tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.comments2023-03-30T07:45:12.645-04:00The Script Sages Bloglgibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746094989800100227noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-90359713788219766172011-01-19T01:23:08.165-05:002011-01-19T01:23:08.165-05:00Superb blog post, I have book marked this internet...Superb blog post, I have book marked this internet site so ideally I’ll see much more on this subject in the foreseeable future!Hearing Aidshttp://www.wheelchairindia.com/upload/B-T-E-Model-726543790.aspx?CatVal=109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-29250340656869482992010-02-14T09:03:25.993-05:002010-02-14T09:03:25.993-05:00I think the problem is for people like me, on the ...I think the problem is for people like me, on the far side of the world, Inktip et al offer a foot in the door that I am not sure where it exists somewhere else. Do you guys have any suggestions what you do with a screenplay once it is finished but you don't live in the States?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-13262209878998440332010-01-06T04:47:47.510-05:002010-01-06T04:47:47.510-05:00Of course you're quite right about epics.I am ...Of course you're quite right about epics.I am addicted to write such pieces.I have just completed a Roman action piece.I am still waiting for my WGA reg.number.I really believe in this prject.But yet I still fear what the outcome may be.The worst of all,I am writing another epic piece.Help me Pray brothers.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044207998495492468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-18578457325303849932010-01-06T04:31:19.173-05:002010-01-06T04:31:19.173-05:00I have two scripts under my belt.A chase thriller ...I have two scripts under my belt.A chase thriller and a roman action epic.Is this the right place really for them?Put me through please.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044207998495492468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-1080959959477261092009-10-16T13:09:16.214-04:002009-10-16T13:09:16.214-04:00Dust that off and trick it out! Why not? You can a...Dust that off and trick it out! Why not? You can always do a 'save as' with different versions. The INDIE version, the HOLLYWOOD version, the TWEENER version, etc etc...<br /><br />Sad that it's come to this, but what can we do?<br /><br />This report on KCRW is definitely worth listening to!<br /><br />http://www.kcrw.com/media-player/mediaPlayer2.html?type=audio&id=tb091012writers_face_the_new<br /><br />Best of luck out there.<br />~ JeffJeffrey Blake Palmerhttp://thesleepingdeep.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-27828529271012044252009-08-05T13:36:53.364-04:002009-08-05T13:36:53.364-04:00This is an excellent post, Randy. Thanks for shari...This is an excellent post, Randy. Thanks for sharing with us.<br /><br />If we're not in the same boat paddling upstream, we're certainly on the same river, so I totally know where you're coming from.<br /><br />I think (like you mentioned) this business is about the law of averages: you gotta cast the widest net possible, and lots of them!, to reap any form of reward. There is no room for complacency in this work.<br /><br />At the same time, it is <i>extremely</i> challenging to stay positive writing spec scripts when there is NO money on the table or any immediate interest from an audience. Seems like all we have to get the job done is the hope in our hearts and a steady flow of hot coffee.<br /><br />Well, there you have it. Wish I could have been in attendance. It wasn't in the cards this year. Maybe next?<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />JeffJeffrey Blake Palmerhttp://thesleepingdeep.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-20377630561449934982009-07-20T13:48:38.079-04:002009-07-20T13:48:38.079-04:00Disappointment sucks. There's no way around it...Disappointment sucks. There's no way around it. We've all been there! And it feels even worse when you've poured your heart and soul into a project that you really believe in (your Irish script.)<br /><br />This business is fickle and will continue to test our mettle with every new hill on the horizon. It ain't easy, but if it were the top would be awfully crowded.<br /><br />Be the turtle.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />JeffJeffrey Blake Palmerhttp://thesleepingdeep.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-25911305995426088622009-07-07T16:03:52.233-04:002009-07-07T16:03:52.233-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-32711218381303098662009-06-01T22:22:14.474-04:002009-06-01T22:22:14.474-04:00Ben,
I think all of your points are great. I can't...Ben,<br />I think all of your points are great. I can't say the movie was a failure. There were some fun sequences, and perhaps I'm stacking this up against the films and the TV shows (I'm not a Trekie, but I did like TNG and DS9) when the comparison is not apt. But I thought this ST was too silly. The old shows were campy it's true, but they always explored an issue, a theme, something. The series finale of TNG was very intelligent, and this ST didn't really explore anything. I think it's sole purpose was to reignite the ST universe. As some poster on another board said, it felt like a two hour TV pilot.<br /><br />There were some geeky things about it that I didn't like, such as Kirk becoming the captain of a ship he was smuggled onto. From raw cadet to captain in no time at all, made me question the logic of the world. But it wasn't just one thing; it was many of these moments which I could not get passed and thus threw me out of the story.<br /><br />I certainly wouldn't say the script sucked, and I'm sure the writers are fine craftsmen, but, as you say, I think so much went into this beyond story that what came out was kind of muddled. