tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798129571242557592.post765491598534102746..comments2023-10-17T03:57:52.371-05:00Comments on In the words of Tom: I’m a movie guyTom Doolanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03451129317759266295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798129571242557592.post-83320141016329075992013-12-19T09:23:23.438-06:002013-12-19T09:23:23.438-06:00I'm so very opposite. I've been asked a nu...I'm so very opposite. I've been asked a number of times why I don't try to write screenplays and it kind of floors me. I usually say because movies leave out all the good stuff that I read books for. I simply don't value movies, although I do enjoy some of them for the hour or two I'm watching them. This is witnessed by the fact that I've only bought 3 or 4 movies in my entire life. I've bought many thousands of books.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798129571242557592.post-90304083424695892812013-12-19T09:01:57.379-06:002013-12-19T09:01:57.379-06:00You could. The mechanics are easy enough to learn...You could. The mechanics are easy enough to learn, especially with a book like Robert McKee's STORY or Christopher Vogler's THE HERO'S JOURNEY FOR WRITERS, or the textbook-like works of the late Syd Field. The rest is practice. Selling is a bit harder, but it's good to have friends with even a few slender contacts in the movie business . . .Scott Odenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17917296669418463518noreply@blogger.com