ScreenwritingU Blog http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog Professional Screenwriting Articles Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:23:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Screenwriting Quote of the Day #16: From Producer Steven P. Wegner http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/%ef%bb%bfscreenwriting-quote-of-the-day-16-from-producer-steven-p-wegner http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/%ef%bb%bfscreenwriting-quote-of-the-day-16-from-producer-steven-p-wegner#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:10:14 +0000 admin http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/?p=624 “I look for writers I bond with — writers I can trust. I’m selective, but if it works, I work with the writer over and over again.”

Steven P. Wegner
Producer of The Blind Side, The Book of Eli

]]> http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/%ef%bb%bfscreenwriting-quote-of-the-day-16-from-producer-steven-p-wegner/feed 0 Screenwriting Quote of the Day #15: From Director Robert Katz http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-15-from-director-robert-katz http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-15-from-director-robert-katz#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:32:59 +0000 admin http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/?p=618 “The execution is more important than the idea, meaning, I can’t save a writer with a good idea that’s gone wrong. I’d rather work with someone who needs help with ideas, but knows the craft.”

Robert Katz
Producer / Director of Gettysburg, Selena

]]> http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-15-from-director-robert-katz/feed 0 Screenwriting Quote of the Day #14: From Author Chuck Palahniuk http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-14-from-author-chuck-palahniuk http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-14-from-author-chuck-palahniuk#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:28:52 +0000 admin http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/?p=615 “I believe in dangerous writing…Unless you’re writing about something that scares you, you’re wasting your time.”

Chuck Palahniuk
Fight Club, Choke

]]> http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-14-from-author-chuck-palahniuk/feed 0 Screenwriting Quote of the Day #13: From Christopher Nolan http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-13-from-christopher-nolan http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-13-from-christopher-nolan#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:57:30 +0000 admin http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/?p=612 
“If you’re trying to challenge an audience and make them look at elements in a different way, you’ve got to give them a familiar context to hang onto. But you have to be very aware that the audience is extremely ruthless in its demand for newness, novelty and freshness.”

Christopher Nolan
Inception, The Dark Knight, Memento

]]> http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-13-from-christopher-nolan/feed 0 ScreenwritingU Top Screenwriters Get Special Promotion on InkTip http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/general-screenwriting/%ef%bb%bfscreenwritingu-top-screenwriters-get-special-promotion-on-inktip http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/general-screenwriting/%ef%bb%bfscreenwritingu-top-screenwriters-get-special-promotion-on-inktip#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:44:54 +0000 admin http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/?p=608 For graduates of our top online screenwriting class, this is great news…

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]]> http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/general-screenwriting/%ef%bb%bfscreenwritingu-top-screenwriters-get-special-promotion-on-inktip/feed 0 Screenwriting Quote of the Day#12: From Producer Mark Castaldo http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day10-from-producer-mark-castaldo http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day10-from-producer-mark-castaldo#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:00:46 +0000 admin http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/?p=604 “Every day, wake up, and do something to move your career forward. You can write, call someone, approach people, whatever — just do something.”

Mark Castaldo
Producer; My Run, The Perfect Tenant

]]> http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day10-from-producer-mark-castaldo/feed 0 Screenwriting Quote of the Day #11: From Producer Jon Gunn http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-11-from-producer-jon-gunn http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-11-from-producer-jon-gunn#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:51:18 +0000 admin http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/?p=602 “Make your decisions strong decisions, bold decisions. If you think it is enough, double it. Get there in an unexpected way. Do things that make your story stand out.”

Jon Gunn
Producer; My Date With Drew, Mercy Streets

]]> http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-11-from-producer-jon-gunn/feed 0 Screenwriting Quote of the Day #10: From Director Harry Winer http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/%ef%bb%bfscreenwriting-quote-of-the-day-10-from-director-harry-winer http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/%ef%bb%bfscreenwriting-quote-of-the-day-10-from-director-harry-winer#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:52:11 +0000 admin http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/?p=598 “There are two paths to writing a great movie — a unique point of view, one that can only come from you and the life you’ve lived…or your craft; creating great popcorn movies that can still touch us.”

Harry Winer
Director / Producer / Writer at Smash Media; SpaceCamp, House Arrest, Lucky 7

]]> http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/%ef%bb%bfscreenwriting-quote-of-the-day-10-from-director-harry-winer/feed 0 Screenwriting Quote of the Day #9: From Creative Exec. Carrie Gillogly http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-9-from-creative-exec-carrie-gillogly http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-9-from-creative-exec-carrie-gillogly#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:03:28 +0000 admin http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/?p=595 “Readability is the key quality I look for in a screenplay. It’s what will enable me to fall in love with it and its something writers often overlook. Your scripts might become movies and once they are movies no one will care about the degree of readability, but how readable it is, how much fun to read, is what will get you noticed as a writer, what will make people want to read the whole script.”

Carrie Gillogly
Creative Executive at Gerber Pictures; Gran Torino

]]> http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/screenwriting-quote-of-the-day-9-from-creative-exec-carrie-gillogly/feed 0 Screenwriting Quote of the Day #8: From Writer Cooper Layne http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/%ef%bb%bfscreenwriting-quote-of-the-day-8-from-writer-cooper-layne http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/2011/screenwriting-quote/%ef%bb%bfscreenwriting-quote-of-the-day-8-from-writer-cooper-layne#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:45:59 +0000 admin http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/?p=591 “Every producer is praying for a great screenplay to come across their desk. You just need to be that script. Easy, huh? Oh and while you’re at it… make an impression – and make it good, timely and smart. A good script will always find it’s way.”

Cooper Layne
Producer/Writer of The Core, The Emperor’s Club

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