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing your thoughts.Randy Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16350603154162405541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-76134094610921626212009-05-31T23:57:37.626-04:002009-05-31T23:57:37.626-04:00See now, I thought "Star Trek" was just fabulous. ...See now, I thought "Star Trek" was just fabulous. I think there were a couple of quibbles I had regarding a few bits here or there (mostly regarding Eric Bana's villain, "Nero") but for the most part, I think they nailed it.<br /><br />Most importantly to that success, I think, was that it brought back the sense of PURE FUN that had been lacking in "Star Trek" for quite some time. The last movie, "Nemesis" had some (lame) light moments, but was pretty dour. I thought this film struck the perfect balance of serious and silly that the original series had back in the 60s. Certain niggling details don't jive (stardates, cloaking devices, yada yada) but those are things best left, I believe, for obnoxious Internet fan forum debates amongst ear-wearing convention-goers (who speak three dialects of fluent Klingon).<br /><br />But getting back to Nero and blaming the writer... At just over two hours, this film already feels pretty dense, moving briskly from sequence to sequence - and apparently several minutes explaining more of Nero's backstory (and especially where he disappeared to for 30 years while Kirk and Spock were growing up) was cut from the finished film. We can hardly blame the writers for decisions made by the editors and director. <br /><br />Moving beyond "Star Trek", we've all heard horror stories about scripts that have gone through endless revisions by countless writers, ending up nothing like the original drafts, with murky attribution. Exactly who wrote the latest "Terminator", which, at last glance of Rotten Tomatoes, was sitting pretty at 35%? The story told to the public by director McG and star Christian Bale was that Bale refused to do it until the script "could be performed on stage by two people and still be compelling". Frankly, I can't imagine a Terminator script that could possibly do such a thing, no matter who wrote it, but whatever. Still, word comes down that half a dozen people took a crack at that script, and the movie is still getting crapped on by fans and critics across the board.<br /><br />I may have lost my point somewhere in my ramblings... That might be a problem with my own scripts. I tend to lack focus. Whoops. <br /><br />Maybe I'm trying to say that it all has to be taken on a case-by-case basis, and it's too easy to just say "the script sucked" when, maybe, the best parts were cut out or on-set ad-libbing was really to blame.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06788052045631995191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-72380209688776900742009-05-25T23:14:27.201-04:002009-05-25T23:14:27.201-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-6573931375869274342009-04-24T11:01:00.000-04:002009-04-24T11:01:00.000-04:00B,
Thanks for sharing about your experience as a ...B,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing about your experience as a print journalist. My stepbrother has struggled mightily to find a place to hang his hat after two of the papers he worked for downsized. Yikes!!<br /><br />JoeJoe Hughes from Scriptsages.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207145608882476888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-74351005472672615002009-04-23T23:11:00.000-04:002009-04-23T23:11:00.000-04:00I think smaller, weekly local papers may survive -...I think smaller, weekly local papers may survive -- those papers in communities where they can get by on small ad revenues and subscriptions.<br /><br />The new 'Star Trek' movie looks great! I'm glad to see it getting lots of good advance buzz around the Internet. <br /><br />My story was published in the 9th volume of 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' in 2006. It was a good time. I flew down to a convention in Baltimore, met a bunch of the other writers (and a couple TV stars) and even got to sign autographs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06788052045631995191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-33821878919360769422009-04-22T16:49:00.000-04:002009-04-22T16:49:00.000-04:00Thanks, B. I must admit I rarely buy a paper mysel...Thanks, B. I must admit I rarely buy a paper myself anymore. If one is lying around when I'm at Starbucks or something I'll take a glance, but I get most of my news on line in the morning.<br /><br />I think papers will survive but in a much reduced form--and of course there will be fewer of them.<br /><br />Where is your Star Trek story published. I am a fan of the genre, though I haven't read any stories--just a follower of the movies and the series. Looking forward to the upcoming Star Trek movie.<br /><br />-RandyRandy Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16350603154162405541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-6264449724797672722009-04-20T12:49:00.000-04:002009-04-20T12:49:00.000-04:00Hi, I've been reading your blog for a while and I ...Hi, I've been reading your blog for a while and I find it all very interesting. I've been wanting to break into screenwriting for a while after studying it in college, but so far my only sale is a prose short story in a "Star Trek" anthology. <br /><br />Anyhow, this post caught my eye because I happen to work at a newspaper up in Lynn, and the state of print journalism is both extremely interesting and extremely worrying. There's a strange sort of resistance to the new technology, a worry that by offering content online, you'll be sacrificing the print product and I'm not sure anyone really knows a way to truly balance the two. <br /><br />And while I agree that there's a certain something about holding paper in your hands, the truth is that nowadays, the demand is for 'news now' so to speak - and print is, essentially, yesterday's news. The younger, technologically astute generation wants their news now (and, mostly as it seems like everything else, for free). When our paper started doing multiple daily updates to our website, website viewership soared but our paper sales only spike when there's some kind of horrific crime on the front page.