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Comment on Writing the Hedgehog and Riding the Accelerator by 10% Inspiration, 90% Marketing – Books & Modern Media « The Writer’s Review

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:26:41 +0000

[...] they’re so incredibly stuck in the old paradigm of Intellectual Property. I wrote about this several months ago, and as a self-published author of a fantastic book who’s completely loused up the marketing [...]

Comment on Stephen King’s Under the Dome by David Kassin Fried

David Kassin Fried — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:20:52 +0000

I’m about two-thirds of the way through now, and starting to wish I didn’t have a job so I could finish it.

Comment on Stephen King’s Under the Dome by kassidymitchell

kassidymitchell — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:11:56 +0000

I can not wait for this book to come out, and I will also be writing a post about it. Happy Birthday Stevie! Who turned 62 yesterday.

Comment on Fees for Film Festivals by David Kassin Fried

David Kassin Fried — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:50:53 +0000

That’s a good point. You’re probably right that they are not for screenplays.

Comment on Fees for Film Festivals by Désirée

Désirée — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:08:50 +0000

I think a fee is expected when entering a competition. It is sad if they need it to limit the number of entries and not only for administration costs.

Thank you very much for that list.

Are your sure it is a list of *screenplay* competitions? Film festivals usually have competition for already made films.

Comment on I’ve seen 123 out of 244 films by David Kassin Fried

David Kassin Fried — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:59:53 +0000

I have no idea. Because these are the movies the first poster had seen? I think it would be more relevant to list maybe the IMDb To 250 or something, but I just thought it would be fun to play along.

Comment on I’ve seen 123 out of 244 films by Désirée

Désirée — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:50:17 +0000

Why these in particular?

Comment on Titles & Loglines by David Kassin Fried

David Kassin Fried — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:14:20 +0000

I agree on both counts. I think Snyder has some good points, but that adhering to the formula too closely results in a career like his: one in which you sell a lot of movies that don’t get made and ultimately have poor critical acclaim.

At the same time, though, you can’t argue against having a title and logline that make people want to read it, and I just happened to notice that the scripts I was interested in where the ones that, whether or not the authors knew it, followed his advice for writing a great logline.

Comment on Titles & Loglines by kathy

kathy — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:08:33 +0000

Hmm, but I’d rather read a great screen play that needs a new name rather than the reverse.

I wonder about all the formulas that people like Blake Snyder teach. It seems like so many inferior movies, especially American movies, are utterly predictable to me. I wonder if it’s because everyone is trying to use the same formulas.

I think I prefer creativity.

Comment on 10 Golden Rules for Writing by David Kassin Fried

David Kassin Fried — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:10:30 +0000

I modified the rules slightly for the post, because I did realize they applied to all varieties of writing. More on this later.