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Insider screenwriting stories, plus occasional stuff on how to write a screenplay, by Phil Gladwin

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Why ‘There Will Be Blood’ Fails Completely

Published in February 24th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Reviews, Screenwriting
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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 [...]

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Juno - Diablo Cody Gets A Screenplay Home Run First Time Out

Published in February 20th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting
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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, sometimes, just [...]

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BBC Writers Academy

Published in February 6th, 2008
Posted by Phil Gladwin in Selling Yourself
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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…

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