What are your thoughts on writers' rooms? I'm sure on the one hand an inexperienced writer can learn a lot from other scribblers, yet on the other hand I think a script coming from a semi-demented, caffeine-addicted mind of a single writer, working manically, late into the night, defying the world, and blocking everything out until he gets it done, is best.
Also, I've asked you before, but here I go again: what movies, other than those in your book on screenwriting, do you think we can learn the most from? Which are the best of the best, second to none, the gold standard of movies to which we can and should aspire?
Hi Professor.
What are your thoughts on writers' rooms? I'm sure on the one hand an inexperienced writer can learn a lot from other scribblers, yet on the other hand I think a script coming from a semi-demented, caffeine-addicted mind of a single writer, working manically, late into the night, defying the world, and blocking everything out until he gets it done, is best.
Also, I've asked you before, but here I go again: what movies, other than those in your book on screenwriting, do you think we can learn the most from? Which are the best of the best, second to none, the gold standard of movies to which we can and should aspire?
Thank you, as always, for a fabulous podcast.
All the best.
Hein