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Literalism and Poetic License
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The television series Mad Men got grief because the Selectric Typewriter had not been introduced at the time of its first episode. Recently, Treme got grief because the first episode had a character reach into a purse and pull out a Hubig's Pie (a New Orleans staple) when in fact the Hubig's bakery wasn't open [...]
Writing vs. Wrighting
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Wright. What a great word. wright n.1 Forms: _. 1 wyrhta, Northumb. wyrihta, -te, wyrchta, 1_2 Kent. werhta; 2 wirhta, 3 wurhte, wuruhte. _. 1 wryhta, 3_2 wruhte, wrihhte, 3_4 wriht(e, 5 wrihte, 3_5 wryhte, wryht, (3, 5 wryth, 5 wrythe), 4_4 wry_t(e, 4_5 wri_t, 4_6 wrighte (4 whright, wrigth, writh), 5_6 wryght(e, 4_ wright; [...]
Inaugural Post
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Screenwriter's Compass is going live. I will be posting advice on how to confront and navigate the blank page. Much of what you will see here will be meditations culled from over twenty years of teaching screenwriting at Columbia University. Some will be anecdotal parables from years of working (and not working) in the film [...]
