my favorite musians

 

Sometimes —

I get bored talking about me so let’s talk about something more fun.

Let’s talk about my shoes!

Yay!

[Just kidding.]

[Not really, my shoes are totally fun.]

[But.]

Online Master Screenwriting Classes in September.

You know I have to do that right? It is sort of my job.

Oops.

 

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:::HIGH CONCEPT WRITING:::

:::THE FIRST 30 PAGES:::

*Also a beginners screenwriting class with Gotham:

:::BEGINNERS WITH GOTHAM BY MAX:::

 

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Are you still here? Holding out for the musicians?

You so get the prize.

Yay!

[I am by the way not telling you why they are my favorites. Don’t be nosy. Jeez.]

Brian Sykes
David Feldthouse [Sorry DF only does FB pages, not my fault ahhh!]
David Houston

 

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You’re welcome, Internetz.

Smooch!

 

Your Shoe Crazy
Screenwriting Teaching
Musician Loving
Adams Girl

 

going design badass on the book site

 

 

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BTW, you whacky movers and shakers, if you are entertained by me talking about attending a product party, just think how entertained you might be when I talk about Hollywood. Never thought about that, did you, sports fans?

Maybe you should get the book. Or not. How long is your attention span?

 

alas, poor max, i knew her

Max Adams, Evil Script Sprite Incorporated

 

Hmm. So Geoff Latulippe just said

“Ugh, Max.

“Your reputation is well known to those in the film business. As a cautionary tale. I needn’t document it here, but suffice to say I can’t imagine a legit industry professional would vouch for you at this point.”

 

 

 

This is a response to a post in which I told Geoff lambasting anyone who is a teacher, mentor, or consultant, is wrong.

The post is “A RESPONSE TO JEANNE V. BOWERMAN AND SCRIPT MAGAZINE.”

He was attacking Jeanne in that post. Sigh. Now he’s attacking me for responding with credits.

It would actually be interesting if Geoff did “document” my alleged cautionary tale, since then I’d know what I’m getting hit for this time. The gossip internet tabloids about me are always interesting. But —

SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THIS MISSION:

If I have ever impacted your writing career in a positive way, as writer, teacher, mentor, consultant, author —

Go tell Geoff about it.

Geoff seems to think I’m a terrible person and a horrible teacher and mentor.

According to him, everyone else in Hollywood thinks so too.

Fuck I had better call my agent. What if he has heard this Geoff news?  Jesus!

 

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*Not to be bitchy about it, (okay actually I am being a total bitch about it, and on purpose too, fuck you!, whoops!). My biggest detractors in “the film biz” are usually men I wouldn’t have sex with.

 

tnnsg does christmas

CHRISTMAS 2 for 1 SALE! Order your copy of The New Screenwriter’s Survival Guide now through January 1st and it will arrive WITH AN EXTRA BOOK FOR A FRIEND.

:::ORDER BOOK:::

:::ABOUT THE BOOK:::

speaking of site overhauls

 

Yes, it is all site madness all the time —

So the book site got overhauled too. Yay!

 

 

Pretty, ain’t it?

While we’re on the subject of the book, a pop quiz:

Have you read the book?

[ ] Yes. Yay! You are my favorite!
[ ] No. Boo! Get off my blog!

If you have read the book, have you posted an Amazon review?

[ ] Yes. Yay! You are my favorite!
[ ] No. Boo! Get off my blog!

 

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In the off chance you failed that pop quiz, you can buy AND review THE BOOK ON AMAZON.

Go on now, what do you want to do, fail the next pop quiz?

:::GO NOW:::

 

let’s do something fun for the book

 

 

We did the BOOK MEME. That was awesome.

We did GOING BANKSY. That was awesome.

We did TNSSG T-SHIRT PHOTOS. That was awesome.

We need to do something new and fun for the book.

 

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One of the coolest things people used to do when the first book was out was send in photos of themselves with the book.

Here is David’s Baby Luke with the original book. Yay!

Here is Ben with the original book. Yay!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LET’S DO THAT!

Post a photo of you with The New Screenwriter’s Survival Guide to the book’s Facebook Page.

 

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Sure sure sure, “Why Facebook” you ask. Isn’t Facebook a device of the devil?

Yes, yes it is, but less a device of the devil than me trying to single handedly play catcher in the photos in email game.

Post it to the TNSSG Facebook Page. It will be great.

 

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The Rules: We are not big on rules around here, but let’s go with no blatant nudity.

The Prizes: There will totally be prizes for cool photos but we haven’t decided what they are, you already have the book, but we have other swag and prizes so photo up, sports fans, and let’s find out what you win yay!

The Photos: Your photo does not have to be with the paperback, take a photo with you and the book on the Kindle or iPad and that flies with us.

 
 

the drama book shop yay!

In the cool news department, the book is shipping out to The Drama Book Shop in New York and will be on shelves this month.  Yay!

 

:::visit the book page:::

 

 

ooh la la live voice

 

This is a podcast of an :::INTERVIEW::: I did with Phillip Ramati from Crossroads Writers:

 

 

—>:::HEAR THE PODCAST:::

 

speaking tonight in #scriptchat

I’m speaking online tonight in USA #Scriptchat on the do’s and dont’s to get your screenplay read, sold, and produced. Stop by and say hi.

 

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:::SCRIPTCHAT TRANSCRIPT:::
 

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*Congratulations to @Alexander_A_J who was the #Scriptchat winner of the random drawing for a free copy of The New Screenwriter’s Survival Guide yay! #tnssg

 
 

 

christmas miracles

Know what that is? Ohyez, that is Minot North Dakota going Banksy.

I did not think we were going to get North Dakota but that baby came in at the last minute, just was we were wrapping up the Stripes count for Christmas. And you know what that means, right?

[No? You so need to get out more.*]

We got every state by Christmas. Yay yay yay!

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*Don’t know what Going Banksy is? Wow where have you been hiding?

:::GO SEE:::