Late to the Game
A (somewhat) Daily Record of My Journey (in my 40's and beyond) to Success in HollywoodInspirational Quote: Roald Dahl
"The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him." ~ Roald Dahl
WTF World Thumbwrestling Foundation World Premiere
What a great night, with great friends. Definitely part of my tribe. And such a fun and funny movie from my friends Enrico & Damien.
Inspirational Quote
"A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here." ~ Quentin Tarantino
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"I like - it's not that I want to be someone different from me, but I suppose it partly is that. I love creating a character in a fantastical situation, like Dr. Frankenstein, like Leo Bloom, a little caterpillar who blossoms into a butterfly. I love that." ~ Gene...
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"No creative writer knows what is commercial and what isn't. You just write from your heart, you write from the deepest, creative urges in you, and you write from your soul, and you just either get lucky or not." ~Mel Brooks
14 Hour Writing Marathon
Whew. Okay, that was harder than I expected. In fact, I'm about to leave early because I can't sustain any longer. Started at 9:10 am, went until 10:45pm. Thanks to Pilar Alessandra & On The Page for providing the space, the coffee and facilitating, along with...
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"Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him." ~ Mel Brooks
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Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it. Putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before. And although you are physically by yourself, the haunting Demon never leaves you, that Demon being the knowledge of...
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Writing dialogue is such a mystery. Its honestly feels like you're channeling a crowd. In some way it's probably akin to a temporary multiple-personality disorder because the best of it often just pours out of you in a torrent of different voices, almost faster than...
"No, you don't wanna know; you want proof. If I don't tell you how I did it, all you're running on is faith. "Proof is easy. Faith.. is hard damn work."
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"I refuse to do anything easy. I'm writing for the smartest person out there. I'm not equating myself with the smartest person out there, but hopefully I'm writing to say you're not alone. I'm not alone. We're not alone." ~ Larry Gelbart
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"From the moment a story comes to visit, its characters become the writer's constant companions, demanding and demonic and way more entertaining than their real life prototypes but they don't always let a guy sleep. "I've been afflicted all my life by storytelling;...
Submissions
I submitted for 9 roles on Actors Access today.
Inspirational Quote
"A writer has an inescapable voice. I think it's inherent in the nature, and I think that we don't control it anymore than we control what we want to write about." ~ Horton Foote
Submissions
I submitted for 10 roles on Actors Access today and have an audition for Wednesday!
Inspirational Quote
"A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been...
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"People watch luck go by them and they're blind - They never reach out and grab it." ~ George Roy Hill
FANTASY/SCI-FI FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL Best Loglines of 2016
Just found out that my logline for "Undead Heartache," the story I developed and started co-writing with my good friend John Nicolette, was selected as one of the top 20 Science Fiction script loglines of 2016!...