Thursday, October 13, 2011

Still #3!

Sorry, folks, I have a terrible head cold so the LADY VANISHES entry isn't going to pop tomorrow, and the half finished links entry never got up for today. My good news is that my laptop is back from the shop, so I'm working on the SECRETS OF ACTION rewrite between nose-blows.

The miracle of the two Blue Books on Kindle continues, here's today's ranking on Amazon:



bluebook

NEW!

*** YOUR IDEA MACHINE *** - For Kindle!

*** YOUR IDEA MACHINE *** - For Nook!

Expanded version with more ways to find great ideas! Print version is 48 pages, Kindle version is around 155 pages!

Only $2.99 - and no postage!


bluebook

NEW!

*** CREATING STRONG PROTAGONISTS *** - For Kindle!

*** CREATING STRONG PROTAGONISTS *** - For Nook!

Expanded version with more ways to create interesting protagonists! Print version is 48 pages, Kindle version is once again around 155 pages!

Only $2.99 - and no postage!


Next up will be Dialogue (#10) - which is mostly rewritten and waiting for the three new articles... which I have to write between nose-blows.

Hope to have e-book version of SECRETS OF ACTION ready around the start of November. There will be an excerpt in the November issue of Script Magazine. The excerpt is 2,500 words (10 pages of typing) and was a *single sentence* in the original version! That's the problem with this danged rewrite - every chapter has more information and is twice as long!

- Bill
IMPORTANT UPDATE:

TODAY'S SCRIPT TIP: Do You Have The Wrong Idea - Making sure you have the best version of the story before you write it.
Dinner: Chicken breast, salad, mashed potatoes... at home while blowing my nose. Yech. Couldn't taste any of it.
Pages: Got my laptop back from repairs... but now *I* need repairs. Mon & Tue wrote a new article for Script. Also did a quick pass on a script requested by a manager.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Raindance Film Festival Winners

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE presented by Lomography

WINNER
Just Between Us / Rajko Grlic - Croatia
Set in contemporary Zagreb, Just Between Us is a beautifully told tale of infidelity charting the convoluted love lives of two middle-aged brothers, their wives and their mistresses.

BEST UK presented by Yahoo! Movies

WINNER
Stranger Things / Eleanor Burke - UK
An unusual and touching bond develops when grieving Oona reaches out to a mysterious homeless man, offering him a place to stay in her shed.

BEST DEBUT presented by Digital Cinema Media

WINNER
Tilt / Viktor Chouchkov Jr. - Bulgaria
This Bulgarian coming-of-age drama is about four friends who dream of opening up their own bar. Things get complicated when one of them falls in love, the group are busted for illegal distribution of pornography and exiled from their home country.

BEST MICROBUDGET FEATURE presented by Electric Sheep

WINNER
MONK3YS / Drew Cullingham - UK
Voluntarily locked in a cell for 48 hours with no restrictions and no outside help three emotional archetypes battle for psychological supremacy before they can be destroyed by their own weaknesses.

BEST DOCUMENTARY presented by VICE

WINNER
How to Start A Revolution / Ruaridh Arrow - UK
HOW TO START A REVOLUTION is the remarkable untold story of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Gene Sharp, the world's leading expert on non-violent revolution.

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORTS

WINNER
Words / Sven Vinge - Denmark
A stranger, apparently a great fan of the author, asks for a signed copy of Strøm's recent novel ... the one with the girl.

BEST UK SHORT presented by Raindance TV

WINNER
Love At First Sight / Michael Davies - UK
Do you believe in love at first sight? When Arthur spots Ruth he knows in his heart that it's true...

- Bill

Thursday, October 06, 2011

Lancelot Link: Red, White, And Blonde!

Lancelot Link Thursday! Here are some articles about screenwriting and the biz plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...



Here are six cool links plus this week's car chase...

1) RIP: Steve Jobs - Apple As Movie Star.

2) Want To Be An Intern On A Hollywood Film?

3) Robin Swicord Interview

4) WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER writers speak!

5) Charlie Kaufman On Writing.

6) 5 Secrets About BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS.

And the car chase of the week is *awful* and from SAMURAI COP:



What's up with that hair?

- Bill

bluebook

NEW!

*** YOUR IDEA MACHINE *** - For Kindle!

*** YOUR IDEA MACHINE *** - For Nook!

Expanded version with more ways to find great ideas! Print version is 48 pages, Kindle version is around 155 pages!

Only $2.99 - and no postage!



bluebook

NEW!

*** CREATING STRONG PROTAGONISTS *** - For Kindle!

*** CREATING STRONG PROTAGONISTS *** - For Nook! (coming soon)

Expanded version with more ways to create interesting protagonists! Print version is 48 pages, Kindle version is once again around 155 pages!

Only $2.99 - and no postage!

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