Since so far the calendar doesn’t mean much in eastern North America…
Supposedly it’s spring – here’s more emotive warmth from enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):
Yesterday I participated in a conference call presentation concerning the keys to writing what was termed the ‘profound’ screenplay.
The importance of having a profound impact is not only the intrinsic value to the writer, insofar as unveiling a more layered, and thus impactful story, but also the enhanced marketability to the screenplay reader, then to the potential project producer. (more…)
The Marketplace – the reader’s perspective:
“My goal is to assess every script that I get from two standpoints: Is this a strong story and is this a commercial product? I look at the concept and the premise, and then I examine the execution, the structure, and the storyline. Then I’m going to look at the stakes and the tension, the characters, the relationships, the dialogue, whether the material is emotionally resonant, thematically relevant. (more…)
Spring in fact, if not in deed, starts tomorrow – so here’s more warmth from enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):
The end is near, an end is near – hopefully these benefits will soon be here
The Marketplace – the buyer’s perspective:
(a) “I had a project…and they thought it was too violent, but it was a really, really good script. Later the guy said, ‘I really liked it, but I had just come aboard as the production head…I couldn’t say yes to a violent film like this because I was really scared of it at the time’… He’s doing the job he has to do as a suit… It’s a complicated deal, this whole issue of you going in and trying to get somebody interested in a project. You have to know what they want just as much as you (more…)
the watch of time 
Memorable Quotes: Tales of Screenwriters – Part Eight
The First Taste of Success – with agent:
(a) “It takes a lot of work for an agent to break in a new writer, so the things they’re gonna look for are really straight-forward. One, a really good personality, because they have to put you in a room with people. Two, that you have very (more…)
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