coming in may: dialogue writing || high concept writing
:::DIALOGUE WRITING::: :::HIGH CONCEPT WRITING:::
:::DIALOGUE WRITING::: :::HIGH CONCEPT WRITING:::
Oh yez, hot September classes are right around the corner. You should all go sign up for them right now.
I had this — Sick twisted bastard of a yoga instructor tonight. I swear this guy used to reign over the Fifth Circle of Hell but he was too rough on people so they cast him out and he ended up at my yoga studio. He didn’t just make us do terrible hard things, […]
There is this great moment in The Last Boy Scout. This car’s trunk is wired up with explosives and these two guys have to leap over a freeway embankment to escape the exploding car. And they make it, whew! Except — The blowing up car is blown over the side of the freeway […]
So here — Is how this is going to go down. [It always goes down like this.] I have these two classes opening September 18th. One is The Art of the Pitch. That’s about learning how to pitch a story so you don’t soil yourself in front of a crowd of spectators. The other […]
If there is — One writer who regularly nailed high concept [and did it over and over again] it was Michael Chrichton. He was one of the first writers to write a story about a scientific and military response to a plague hitting the U.S. [Andromeda Strain]. Not to mention the only guy talking […]
Okay festivities are over. Drat. Back to business. I have two seats open in the 5150 workshop, the January pitch class is full, there are four seats open in the November visual writing class. Also, the March high concept writing class is now open for registration and I will be appearing at Showbiz Expo giving […]