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Archives for 2004

How do I find out who represents a given actor?

September 30, 2004 Film Industry, QandA

Unless you’re calling to offer him gainful employment, an agent is not the one to help you. But here’s where to find out.

Can you be just a screenwriter anymore?

September 27, 2004 Film Industry, QandA

On whether making films or writing them is an easier way in. My writing is what makes me hirable, but it’s sociableness that gets me hired.

Atom feed fixed

September 23, 2004 Geek Alert

The Atom feed was choking on quotation marks and other special characters. That should be fixed now.

‘Data’ is singular

September 22, 2004 Rant

I make my living writing dialogue — which, like real speech, is largely ungrammatical. Characters say “gimme” and “gotta” and “woulda.” They speak in fragments. Like this. So I tend to be forgiving when a writer bends the rules, or uses words differently than I would prefer. Split infinitives? Fine by me. Dangling participles? No […]

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