Welcome!

If you're new to my blog, referred here by Sifu John Rogers @ Kung Fu Monkey, then welcome. Take your shoes off and stay awhile. The bar and kitchen are open.

As a way of introducing myself, I'm a working screenwriter here in Los Angeles and refer to myself as a pulp screenwriter. That means I have to write a lot to get paid and make a living. I don't make the big dollars that the studio boys make (yet), but I work a lot, and get better each time (I hope). You've probably seen some of the movies I've written, marketed, sold, produced, lit, coordinated for DVD authoring or publicized. A few of those pictures (and a book) I've worked on (in one capacity or another) are scattered about.

The D2DVD market means that you have to write fast, well and to a concept that the distributor or production company thinks will sell. D2DVD is not a spec market where you can sell a screenplay you wrote yourself. You are writing for a client and giving them a good story that can be produced on a low budget. It's a lot like the good old days at AIP where they created the artwork and title first, then wrote the script to fit.
Consequently I take a real practical, "cheeseburger and fries" approach to writing screenplays. Hopefully there's some simple info here you can use to help you break in to the business or tackle a problem you've been having with a script.

The bottom line is, as always, to spin a good yarn and be entertaining.

So feel free to poke around a bit and ask questions, make comments, and add to the mix. We're not formal (my shirt's always untucked and the toilet seat is always up) , but we have a good time.