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  • Literary Greats With Whom you'd Want to Co-Write

    ...Ok, I'll kick it off:

    JAMES AGEE
    OSCAR WILDE
    JOHN OSBORNE
    Seven years dungeon --- no trials!

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    I work alone... but if I had to choose - I.A.L. Diamond.

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      Re: Literary Greats With Whom you'd Want to Co-Write

      not all greats but...

      Paddy

      Wilder

      Colin Higgins

      Waldo Salt

      Lorenzo Semple Jr
      "I ask every producer I meet if they need TV specs they say yeah. They all want a 40 inch display that's 1080p and 120Hz. So, I quit my job at the West Hollywood Best Buy."
      - Screenwriting Friend

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        Mark Twain.

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          Shakespeare, Charlotte Bronte, Ursula LeGuin.
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            Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson, any of those roaring boys of the 1590s, and only if Jonson kept his rapier to himself. I'd also have to skill up on the language, lots of 'f's' where there are now only 's's'.

            Re: comtemporary writers, listen to rather than write with.
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              Literary Greats With Whom You'd Co-Write

              Charles Hoy Fort

              ...then, again, he might resent my correcting all of his errors and re-examining all of his source references for revised editions of his works. I'd probably get into arguments with his buddies, Theodore Dreiser and Tiffany Thayer; but, I might get some good coverage for my screenplays from one of his fans, Ben Hecht.
              JEKYLL & CANADA (free .mp4 download @ Vimeo.com)

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                Neil Diamond
                Screenwriting is like stripping. You don't just dump your clothes on the floor. You tease as you go. And then you get screwed in a back room for money. - Craig Mazin

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                  Poe and Plato.
                  The best way out is always through. - Robert Frost

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                    Shirley Jackson, Daphne du Maurier and Saki.
                    * * * * * * *
                    Possibly H.P. Lovecraft (but only if he could keep his opinions on race to himself while we were writing.)

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                      Re: Literary Greats With Whom you'd Want to Co-Write

                      Dan Mainwarring.

                      Dave Goodis (it's his birthday today).

                      John Latimer.

                      Norbert Davis.

                      Ross Thomas.

                      Dash Hammett (though I doubt I could keep up with his drinking).

                      Dorothy Parker (because I *do* make passes at girls who wear glasses).

                      Nate West.

                      Don Westlake (my three favorite writers).

                      - Bill

                      PS: Harry - love your name!
                      Last edited by wcmartell; 03-02-2011, 09:27 PM. Reason: Added some folks
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                        Re: Literary Greats With Whom you'd Want to Co-Write

                        I don't think I'd want to write with someone who's a "literary great" though I'd get a bang out of being in a cafe with Hemingway, or Faulkner or Steinbeck or Garcia Márquez or Cortázar. Or Neruda. And Billy Wilder.
                        Wait. GOT ONE:

                        MR WALT DISNEY.

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                          Re: Literary Greats With Whom you'd Want to Co-Write

                          Edith Wharton
                          Shakespeare
                          Charles Dickens
                          Mary Shelly
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                            Re: Literary Greats With Whom you'd Want to Co-Write

                            Originally posted by wcmartell View Post
                            Dan Mainwarring.

                            - Bill

                            PS: Harry - love your name!
                            THANKS! I should have added: Jorge Luis Borges!

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                              Re: Literary Greats With Whom you'd Want to Co-Write

                              Oh yeah, Bill Martell.

                              Bill, I write comedy. Tell me we don't have Rush Hour 4 on our hands! (or is it 5 now?)
                              Screenwriting is like stripping. You don't just dump your clothes on the floor. You tease as you go. And then you get screwed in a back room for money. - Craig Mazin

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