Living Without A Net

“Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?”  – Hunter S. Thompson. What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done? by Signe Olynyk Ten years ago, I didn’t know a soul in Hollywood. Today, I run the largest … Read more

[Video]: Hollywood’s Black List Sets The Standard for Screenplays

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BLACKLIST founder Franklin Leonard offers a surprisingly unique perspective on Hollywood’s reality: sleepless script execs slaving through piles of bad scripts, all asking each other the same question: ‘read anything good lately?’ This is the riveting origin story of www.blcklst.com If you liked this, check out more videos about screenwriting or filmmaking. And if you … Read more

Ozzywood to Hollywood – Part Deux

So I’m two months into my Los Angeles, Hollywood life and for the most part it’s gone smoothly. There’s been very few hiccups (if any), and you could say it’s been relatively easy to adjust. by Mark Rasmussen Perhaps even more remarkably, I am making my way and achieving results. And that’s great. I need … Read more

Script not getting read? We know why …

I am a literary manager, which is much like an agent. My job is to read screenplays, mostly by my clients, who are experienced and produced writers of both film and television, and help develop them to the best of our ability to get sold and made. by Jenny Frankfurt For some of course, this is … Read more

Best o/t Web 7 Feb 10

:: UNK is BACK! :: Do what works for you. :: Finding that Great High Concept Screenplay Idea. :: The carpentry metaphor, about polishing a script. :: Great you’ve got a TV series, Canada’s asking for more. :: Playing the pieces of the puzzle,  shifting ideas until they fit. :: The genre game, what’s it mean … Read more