By MICHAEL CIEPLY Published: September 8, 2007 LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 — Immigrants here sometimes like to say: "We didn't cross the border. The border crossed...
Dear Mr Bob, Thanks a lot for your reply.Pardon my delay in responding back to you, i just checked my email box today and found your message. The scripts like...
Stanley, I'm not in a position to do anything with your script. Good luck, Bob ... From: WriteMovies@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WriteMovies@yahoogroups.com] On ...
Hello, here is "Zenpoetin-Märchenfee" speaking. I am writing fairy-stories and political Satire and do hope to find someone to talk about films speaking also...
It was the fifth day of the Toronto International Film Festival, just before a 3 p.m. screening of a new Johnnie To movie, when the stranger stopped dead in...
Great Writers: This is an edited version of "The Other Side of Paradise, Scott Fitzgerald, 40, Engulfed in Despair" by Michel Mok, first published in the New...
Greetings! The finalists of the 15th Writemovies.com contest are now out (see below)! Congratulations to our finalists, and thanks to everybody who took part....
Alfred A Knopf: How the great literary publisher proved to be the great rejecter Alfred A Knopf was considered to be one of the great literary publishers of...
What's the best sex scene in film history? The worst hairdo? The most convincing cross-dresser? The Coen brothers, Steven Soderbergh, DBC Pierre and others...
Literature's invisible arbiters We never get to read them, but reader's reports for publishers can make or break books - particularly so for translations....
Come on, writers, script your futures The Big Picture: As the writers strike enters its third week, I think the future belongs to a tantalizing new hyphenate:...
Alex Ross has 15 years of experience working with major Hollywood writers. Amongst whom: Andrew Niccol (Truman Show), Pat Duncan (Mr. Holland's Opus), and Iris...
Has anyone else gone insane writing a query letter? I'm currently in the Lake Ontario insane asylum and I don't think I'll be let out until this query is done....
you seem to be in a tuff place, but judging by the way yo convey your words. with just a little more time out of your head and talking with others inside your...
I am interested in working with any that can turn the info below into a movie, book, whatever so that it gets to the public in a big way. Reporters have a...
To all of you: wishing you a kick ass agent, a book deal or script sale and a movie premiere this year! But most of all, a sane life, that none of this can...
I've tried everything! I have submitted inquiry letters, contacted production companies directly - I even tried my cousin, a sports agent, in an attempt to...
Ernest, An agent is not going to represent a new writer unless the writer had been a finalist in a scriptwriting competition or has a deal pending. So get to ...
Dear Writemovies.com Member, The 17th Writemovies.com contest is about to close! We only accept 1000 entries and we have nearly reached our limit! The deadline...
Hello, I just got your mail and i'm sorry to tell you that i am in the same condition you are right now. What even makes my own case worse is that i'm in...
"LAUGH FACTORY" HOSTS WEEKLY BENEFITS FOR WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION INDUSTRY SUPPORT FUND In a continuing show of support for the rest of the industry Laugh ...
February 3, 2008 Essay Waiting for It By RACHEL DONADIO For writers, few steps in the publishing process are as strange as the state of suspended animation...
As you know, one of the best entry points into the industry is with a good short. This applies to directors, writers, actors etc. Every year thousands of these...
Dear Writemovies.com Member, The 18th Writemovies.com contest is now open for entries! We only accept 1000 entries and we are filling up fast. The deadline is...
Writing Those Golden Ideas By Karina Halle John Meadows is a man who believes in those golden moments. The first act of his indie film Wisegirls popped into...
Now that I've got my master's in writing ... I'm not writing! I do well with things I know I'm great at, but I'm not sure I'm great at writing. Cary Tennis ...
Special Notice: Theme: Issues of the 21st century Turtle Shell Productions is looking for one-act plays 15 – 40 minutes in length for a month-long production...
I play Wally Winchell, the local TV reporter who steals leads from the ghost tracking kids, in this pilot produced by SunnyBoy Entertainment. This is a quick 1...