Just Effing Entertain Me (Coffee Break Podcasts)
Summary: Learn about the art, craft and business of screenwriting with warmth, humor and insight. In-depth interviews, varying perspectives and gems of knowledge garnered through hard-earned experience. Julie Gray and her colleagues within the entertainment industry enlighten, entertain and inform. The founder of The Script Department, Hollywood’s premier script coverage service, Julie also directs the Silver Screenwriting Competition and authors the popular screenwriting blog, Just Effing Entertain Me. Julie consults privately with a wide variety of writers and teaches classes at Warner Bros., The Great American PitchFest, The Creative Screenwriting Expo and San Francisco University in Quito, Ecuador. Julie lives in Los Angeles, California; her book Just Effing Entertain Me is slated for release in late 2010.
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Podcasts:
How using structure frees you to write scripts with passion and meaning. One writer’s journey from the surface to the deep.
Today I interview the co-founders of The Behavior Factor for Screenwriters, which examines behavior patterns in your characters.
How far is too far when writing in the family genre? Make sure you know what your jumping off point is by comparing your idea (or script) to pre-existing movies in the genre.
Plays are about words. Scripts are about a cinematic experience and creating a world that engages viewers and readers alike.
Where do writers find new ideas for books and scripts?
Julie talks with a writer about what “voice” really means. Is it important? How do you develop it?
How a journalist became a TV writer through the power of networking – and patience.
Julie chats with #ScriptChat co-founder Jeanne V. Bowerman about #ScriptChat’s genesis, role and empowerment of screenwriters via Twitter.
Andrew Kersey, literary manager, discusses the state of the market today, getting (and keeping) rep and what he looks for in new clients. Have a listen to this podcast that explains this and many more topics to help you navigate the ever evolving scriptwriting world.
Have you been stuck forever? Has all the fun gone out of this script? It might be time to walk away. Listen to this podcast to hear our advice about this very important subject and all about when its time to turn your back on a script that just isn’t as bright as it used to be.
The Networking King! Julie speaks with Erik Cooper, a writer who moved to LA and made the MOST of it! Find out how Erik has lunch with writers like Shane Black, (LETHAL WEAPON) and Michael Arndt (TOY STORY 3, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE). Find out what do to and what NOT to do to make the most out of relationship-building in Hollywood!
Neil Landau, co-writer of DON’T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER’S DEAD (Christina Applegate), instructor in the MFA in Screenwriting and Producing programs at both UCLA School of Film & Television and USC School of Cinematic Arts as well as author of 101 Things I Learned in Film School talks about film school, screenwriting, staying positive in a tough industry and much, much more.
Julie speaks with renowned television consultant, former network executive and current instructor for NBCU’s Writers On the Verge, Jen Grisanti, about what’s hot and what’s not this upcoming pilot season. Find out whether you should write a spec or a pilot, which specs are hot and how to find out and much, much more.
Some writers are idea machines. Some aren’t. Where do you find inspiration when you need it?
Don’t necessarily write about YOUR life. Write about LIFE.
