Adrian Kok

Best o/t Web 21 Nov

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:: “I don’t have any good ideas” :: Video interviews with John Ford :: Four basic functions for monologues :: Writer emerges from cave with new script :: The most overused line in cinema :: Think globally, act regionally :: Kubrick explains 2001 :: “Everything is copy” – Nora Ehpron :: A history of zombies in America :: Interview: Simon Beaufoy of 127 Hours :: … Read more

Best o/t Web 14 Nov

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:: Did Harry Potter really steal all these story ideas? :: Hitchcock’s storyboards from 13 classic films :: An upbeat noir? :: What’s next for Edgar Wright’s “Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy” :: 21 strategies for breaking in and advancing your screenwriting career :: Review: The Last Queen :: Everyone’s favourite Dutchman: the cult of Rutger Hauer :: 7 things writers need to … Read more

Best o/t Web 7 Nov

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:: Back To The Future, Bollywood style! :: 13 lucky tips for pitching :: Cut a character, save a scene :: Top spec script deals :: How can you tell if your novel is just an overgrown short story? :: The myth of multitasking :: Toy Story 3 screenplay :: Bill Murray as other Wes Anderson characters :: First images from Steven Spielberg’s Tintin … Read more

Best o/t Web 31 Oct

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:: Screenplay rejection letter from 1920s movie studio :: A seminar with Billy Wilder :: Stuck as a writer’s assistant? :: Are parentheticals overused? :: Why Doc Brown is the real villain of Back To The Future :: Drama from the non-dramatic :: Author’s e-novel to become Hollywood movie :: The art of book-to-film adaptations :: Why doesn’t more fantasy take place in the … Read more

Best o/t Web 24 Oct

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:: On Subtext :: Fears and Questions of Science Fiction :: Complications, Reversals, and Roadblocks :: Restoring Chaplin gems :: Movie quotes that had us at hello :: Interview: Michael Arndt and Lee Unkrich of Toy Story 3 :: Battlestar Galactica writer goes back to the future :: Judith Weston on building conflict and drama in your scene :: A screenwriting competition believer :: ‘RED,’ … Read more