http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Tue, 20 May 2008 22:42:04 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/20/224204.php PlotDogCan anyone really sell a screenplay in Hollywood without having a family member in the industry?<br/> Can anyone really sell a screenplay in Hollywood without having a family member in the industry? Could there be a secret weapon to sell your screenplay? Is the screenplay pitch the dealmaker? Is pitching at an organized pitch event the way to go?Pitching -- the process where a screenwriter has about three to seven minutes of an initial decision... Video77059@blogcritics.org Tue, 20 May 2008 22:42:04 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/06/084921.php PlotDogIs this an essential tool for a screenwriter?<br/> Writer Boy was having a less than thrilling realization. As an emerging writer and not a fella who felt he had yet conquered his chosen craft of being a wordsmith, he had been wrestling with the evil passive word demons. Writer Boy hated passive tense because he mostly wrote thrillers, and there just aren&rsquo;t many passive thrillers. He found... Books76552@blogcritics.org Tue, 6 May 2008 08:49:21 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/24/113416.php PlotDogEverybody is a critic. How can you be a better one?<br/> Who but a writer could do this thing - talk about an art and craft as if he or she had any knowledge whatsoever about that most mercurial of things, using the written word to express and emote. Critics are, in a Satanist sort of manner, writers in and of themselves. It does leave me to wonder if there are a group of critics who give critical review... Culture76076@blogcritics.org Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:34:16 EDT