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more about #screenwriters more comments → Perhaps Not: Also: Guernica ≠ Infested: Invasion of the Killer Bugs. more » lionel-mandrake: I work in the broadcast television and advertising industries. I get the gamut of people asking me for favors, from "do you want to work on my spec pi... more » cocobanal: On the off chance that Josh is reading this: Badcog, ya done good, and I'm thrilled for you.--Amersham He has definitely not lost his voice. On an... more » MsMuffinMcGuffin: I thought it was a very funny piece and I understood Josh Olson's feelings completely. However I do call bullshit on this part: "I wish you luck in a... more » PaisleyPajamas: This Olson guy should feel lucky--people I know or have known find out I write screenplays and they want me to WRITE THEIR EFFING SCREENPLAY FOR THEM,... more » QuorraCornutus: I'm in the porno industry and sometimes people say, "Hey, can I show you my cock?" I usually just politely say no thanks and refer them to my agent, b... more » TheAlmanac: My likely inclination to agree with Josh Olson's general point is weakened by the fact that all of his recent work builds upon the work of others--gra... more » karelj: It's amazing how many people here are calling this guy a pompous, arrogant douchebag when they lack the basic intelligence and wherewithal to realize ... more » MissNormaDesmond: Okay, I've now done what I should have done in the first place, which is read the actual article, and now I categorically do not understand what peopl... more » WackoJacko: Fair enough: No, I will not see your fucking movie. more » pony_express: I don't write screenplays but I do write. I am a woman. I've had some incredibly talented women help me out with editing and help me get jobs. I wil... more » Halo_Override: Please note: It's a comedic piece for the Village Voice, not a letter to the guy's mom. In fact, we have no way of knowing if there's even a real guy... more » Tremonius: It was unreliably reported one year that an experiment was conducted, first in Hollywood, then greater LA, if that ain't an oxymoron. The subject vari... more » Helennellieforsythe: For the past year or so I've been working as freelance script editor. It is soul crushing, horrible, incredibly boring work. People are fucking AWFUL ... more » Spaghetti: What an a-hole. If he can't say something sensible like Spielberg does, he could ask for one or umpteen of their best pages in exchange for some of th... more » -
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Oscar Nominated Screenwriter Lacks Creativity To Lie To Friends
Of all the plagues visited upon Hollywood screenwriters, none is more onerous than the calls from every resident of your college dorm, and every distant in-law demanding that you read their script. But today one man fought back.
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