Screenwriters' Rant Room

Hilliard, Chris and screenwriter/director Todd Nunes chop it up about EVERYTHING we love about the Horror genre!   HIGHLIGHTS: HALLOWEEN, DAWN OF THE DEAD, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, THE WARRIORS (yes, it has elements of horror), SLASHERS vs PARANORMAL FILMS and so much more!     Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-228       Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon     Todd Nunes - https://twitter.com/todd_nunes Chris Derrick - https://twitter.com/unauthorizedcbd Lisa Bolekaja - https://twitter.com/lisabolekaja Hilliard Guess - https://twitter.com/HilliardGuess     The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/screenwritersrr/ The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter - https://twitter.com/screenwritersrr

Hilliard, Chris and Jesani Drew chop it up in a fun conversation about Rewriting and so much more!   Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-227     Show Notes   Sexy Beast - Trailer   The Rookie on ABC   The Goop Cop on Netflix   MR INBETWEEN on F/X   Beverly Hills Cop (screenplay)   Breaking Bad (pilot)   Castle (pilot)   David Mamet's The Art of Theater Paris Review interview.   PODCAST SHOUTOUTS:   The Micheaux Mission Podcast   Nick and Alex's Paper Team   Pilar Alessandra's On The Page     Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon   Jesani Drew - https://twitter.com/jesanidrew Chris Derrick - https://twitter.com/unauthorizedcbd Lisa Bolekaja - https://twitter.com/lisabolekaja Hilliard Guess - https://twitter.com/HilliardGuess The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/screenwritersrr/ The S

We sat down with CBS Program finalist Antonio "Sinsation The Writer" to answer his questions about navigating this crazy business.      Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-226     David Mamet Memo To Writers of THE UNIT Javier Grillo-Marxuach 11 Laws of Showrunning   Scripts You Better Have Read BIG (the script) KRAMER vs KRAMER (the script) TOY STORY (the script)   Our Favorite Writing Coaches Carole Kirchner - Hollywood Game Plan Pilar Alessanro - On The Page Lee Jessup DMA - Planet DMA   Alex Freedman and Nick Watson's Paper Team podcast (https://www.tv-calling.com/paperteam/) a go-to resource for young TV wri

Bianca Sams is back! To talk about incorporating (should you? If so, when?)

 

Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-225

 

Questions to Ask Yourself

 

S Corp

C Corp

LLC

Compare Business Structures

Differences Between S Corp and C Corp

 

California Secretary of State Corporate Name Look-Up

 

After Trump's Tax Reform to Funnel Money to the Wealthy there are other considerations .

Here are things to consider.

 

Money/Expense Tracking Apps

Personal Capital

Betterment

Mint

TurboTax

 

Shout out to the Micheux Mission Podcast (http://www.micheauxmission.com/) for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black films!

 

Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon

 

Bianca Sams - https://twitter.com/writesamswrite

Chris Derrick - https://twitter.com/unauthorizedcbd

Lisa Bolekaja - 

Hilliard and Chris are joined by writer Bianca Sams to discuss mid-season staffing and staffing outside of the season!

 

Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-224

 

Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon

 

Twitter:

@ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @UnathorizedCBD @writesamswrite

 

Subscribe to: MICHEUX MISSION PODCAST (http://www.micheauxmission.com/) for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black Films!

 

Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon

 

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PART 2 of Hilliard, Chris and Jesani's conversation about Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tips for Short Story Writing and how they apply to screenwriting. 

 

Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-223

 

For the next two weeks we'll examine each tip in depth.

 

We mentioned some scripts during the episode and here's how you can read them:

 

Erin Brockovich Script and Trailer

 

Star Wars - A New Hope Script and Trailer

 

Godfather Script and Trailer

 

Amadeus (Director's Cut) Script and Trailer

 

Offline Jesani asked Chris to put together a list of films he should see, here's a snippet from that list:

 

Hollywood/English Language

All That Jazz

Saving Private Ryan

Eyes Wide Shut

The Road Warrior

The Wild Bunch

Apocalypto

 

Foreign Language

Princess Mononoke

8 1/2

La Dolce Vita

Ridicule

The Lives of Others

 

Shout out to the MICHEUX MISSION PODCAST (http://www.micheauxmission.com/) for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black Films!

 

Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon

Chris Derrick - https://twitter.com/unauthorizedcbd

Lisa Bolekaja - https://twitter.com/lisabolekaja

Hilliard Guess - https://twitter.com/HilliardGuess

@JesaniDrew

 

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Hilliard, Chris and Jesani sit down in a Part 2 conversation on last weeks Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tips for Short Story Writing and how they apply to screenwriting. 

