Screenwriting

Sometimes story is more problem solving than art

by justingibbs on March 2, 2010

Most people saw the previews for Law Abiding Citizen and rightly stayed away. I of course sat through it. As a struggling screenwriter I see a lot of bad movies to see where they go wrong. This one however went wrong for a reason I wasn’t expecting. The story and movie fail because the villain [...]

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Thirteen hours of Slaying the Dragon

by justingibbs on November 16, 2009

Saturday I spent all day in class, Lynda Heys and Steve Turnbul’s Slaying the Dragon Master Class. I had seen them at the Great American Pitchfest and the Screenwriting Expo but that was for only 45 and 90 minutes. Saturday’s class went for 13 hours and I got the feeling that many of us were willing [...]

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Screenwriting vs. tech conferences

by justingibbs on October 19, 2009

Over the weekend I had the opportunity to attend the 2009 Screenwritng Expo. This was the smallest I’ve ever seen it. Maybe only 1,500 to 2,000 people and most of them were just there to pitch. It was still a good conference, but this was also the 5th time I’ve attended the conference and you [...]

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