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The Alarming Decline Of Expressive Language, In Life and On Film

John Farr | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment

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John Farr

Even as today's high school and college students are pushed harder in school, they cannot write an essay or use descriptive language nearly as fluently as their parents and grandparents could.

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Hanging with Motherhood Writer-Director Katherine Dieckmann

Thelma Adams | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Manhattan, Women, Women in Film, Mothers and Sons, Motherhood, Uma Thurman, Parenting, Mothers and Daughters, Screenwriting, Parenthood, Punk, Screenwriters, Mike-Leigh, Katherine Dieckmann, Joan Didion, Women Directors, Working Moms, Entertainment News
Thelma Adams

I was frustrated by the absence of movies where a mother is the lead and her issues are the film's main focus, where she is a significant character expressing her soul and existence.

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Death by Resume

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

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David Dean Bottrell

Who am I anyway? Am I my resume? We all want to be one of the cool kids. It's tough to let go.

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After Twilight, Gothic Sex Takes a Bigger Bite

Susie Bright | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: True Blood, Susie-Bright, Twilight, Erotica, Writing, Books, Sex, Screenwriting, Anna Paquin, Isaac Asimov's Foundation, Hbo, Sookie-Stackhouse, Science Fiction, Bill Moyers, Entertainment News
Susie Bright

eBtween the pandemonium over Twilight and True Blood, there's been renewed interest in why horror and sex have made a comeback in each other's arms.

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Interview with Alan Dean Foster, Author of Terminator Salvation: The Official Movie Novelization

Jenna Busch | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Humanx Commenwealth, Mcg, Terminator: Salvation, Books, Movie Novelization, Transformers, Star Trek, Alan Dean Foster, Star Wars, Hollywood-Screenwriters, Aliens, Screenwriting, Writers Guild of America, Titan, Disclosure, George Lucas, Screenwriters, Writer's Guild, Screen Actors Guild, Entertainment News
Jenna Busch

You have to have a script to work with in order to do the novelization. An outline would be horribly inadequate. You also hope for supplementary materials.

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Writing and Yoga

Jen Grisanti | Posted 09.06.2009 | Living

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Jen Grisanti

Clarity is an important ingredient in feeling free to express yourself.

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Writing Your Truth

Jen Grisanti | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Change, Writing, Self-Worth, Freedom of Expression, Climate Change, Integrity, Truth, Screenwriting, Living News
Jen Grisanti

Writing is a special and essential tool available to everyone that provides a cathartic opportunity to reflect on life, its evolutions, and our perspectives on it.

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Show Versus Tell in Hollywood

Jerry Weissman | Posted 02.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cate Blanchett, Sean Penn, Milk, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Mick LaSalle, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Screenwriting, Movies, Entertainment News
Jerry Weissman

Three different directorial approaches to cinema storytelling? Gus Van Sant's Milk, David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

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How to Make a Movie in Hollywood: the Abnormal Way

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 08.06.2008 | Entertainment

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Robert J. Elisberg

The thing about Hollywood, however, is it can be impenetrable for everyone. It's easier for executives to say "No," than risk failure developing projects along.

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Searching for Screenwriters in the South of France

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Cannes Film Festival 2008, Screenwriting, Independent Film, Filmmaking, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Not surprising for the country that originated the auteur theory, screenwriters are not the stars of Cannes. But if screenwriters don't garner the glamour, they nonetheless can be found with a bit of searching.

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