by Phil Gladwin on February 24, 2008
This is a controversial one. It’s a pragmatic piece of advice, that doesn’t feel very pure to me because it’s based on my personal taste rather than any rules of drama (if there are such things) – and it also flies in the face of the success of one of the biggest movie successes in [...]
by Phil Gladwin on February 20, 2008
A lot of people write and ask me what are the chances of them getting their first script made. My reply is always the same: “Negligible. It takes contacts, experience, years of banging your head on the door, a shed load of contacts, and and a hide thicker than a rhino.” But ‘Juno’ proves that, [...]
by Phil Gladwin on February 6, 2008
Further to the recent newsletter about the Academy, here’s a blog post and discussion from December that may be of interest… Writers Academy It’s a tough old writing world, for sure…