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  • #16
    Re: Good Advice From Writers

    Originally posted by finalact4 View Post
    this is a gem. funny thing... I have Michael Clayton open on my desktop.
    This is a positive thread , but just to point out how people are different I have no idea why everyone loves Michael Clayton so much. I watched it last year after Brian keep mentioning it and I felt nothing. Got nothing from it.

    When I see 100% positive talk about the biggest movies on twitter -- I just laugh because that's impossible unless it's like Toy Story 4.

    So my piece of advice would be "It's okay not to like a movie every other writer claims to love. Someone is probably lying. Don't pretend to be someone else."

    In film school we had a class and the teacher ask our favorite films. And I had many answers in my head. But this is 1997, so these kids are all from the 80s and this wasn't a time where it was easy to see art house films -- but at least 10 kids said Brazil and other what I consider pretentious choices (maybe 1 kid actually loved that movie) -- and I"m like motherfucckerss we are all here because we watched Star Wars and Indiana Jones and The Goonies growing up -- but they wanted to seem cool in the group.

    That day I choose HOWARD THE DUCK as one of my favorite movies. I was not lying. I even used that in my cover letter for 10 years. Quack Quack.

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    • #17
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o4V2pVNsqA Joe Eszterhas - On Screenwriting

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      • #18
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGUNqq3jVLg South Park Guys

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        • #19
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTmtFBPfRp4 Seth Rogen.

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          • #20
            BK in the house... https://twitter.com/briankoppelman/s...981209604?s=20

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            • #21
              "Write What You Know... " https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_sta...ry?language=en

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              • #22
                Not sure if anyone clicks on these but here's another one...
                Thanks to everyone who has already reached out about watching SPONTANEOUS on Amazon and Hulu today. In case you missed it, here's a folder I uploaded today with the first and last draft of the script, boards, letters, statements and look books. Enjoy!
                https://twitter.com/BrianDuffield/st...131295747?s=20

                https://app.mediafire.com/7drruxjbm99ib

                Great info from a top screenwriter and now director. Has many production documents in case you are all curious like I am.

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                • #23
                  The Andrew Stanton clip was fire.
                  M.A.G.A.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Mitchell McLean View Post
                    Re: Good Advice From Writers

                    "If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy."
                    -- Dorothy Parker
                    Elements of Style was one of the first books I bought. Haha
                    "Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy b/c you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say." -- Edward Snowden

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                    • #25
                      I just finished "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain" by George Saunders. It's not a typical collection of short stories. Instead, there are seven short stories by 19th century Russian authors (Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gogol, Turgenev) that Saunders analyzes more as writer than critic to illustrate why he thinks they're particularly good. There are a lot of good insights on story structure, writing in general, and of course includes the wit Saunders is known for. A lot of it easily translates to screenwriting.

                      For those unfamiliar with Saunders, here is a link to one of my favorite short stories - Sticks from Tenth of December.


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