Words

Everything about writing and words falls into this category.

no. 18

January 12, 2005 – 1:47 am

I’m trying to accumulate twenty pitchable script ideas for the new year. I’ve always had three or four within reach, but I’m making a determined effort to pour every ounce of creative strength I have into a long list of ideas. I don’t want toss-away notions. I want twenty ideas that speak to me, that […]

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whale rider

January 7, 2005 – 9:40 pm

I’m making a conscious effort to catch up on my movie watching. I’m so far behind I still think Valley Girl is a hip modern look at a cutting-edge subculture. So a year and a half after it breached into American theaters I finally see Whale Rider today. Man, it’s a good thing I watch […]

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cozy day

January 7, 2005 – 8:31 pm

This is me, writing: Sprawled on the floor, blue pen, thick notebook. I write about how I’m unable to write. KUSC 91.5 plays and I wonder, does life have four movements like a symphony, three movements like a concerto or multiple, phasing movements like a John Digweed set? I begin a list of partial ideas. […]

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philly phame

June 2, 2004 – 7:26 pm

So I talk with Nena Eskridge today. She’s one of the two amazing Philly-based producers who optioned the delicate skin (the script that’s kind-of sort-of about the Black Dahlia) back in August. As always, the conversation is long and leisurely. She’s a warm and talkative person, and our meanderings tend to run the gamut from […]

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Black Dahlia

March 31, 2004 – 8:31 pm

Say I’m talking about my script, the delicate skin, to an executive and he’s read it and he knows it’s about Elizabeth Short (The Black Dahlia) and he leans forward and he says, “Brian DePalma’s at work on the adaptation of James Ellroy’s novel, “The Black Dahlia.” Of course I know this is coming, and […]

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Screenwriting

March 25, 2004 – 12:22 am

Just for the record, Kevin Bacon passed on my Black Dahlia-based opus, the delicate skin. I’m very disappointed in him. We won’t be playing Footloose as often at the store, that’s for sure.

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Screenwriting

March 10, 2004 – 10:48 am

Nothing much new on this end. I’m focusing on putting together a slew of potential new projects for pitching purposes. I just wake up, sit at the computer, and try to come up with a new idea per day. So far I’ve got two of them. But since I’ve been at it three days, that […]

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