it. It’s snowing outside and I just want to... Read More
Edward Burns Reads My Blog :-)
This is the 6th blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here Day 16 – I got a tweet from one of my favorite writer/director/filmmakers, Edward Burns yesterday. It made my day. I had just been whining about how maybe I shouldn’t have gotten back onto Twitter and Facebook (I took a 3 month Social Media Sabbatical) because sometimes it just sucks the energy... Read More
Shitty First Drafts & The Hierarchy of Goals
This is the 5th blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here Paula does a spit take Day 14: Word count= 13,378 (That’s 478 more than my schedule!) I’m starting to worry that I won’t be done with the story by the time I’ve hit my word count. I have the opposite of writer’s block. I have too MUCH to write. That’s a really nice feeling. ... Read More
The Shittiest Screenplay of Them All, Days 7-11
This is the 4th blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here my Sundance coffee mug Day 7- 6:30am I woke up thinking I was behind a day in my writing. My house guests left yesterday morning for the airport, but I decided to go skiing and watch movies all day, so no writing for me. I did a little happy dance this morning when I discovered that in my Master Graph... Read More
