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Prologue: Guess I should introduce myself a bit... perhaps.
JUNE 7, 2011 1:26AM
Topics: spirited away, wall-e, inception, notes on a scandal, somethings gotta give, casablanca, ryan murphey, chris colfer, glee, harry potter, lady gaga, film, cinema, movies, hollywood, filmmaking, movie making, directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, script writers, screenwriting, screenplays, scripts, script writing
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Those Rare Movies Where Great Writing Appears Almost from Nowhere
MARCH 10, 2011 9:04AM
Topics: fiction, good writing, scripts, screenplays, madsen, giamatti, sideways, movies, writing
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THE END
FEBRUARY 28, 2011 11:49PM
Topics: gay/lesbian, health, aids, hiv, recovery, drugs, alcohol, booze, life, new start, begining, san francisco, arvs, philadelphia, family, neighbors, plays, scripts, writing, theater, new biginning, happiness
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Our Lady of Sorrows
JULY 12, 2010 9:18PM
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The Pros and Cons of Screenwriting Software
JUNE 19, 2010 10:45PM
Topics: scripts, writing, screenwriting, final draft
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A Midsummer Night's (writer's) Dream
MAY 21, 2010 12:55PM
Topics: stream of unconciousness, some dreams can't be broken on any boulevard of broken dreams. dreams, my inner peter pan wrote this, i always put open salon in here, open salon, what dreams are made of, script writing, dreams, scripts, screenwriting, writing, movies, fiction
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Shitty Movies, Writing and Why They Make The Big Bucks
MAY 17, 2010 3:13AM
Topics: william goldman, writing, authors, scripts, screenwriting, hollywood, britney spears shaves pubes, alfred hitchcock, shakespeare, psycho, gus van sant, charlie and the chocolate factory, planet of the apes, tim burton, good will hunting, panic room, david fincher, missed the open call, open salon, indiana jones and the crystal skull, indiana jones, two and a half men, my super sweet 16, avatar, titanic, george bush, the bible, mozart
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Open Salon Takes Balls If You Care About Writing
APRIL 25, 2010 3:27AM
Topics: script writing, screenwriting, story telling, more open than normal, words words everywhere and not a one to read, open salon because they said to mention it, the journey, scripts, writing ords, writing
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How My First Movie Got Made
JANUARY 18, 2010 3:48AM
Topics: business, comedy, movies, scripts, screenplays, short time, producers, celluloid, dabney coleman, teri garr, bruce willis, demi, writers, writers strike, 1988, hollywood, cop, oscar, death to smoochy, fox, residuals, hack, dreck, summer blockbusters, hitler, schindlers's list, vancouver, money train, backed money
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Afghanistan, According to Script
DECEMBER 1, 2009 10:05AM
Topics: world's policeman, global policeman, policeman, peace keeping, united nations, consensus, jokes, story understanding, ai, artificial intelligence, roger schank, script theory, scripts, russian, ussr, lesson, cold war, wait it out, bankruptcy, bankrupt, go broke, broke, overspend, outspend, war, afghanistan, financial, finance, economics, economy, money, politics
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The 5 Dumbest Scripts I Ever Sold to Hollywood
NOVEMBER 12, 2009 9:46AM
Topics: woody allen, agent, scripts, dudley moore, arnold schwarzenegger, hollywood, open call, movies, fiction, family, comedy
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Raiders of The Lost Art/Writer Meltsdown/Kills Babies
OCTOBER 26, 2009 4:46AM
Topics: flame wars definitely boost reads, should we start a flame war, what if there is no nudity, does nudity boost reads, nudity not, joan walsh, where the hell is my check, just cuz i got taught numbers don't make me einstein, is this just a typing site, people do write here on open salon do they not, dollars as god, writing for dollars, passion for writing, creative writing, non-creative writing, does using the name of joan walsh garner more readership, screenwriting, scripts, writing, reading, a writer's journey, foggy breakdown with no mountain, depression, search for perspective, perpectives on writing, being a controlled whacko
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Raiders of The Lost Art of Creativity/Writer Kills Babies
OCTOBER 24, 2009 7:22PM
Topics: being a controlled whacko, perpectives on writing, search for perspective, depression, foggy breakdown with no mountain, a writer's journey, reading, writing, scripts, screenwriting, does using the name of joan walsh garner more readership, non-creative writing, creative writing, passion for writing, writing for dollars, dollars as god, people do write here on open salon do they not, is this just a typing site, just cuz i got taught numbers don't make me einstein, where the hell is my check
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Great Romances in Movies and Books. It's Not Easy to Write
JUNE 8, 2009 11:42PM
Topics: story-telling, screenwriting, scripts, writing romance, writing, struggling for survival yet love still conquers, world gone mad, human struggles, purge the minutiae, huge meaningful obstacles, great romances in books, great movie romances, romance in the present is hard, romanticizing the past is easy, movies, books
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