by Film School | Nov 7, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #435 Strangeness Harold Bloom defined ‘strangeness’ as a mark of originality that is endemic and absolutely required for any work of literary art to be considered a masterpiece or a classic. Dan Simmons goes further to define it as a quality...
by Film School | Oct 3, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #430 Getting Older What’s it liked to get older? As Josh and Ira dip their toes into ‘middle age,’ things start to change. You’re not old yet, but you’re not young anymore. Some things improve. Some things get worse. Ya...
by Film School | Sep 26, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #428 How Many Drafts? How many drafts is the right number of drafts??? Is it okay to write the thing once and then call it done? Or do we need to write and rewrite and edit and write some more and more and more? Or…is it something in between? Josh...
by Film School | Sep 19, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #426 How Much Of Greatness Is Up To The Muse? Back in Ira’s DJing days, he put together literally hundreds of sets. An interesting pattern developed during that time: no matter how much his skill increased as he went (and it did), some sets just...
by Film School | Sep 12, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #424 How To Use Feedback The feedback loop is at the heart of developing any skill. But, the vast majority of the work we do as storytellers is done alone. So, where and when do you open yourself up for other people to comment on? And once get that...
by Film School | Sep 5, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #422 Rhetoric Have you ever thought of your script, book, or film as a persuasive argument? It is. Drama quite literally arises from two (or several) characters with very different, very persuasive points of view clashing with each other. That’s...
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