Late to the Game
A (somewhat) Daily Record of My Journey (in my 40's and beyond) to Success in HollywoodAudition
So, I had an audition today to play Cole, aka, the Dad, in a UCLA student film. Always nice to be called in, but some suggestions for student filmmakers... Make it clear where the audition is at - if you provide a map, use landmarks that are clear and obvious. If you...
Inspirational Quote: Jacob Krueger
"The difference between professional writers and amateurs is simply the level of your ability to manage procrastination." ~ Jacob Krueger
My Annual Challenge
I've never much cared for New Year's Resolutions. They don't tend to work and honestly, most people see them as a joke, even if they do try and plan for them. However, in keeping with my annual goal setting, and now reinforced by my VISION, evidenced in my MISSION...
Inspirational Quote: Flannery O’Connor
"The writer who emphasizes spiritual values is very likely to take the darkest view of all that he sees in the country today.The sharper the light of faith the more glaring are at to be the distortions the writer sees in the life around him." ~ Flannery O'Connor,...
Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing, Deadline: March 5, 2017
Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing | Windsor Fringe | Deadline: March 5, 2017 Amateur playwrights world-wide are invited to submit unpublished one-act plays in English for the Kenneth Branagh Award. Three winning scripts will be selected for performances...
Inspirational Quote: Tony Robbins
"To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others." ~ Anthony Robbins
Hollywood Stories: The Myth of the Overnight Success
When you're in the thick of things, trying to be discovered, trying to succeed, trying to survive in Hollywood, it's easy to fall into the trap of believing that your heroes - the people who have found success, who are where you want to be, have just always been...
Inspirational Quote: Patrick Ness
"Nobody can tell you how to write, they can only tell you how they write. And if you finish with a script, you've done it correctly." ~ Patrick Ness
Juggernaut
It's an uphill battle and no, you might not win, And if you get knocked down, you must begin again. Push yourself to the limit, then push it back again. Give it all you can give it, that's how you win it my friend. Take every inch don't give. Don't give an inch you...
Inpirational Quote: Billy Mernit
"Caffeine. Alcohol. A toke, a toot. Everyones got their favorite stimulant, but when it comes to working on a draft, the overwhelming drug of choice for most writers I know is music." ~ Billy Mernit
Inspirational Quote: Roderick Thorp
We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies. ~ Roderick Thorp
Quote: Carrie Fisher
"I don't want my life to imitate art, I want my life to be art." ~ Carrie Fisher
Quote: Ernest Hemingway
"The world breaks every one and afterward many are stronger at the broken places." ~ Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Inspirational Quote: Edmund L Hartmann
"A writer had to write something to interest the star. it might be dull, cliche-ridden, tedious, vacuous, but if it had star quality, it was worth a fortune." ~Edmund L Hartmann
Inspirational Quote: Frank Capra
"If the audience gets everything, if they see the photography and notice that it is good, then the story goes out the window, but if you become involved with the lives of the actors and forget that you are seeing mechanical devices on a huge screen - forget the...
Inspirational Quote: George Seaton
"Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to." ~ George Seaton
Inspirational Quote: Steven Moffat
Absolutely everybody starts out writing drivel. The ones who are going to succeed are the ones who recognize theyve written drivel, but keep going. The ones who are going to fail are the ones who mistake their own drivel for something marvelous and never progress...
Inspirational Quote: Roald Dahl
"A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not... A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom." ~Roald Dahl