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06788052045631995191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-63222742537483564052009-04-05T21:46:00.000-04:002009-04-05T21:46:00.000-04:00Interesting, Rhea. I hadn't heard of Virtual Pitch...Interesting, Rhea. I hadn't heard of Virtual Pitchfest. I agree with Randy that it very much depends on if you have that perfect bare bones project some producer 'out there' is casting around for.<BR/><BR/>-JoeJoe Hughes from Scriptsages.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207145608882476888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-78369774914107697522009-04-05T21:19:00.000-04:002009-04-05T21:19:00.000-04:00I posted on Inktip for a long, long time, two diff...I posted on Inktip for a long, long time, two different scripts. I believed in it, but ultimately did not get anywhere with it. I have had much more success with Virtual Pitchfest in terms of contacts from industry people.Rheahttp://thegeminiweb.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-54538624744270349142009-04-01T17:12:00.000-04:002009-04-01T17:12:00.000-04:00Lee,We've had good results with Susan Kouguell. Sh...Lee,<BR/>We've had good results with Susan Kouguell. She's in NH but teaches at Tufts. Her site is www.su-city-pictures.com. Her rates should be there. Can be more than some are willing to pay, but she's a first-rate pro.<BR/><BR/>Hope this helps.<BR/>Best,<BR/>RandyRandy Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16350603154162405541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-19226820858075605032009-03-31T23:24:00.000-04:002009-03-31T23:24:00.000-04:00I'd love to get a recommendation for a script anal...I'd love to get a recommendation for a script analyst. Actually names for movie and TV scripts would be helpful.<BR/><BR/>I've put my screenplay on hold while I write a couple TV episodes for the Austin Film Festival teleplay competition. I wrote a Psych script and have almost completed an episode of CSI.<BR/><BR/>I'd love to have someone with more experience than me (meaning pretty much anyone) look them over.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for any advice,<BR/>LeeLee Stewarthttp://www.randomoddness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-7715933539280524432009-03-26T15:07:00.000-04:002009-03-26T15:07:00.000-04:00TwoPlusPlus:Thanks for this insightful comment! Qu...TwoPlusPlus:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this insightful comment! Quills at BU when you went there? <BR/><BR/>I was intrigued by your website/blog. Are those webisodes? Randy and I are working on a webisode project in Boston dealing with college life...<BR/><BR/>-JoeJoe Hughes from Scriptsages.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207145608882476888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-33178845367954770372009-03-26T00:17:00.000-04:002009-03-26T00:17:00.000-04:00Anecdotally (sp), there seems to be a lot supporti...Anecdotally (sp), there seems to be a lot supporting your thesis of a pro-LA bias.<BR/><BR/>My response is more along the lines of what might be done to marshall the resources - finances, talent, production, post, marketing, distribution, etc - to counter the perceived bias?<BR/><BR/>There seem to be a broader range of storytellers outside of southern California. Actors are hungry (hungrier?) here. Money only wants to make more money irrespective of where.<BR/><BR/>The East Coast has a stage industry that can't be touched elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>Elements are there even if a different picture emerges.<BR/><BR/>PS - A few thousand years ago, I studied at BU. Good school then - we used quills ;) - and great school now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-38834795288504924212009-03-22T09:28:00.000-04:002009-03-22T09:28:00.000-04:00Smudley,Glad we could be of service!JHSmudley,<BR/><BR/>Glad we could be of service!<BR/><BR/>JHJoe Hughes from Scriptsages.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207145608882476888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-52141291167987920182009-03-20T20:01:00.000-04:002009-03-20T20:01:00.000-04:00Wearily lurking clist for a job and stumbled upon ...Wearily lurking clist for a job and stumbled upon your blog...<BR/><BR/>must be fate as ive been thinking of penning my first ideas and there in the first post i spy is mention of specific softwares recognized in the biz along with a juicy tidbit about styles of assembling like ideas!<BR/><BR/>thank you sirsmudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722269425663527400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-30028366836795723512009-03-20T20:00:00.000-04:002009-03-20T20:00:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.smudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722269425663527400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389341468301237804.post-31210488384690874272009-03-19T18:06:00.000-04:002009-03-19T18:06:00.000-04:00Jeff, Terrific thoughts. I checked out Rainey's si...Jeff, <BR/><BR/>Terrific thoughts. I checked out Rainey's site. You are right - very impressive indeed!<BR/><BR/>JHJoe Hughes from Scriptsages.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207145608882476888noreply@blogger.com