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 […]
This is fun, Gotham did a write up on me yay! Profile: Max Adams ~By Britt Gambino Gotham teacher Max Adams has only one hard and fast rule for great screenwriting: don’t be boring. That and always use 12-point Courier font (and even that rule, she says, can be broken). If you […]
Upcoming 2011 — Online Master Classes in Screenwriting Taught by yours truly Max Adams: March: Character Writing, 03.15.11 High Concept Writing, 03.15.11 May: Non-Static Writing, 05.17.11 Structural Writing, 05.17.11 July: Character Writing, 07.19.11 Visual Writing, 07.19.11 September: High Concept Writing, 09.13.11 The Art of the Pitch, 09.13.11 November: Structural Writing, 11.15.11 Non-Static Writing, […]
In Praise of — Visual Writing ~ by Patrick A. Horton I recently found myself in an unexpected conversation with an accomplished colleague about some of the things most writers are taught and not taught that can make difference between subsequent success and failure in their work and careers. The colleague was the […]
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I love this — It is a letter from David Mamet to the writers of a television show THE UNIT. THE UNIT didn’t make it — probably they did not listen to Mamet. Every time I read a Mamet memo I grow fonder of Mamet. The only other people I know of who have […]
There is — One unexpected seat opening in the pitch class. There are also a couple open seats left in the visual writing class. Both classes start Tuesday so if anyone is interested, drop me a line now: :::contact::: Update: The pitch class is now full.
Upcoming 2011 — Online Master Classes in Screenwriting Taught by yours truly Max Adams: January: The Art of the Pitch, 01.11.11 [*full] Visual Writing, 01.11.11 March: Character Writing, 03.15.11 High Concept Writing, 03.15.11 May: Non-Static Writing, 05.17.11 Structural Writing, 05.17.11 July: Character Writing, 07.19.11 Visual Writing, 07.19.11 September: High Concept Writing, 09.13.11 The […]
The Screenwriter’s Survival Guide; Or, Guerrilla Meeting Tactics and Other Acts of War 2011 is the 10 year anniversary of the book’s publication. I do not know whether to yay or groan there, jeez, seriously, ten years? It does not seem like I OR the book can be […]
Readers are entirely dependent on you. There is no movie unless you put it on the page. So, you have, absolutely have, to give readers a visual. This does not mean a map of the furniture layout in the protagonist’s room. This means an impression of the location. Is the furniture out of Salvation […]