 

Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-222

 

For the next two weeks we'll examine each tip in depth.

 

We mentioned some scripts during the episode and here's how you can read them:

 

Erin Brockovich Script and Trailer

 

Star Wars - A New Hope Script and Trailer

 

Godfather Script and Trailer

 

Amadeus (Director's Cut) Script and Trailer

 

Offline Jesani asked Chris to put together a list of films he should see, here's a snippet from that list:

 

Hollywood/English Language

All That Jazz

Saving Private Ryan

Eyes Wide Shut

The Road Warrior

The Wild Bunch

Apocalypto

 

Foreign Language

Princess Mononoke

8 1/2

La Dolce Vita

Ridicule

The Lives of Others

 

Shout out to the MICHEUX MISSION PODCAST (http://www.micheauxmission.com/) for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black Films!

 

Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon

Chris Derrick - https://twitter.com/unauthorizedcbd

Lisa Bolekaja - https://twitter.com/lisabolekaja

Hilliard Guess - https://twitter.com/HilliardGuess

@JesaniDrew</

It's been a minute since we did a craft episode; so Hilliard and Chris, joined by Babywriter Jesani Drew, talk about the craft of writing and the techniques that screenwriters need to master... particularly... The Power of the First Page!

 

DIRECT LINK: www.bit.ly/SWRR-221

 

Scripts & shows that we discussed:

The Matrix - script and trailer

The Blacklist - script and trailer

8 1/2 - trailer

Billions - script

 

Bordwell & Thompson's seminal book FILM ART

 

Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tips On Writing a Short Story

 

ASK A MANAGER podcast 

 

Shout out to the Micheux Mission Podcast (http://www.micheauxmission.com/) for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black films!

Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon

Chris Derrick - https://twitter.com/unauthorizedcbd

Lisa Bolekaja - https://twitter.com/lisabolekaja

Hilliard Guess - https://twitter.com/HilliardGuess

 

The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/screenwritersrr/

 

The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter - https://twitter.com/screenwritersrr

 

Geoffrey Thorne is back! This time to dispense more details (but still not a lot) on Marvel's Avengers: Black Panther's Quest; where he was the head writer.

 

You can see the just-dropped trailer here! 

 

The show officially drops at the end of September on Disney XD, check your cable guide!

 

Geoff, most recently, repeated fabled screenwriter William Goldman's dictum "Nobody Knows Nothing" which was pulled from his classic book, "Adventures In The ScreenTrade", even though it was written in the early 1980s, at least 90% of it still holds true (which is sad and extremely telling), get yourself a copy at Amazon!

 

Also, its sequel "Which Lies Did I Tell" is well-worth reading too!

 

The latest article on A.I. Screenwriting!

 

Insatiable on Netflix; here's the Trailer.

 

To All The Boys I Loved Before on Netflix; here's the Trailer.

 

Angela Bassett's 60th Birthday Bikini Photo Shoot.

 

Gina Torres keeping it sexy on CLAWS - http://supagirl.tumblr.com/post/162536925675/gina-torres-in-claws and here: http://imgbox.com/P7G50iU9

 

Ezekiel 4:9 Bread - Per Ms. Bassett's diet plan!

 

Shout out to the Micheux Mission Podcast for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black films!

 

Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon

 

Follow Everybody on TWITTER!

 

Geoffrey Thorne: https://twitter.com/WintermanBooks

Lauren Warren - https://twitter.com/iamlaurenp

Chris Derrick - https://twitter.com/unauthorizedcbd

Lisa Bolekaja - https://twitter.com/lisabolekaja

Hilliard Guess - https://twitter.com/HilliardGuess

 

Geoffrey Thorne returns to the show as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the superhero movie that paved the way for the über-dominance of cinema... by the Marvel Cinematic Universe... BLADE (1998) starring and produced by Wesley Snipes, written by David S. Goyer and directed by Steven Norrington.

 

Here's the BLADE script which is a KILLER read.

 

Shame on you if you haven't seen the film, here's the original trailer

 

We talked briefly about Guillermo del Toro's interview regarding his involvement on BLADE 2, which is available on VRV 

 

And here's the trailer to SpikeTV's Blade series

 

Lisa was so excited about Udo Kier and Chris mentioned his memorable work in Luchino Visconti's THE DAMNED (here's the trailer for that crazy film)

 

Geoff talked up his upcoming Winterman Project, you can find out more about it here!

 

Shout out to the Micheux Mission Podcast for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black films!

 

As we morn the loss of the Queen of Soul, David Melnick wrote a stirring piece about Aretha Franklin in The New Yorker a few years ago

 

Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's

Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon

 

Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-219

 

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