tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923290903857471076.post5347173383097613335..comments2024-01-14T12:15:40.968-08:00Comments on Let's Schmooze - Doug Eboch on Screenwriting: Reimagining the Job of ScreenwriterDoug Ebochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04345404649576399837noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923290903857471076.post-77777920709721111512010-09-20T19:13:35.996-07:002010-09-20T19:13:35.996-07:00Writing is difficult regardless of the final mediu...Writing is difficult regardless of the final medium. My publishers are cutting freelance rates and editing jobs are pleading poverty. As a playwright, not much better. The Dramatist Guild and TCG have been discussing the shift even within local theatre to "tried and true" names -- ideally plays associated with movies. <br /><br />Clearly one has to be "multimodal" in approach. It has never been easy for writers, but there are new challenges. Self-publishing risks swamping great writers within a sea of mediocrity, or it might be a great new world of virtual "small presses."<br /><br />Is it long before Webisodes and pico-indie films are the equivalent of ePubs?PoetCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833522103074528608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923290903857471076.post-55645257508777565282010-09-20T14:54:57.480-07:002010-09-20T14:54:57.480-07:00Doug, Was wondering if you could analyze Fargo? Th...Doug, Was wondering if you could analyze Fargo? The script and film seem simple and straight forward, i.e. not complex material at all. Yet it is very effective and powerful.<br /><br />I'm sure it has several nuances that I and many others can't even think of. Would appreciate your keen insight into it.<br /><br />Thank you.Sankethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097498145691416213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923290903857471076.post-32260264672745168452010-09-18T06:35:27.729-07:002010-09-18T06:35:27.729-07:00Hi Doug,
Thanks for a really interesting post. Fr...Hi Doug, <br />Thanks for a really interesting post. From where I am (the south of France), Hollywood becomes more irrelevant with each day that passes. The death of Hollywood? Who cares. The descent into mass-market pulp has been going on for years. The sooner it's own greed kills it off for good, the better. Happily, there is a film-making world outside of Hollywood where quality lives on.<br />Elaineelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03161721652608730458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923290903857471076.post-35101796889310123972010-09-17T00:32:25.215-07:002010-09-17T00:32:25.215-07:00By the way, I never said there wasn't work for...By the way, I never said there wasn't work for screenwriters. The post was about the <i>kind</i> of work available today.Doug Ebochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04345404649576399837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923290903857471076.post-6909051640162434092010-09-17T00:28:03.975-07:002010-09-17T00:28:03.975-07:00The odds are tougher than they've ever been, o...The odds are tougher than they've ever been, or at least since I started. But new writers continue to break in. You just aren't likely to ever see your spec script produced. They become samples to get adaptation jobs.<br /><br />The exceptions are mostly comedy and low budget horror.Doug Ebochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04345404649576399837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923290903857471076.post-14855777853131300042010-09-16T13:32:05.412-07:002010-09-16T13:32:05.412-07:00Does that mean none of us is going to break into t...Does that mean none of us is going to break into the business?Sankethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097498145691416213noreply@blogger.com