Script Gods Must Die - Latest Comments

Re: Screenwriting Services

Joyce Greco — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:13:36 -0000

Paul, I'm loving your website. There's so much of value here it's hard to stop reading. BTW, the DIY concept makes sense, kind of like jumping off a cliff makes sense. There's usually a lot less falling off the edge than anticipated. best wishes!

Re: Surviving Outside Hollywood- Part 2

Dan Hale — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:20:49 -0000

Great thoughts. Hoping to take your screenwriting class at some point.

Re: The Devil Is In The Detail (Part 1)

Alex Moreno — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 10:01:13 -0000

Yep -it's all about story. Read the scripts for FULL METAL JACKET and MEET JOE BLACK .... more like novels than SPEC scripts.

Re: Find The Edge

Stephen Thor — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:59:36 -0000

hey paul

long time no see. hey! how's this for a teaser scene? (actually a teaser trailer).
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

and what do you think about these apples?
http://www.thelastfriendsof...

stephen (mike) thor

Re: Format: 6: Intercuts

Pacific — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 02:38:02 -0000

this was handy !!!

I was looking for this so long. Thanks :)

Re: Part 2: On Giving And Taking Notes

Kaj Kjellesvig — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:16:48 -0000

This is a great reminder for us all.

I think #2 is the hardest to find. People bring so much baggage to the table when they give notes.

I'm looking forward to hearing more about this script Paul. Good luck on your journey!

Re: IMDBunking

HP — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:09:18 -0000

There is an add for you book right next to this.

Re: SIX QUICK TRICKS TO A TIGHTER SCRIPT

Ioane — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 05:33:01 -0000

I felt sad. This reason is because I believed in the words that linked as scenes were carrying on. I cared to know why the
Characters facing challenges and a sense of patience. It was written like I could be drawn to the dialogue as much as
I am liking right now.. Writing is scary. I say it not to know we all can write,speak and perform, saying only that it is
only heard by one voice. We might be wrong and people could be a laughing or supporting us in our actions and
what pushes us to achieve.

Re: Format: 10: Off Screen

Joy — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:12:09 -0000

Hi, I wanted to ask if O.S. must/can be used when ONLY the character's feet (shoes) or just his elbow sticking out from behind the armchair he sits in, are seen when he speaks?
Thanks a lot for this tutorial!
Joy

Re: Survival Strategies For The Unknown Screenwriter: Legacy

JunkMailJames — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:35:53 -0000

I write because not writing would be an even bigger pain in the ass.

PS: Edgar Kennedy, The Keystone Cops, Harold Lloyd (I believe he's the guy hanging from the clock up top), Ramon Navarro, Mae West, Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn. Just to be a wise guy.

Re: The Parenthetical Hater

Guest — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:21:32 -0000

"standing up wearing her white patterned shirt" and other such actions go in action. As of course you know.

Re: SCREENWRITER’S PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT

binding financial agreements — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:22:06 -0000

See everything is written in that agreement and all decided according to that deed.

Re: 10 Great Movies Without Classic Resolution

jordan — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:27:12 -0000

ugh...i bet i know what scene half the crowd walked out on during Irreversible. excellent film. don't know if i can ever watch it again tho.

Re: When Characters Don’t Change

Aaron — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:39:52 -0000

Thumbing through "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," by Joseph Campbell- the man who coined the term "Hero's Journey"- made makes a very clear distinction between The Call to Adventure and The Refusal of the Call, which has been merged together nowadays. He posited that a hero does one or the other, but nowadays it's like you can't have one without the other! But to Campbell, when a hero refuses the call, he refuses to grow, and everything he touches turns to poison, which can be fascinating to watch when done correctly. Tony Montana, Charles Foster Kane and the more recent Daniel Plainview- three men who build huge empires utilizing the same ruthless practice that earned them their first penny- fit this mold perfectly. Other examples could be Willy Lohman, Michael Corleone, and any number of Greek Tragedies.

The catharsis comes in when characters are given the opportunity or insight to take that other, nobler path, then turn it aside to hold onto their empire/delusions.

Re: Rule Breakers: Quentin Tarantino

anthony — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:51:22 -0000

he is by far the innovator buy the statement you made "he can only do it be cause he got the money or hes the director" bull shit plenty of other scripts are for the most part probably modeled after his tenner but dont get it twisted there are plenty of movies that the script is incredabley detalied camera angles fade close ups complety descriptive as well there are scripts movies with long dialog sences and intese action.
once again he does it like no other but please do not fool your self to think he is the one and only.

Re: Scene Workshop 1

Frank — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 10:11:48 -0000

This is a really great blog, Paul. Thanks for putting in the time to write it. I agree that it's so much easier to see the flaws in the other guy's script, and more difficult to see them in your own. It's hard to see the flaws when you love something (I love my scripts), and so that's why I used your services twice, and I have one more almost ready for you. Thanks again.

Re: Rule Breakers: Shane Black

Robert Dillon — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:56:51 -0000

Screw the rules and the gurus. If the script's good, the script's good. Don't be boring.

Re: Survival Strategies For The Unknown Screenwriter: Jane Doe Chronicles (Part 2)

Jumbo — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:16:55 -0000

This coming from Jimbo "the Wordsmith" who can't be bothered to differentiate between its and it's and who obviously didn't (or can't?) read the part about Niki Nikita. Ignore this bonehead, Mr. Peditto. Sorry you had to learn this the hard way.

Re: Survival Strategies For The Unknown Screenwriter: Jane Doe Chronicles (Part 2)

Jimbo — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:47:53 -0000

That movie looks like a piece of shit and its all the screenwriters fault

Re: Bukowski On Film

Testerz — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:02:51 -0000

Fuck all that "arty" bullshit. Alien rules. Now we know Bukowski had good taste in movies.

Re: Best Blogs: ScriptShadow

Martin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:09:34 -0000

I am a long time reader of ScriptShadow and I will concur with your recommendation. Carson Reeves is a Master script reviewer and I have learned so much from reading his blog over the years.

Re: Best Blogs: Chad Gervich-Scriptmag.com

Amy12 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:43:12 -0000

Gervich should be questioned– Told students as a group they were all shit then turned around & tried to sell them a “TV Summit” that he runs at 400 hundy a pop. Never has been on staff as a tv writer, but teaches it somehow? IMDB him. Refuses to give written notes to students. Has screaming tirades at class.

Re: 14 Movie Themes That Work And Work

Abaiti — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:52:49 -0000

nice but very shot

Re: Testimonials

Drew Bryan — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:33:30 -0000

Pauls' $60 buck notes are a real-deal steal. How does he do it??? After ripping through my script with pin-pointed accuracy on all its faults, omissions, miscues and meanderings I got it all tidied up and now it's in the hands of a an Oscar-winning producer in LA. No shit. Thanks Paul, and see you in the New Year with my new script...best, Drew Bryan

Re: 14 Movie Themes That Work And Work

Ed — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:53:41 -0000

I like the breakdown, though it's abit subjective. There are lots of patterns, just see any of the material below:

http://www.clickok.co.uk/in... ;
http://www.wired.com/magazi... ;
http://thebrowser.com/recom...