The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – An Epic Failure of Adaptation
Posted Marketing, Review, Screenplay, story telling, WritingThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a perfect storm of predictability. If you decide to adapt a single novel into a movie trilogy, the middle story, the bridge, is the hardest one to pull off successfully. Having the middle story as part of a prequel makes the project a recipe for failure with The […]
Book Review – Wounds
Posted Novel, ReviewWounds, by long time, successful Christian author Alton Gansky, delves into the victims of a serial killer whose motive is evil and whose crimes are biblical. Gansky’s approaches the subject matter in a way I love, not as Christian fiction, per se, but as a book that has characters who are actively Christian. This is […]
Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Adaptation Choices
Posted Novel, Podcast, Review, Screenplay, story telling, Writing“I have an image of Prim in a white room, strapped to a table, while masked, robed figures elicit those sounds from her. Somewhere they are torturing her, or did torture her, to get those sounds.” In my last podcast I talked about the process of adapting a screenplay to a novel. The opposite path […]
Podcast 04 – Screenplay to Novel Adaptation
Posted Author, Novel, Podcast, Screenplay, story telling, WritingToday’s podcast discusses some tips on how to adapt a screenplay into a novel. Here are a few steps to consider when adapting a screenplay to a novel. Step 1) Overview. Look at the story from a 30,000 foot level. Sketch out the basics of the plot (beginning, middle and end). Also, write down the […]
Residuals
Posted Author, Screenplay, WritingA long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I was a screenwriter. I wrote screenplays, won some awards, had some optioned and a few produced. One of those screenplays I wrote at the request of a friend of mine, Jenni Gold. I recently mentioned Jenni in a post about her work on the […]
Typecasting Desk
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Typecasting Tuesday – Writer
Posted Typecasting, WritingWriting Space
Posted Author, Novel, Screenplay, story telling, Typecasting, WritingDoes where you write effect how you write? When I was starting out writing screenplays, I read an interview with Patrick Sheane Duncan, screenwriter of the film Courage Under Fire, who said that he taught himself to write anywhere with a pad of paper and a pencil so that he could write whenever he was […]
Typecasting Tuesday Will Return Next Week
Posted UncategorizedLife. Major events. Flu. The old Royal will be back in action next week.
How Video Games Can Make You a Better Writer
Posted Author, Blog, Novel, story tellingVideo games can make you a better writer. I know what you’re thinking. I’m nuts. My wife would agree with you. She is fond of calling them “stupid little video games.” She’s also fond of calling anything that she thinks is a waste of time as “stupid little.” Like this “stupid little blog entry.” But, […]
It Only Took Sixty-Three Drafts to Learn How to Write
Posted Author, Faith, Gabby Wells, Novel, Screenplay, story telling, WritingWriting can be a painful experience. I spent the majority of my life around, involved in and pursuing a life in film. I studied it, I performed in it, I wrote for it, I directed it and I loved it. Some of my work made it to Hollywood, but most was of the independent nature. […]
Cinemability
Posted Faith, Marketing, Screenplay, story telling, WritingSome people will not be denied. I have known Jenni Gold for about 20 years now. She and her husband Jeff Maynard have been fighting the good fight in Hollywood. They’re good people trying to make good films in a tough and unforgiving environment. Jenni was struck with Muscular Dystrophy as a child, but she […]
