I would like to take back the word “perfectionist.” Let’s start by assuming that perfection is something we can actually attain. For instance, some people say that people there is no such thing as a perfect circle, but, for all practical purposes, there is. Let’s call this perfect. Near perfect is perfect.Why am I defining perfection? Because I have seen many screenwriters and others use
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Our Very Own Library of Alexandria
Posted on 2:22 PM by christofer D
The Library of Alexandria was the largest library in the ancient world. The aim of this ancient Egyptian library was to collect the world’s knowledge. It was said that when foreign ships came into port that their books, and all written material was confiscated, copied, and returned to its owners.The library was tragically destroyed in a fire. Scholars still lament the loss of this vast repository
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Bad Shark, Good Movie
Posted on 4:49 PM by christofer D
Back in the days before CGI, my roommate was a special effects makeup artist. At that time I had a few friends in this field. There was an ongoing argument that I would have with my creature-making friends about Yoda and E.T., back when both of these characters were make of rubber. They were really just suffocated puppets. My roommate’s view was that both E.T. and Yoda were poorly sculpted. It
Friday, August 29, 2008
The Best Writing Advice I Ever Got
Posted on 5:23 PM by christofer D
One thousand years ago, when I was a teenager, I went a sci-fi convention in Seattle. This was probably 1978 or ’79. In those days these kinds of conventions were only attended by hardcore geeks (called nerds in those days) who were on the fringe on society. Big movie stars did not go to these events. The biggest star at this convention was the actor who played Boomer on the original Battlestar
Friday, July 11, 2008
Water Shortage
Posted on 4:31 PM by christofer D
Several years ago I wrote a script that had as one of its elements an army of ghosts. Everyone who read the screenplay swore it would sell for big money, and that it was the best screenplay I had written up to that point. I was really proud of this script myself; I felt that I had nailed this story and its treatment.
But when I showed the screenplay to my agent at the time, he looked as if he
But when I showed the screenplay to my agent at the time, he looked as if he
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
The End
Posted on 7:16 PM by christofer D
"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop." -- Lewis Carroll Before I launch into this post I want to apologize for my long absence. My father died and I didn’t much feel like writing the blog. Also I got an idea for a book and wrote that instead.Now on with the show…Endings come up a lot when I’m teaching. Some people say that a happy ending is cheap and that life
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