Category Archives: IN THE TRENCHES

[IN THE TRENCHES] Two Heads

Posted on May 31, 2017 by [TEXTSMITH]

Collaboration.  Not an easy thing to accomplish effectively, but the entire entertainment business is built around the concept, so it’s better to embrace the notion than to fight it. Seriously, you can’t fight it.  I’ve tried. Sure, some other art … Continue reading →

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[IN THE TRENCHES] Great Minds

Posted on April 19, 2017 by [TEXTSMITH]

I was at a pitching event a few years back, and at one of the tables the pitch for my script was met with enthusiasm…  and then quickly followed by a caveat that made that positive experience turn dark, gray, … Continue reading →

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[IN THE TRENCHES] I’ll Get Around To This

Posted on January 27, 2017 by [TEXTSMITH]

Let me open by saying I was initially hoping to have this ready to post last week. Well, I may not be on time, but at least I’m on theme. Procrastination.  It’s quite the beast, really.  It can easily eat … Continue reading →

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[IN THE TRENCHES] Dan & Kevin Hageman: Write Brothers

Posted on January 5, 2017 by [TEXTSMITH]

If you haven’t heard of the Brothers Hageman yet, you’ve almost definitely seen their work.  Dan and Kevin Hageman are the creative minds behind some of the most successful animated features and series of the last few years. Their writing credits … Continue reading →

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[IN THE TRENCHES] Talking Shop with Harry Elfont

Posted on November 16, 2016 by [TEXTSMITH]

As an aspiring Hollywood hyphenate, the first network you have coming out of college (provided you even went to college), is your fellow alumni. Screenwriter and director Harry Elfont was part of that NYU network for me, and we spent … Continue reading →

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[IN THE TRENCHES] Do You Really Want to do This?

Posted on November 3, 2016 by [TEXTSMITH]

Everybody and their cousin has an idea for a movie or television show.  Some of them have a lot (of ideas, that is, not cousins). Well, sure they do, ideas are the easy part (a dime a dozen used to … Continue reading →

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[THE NETWORK] The Stinky & Dirty Show

Posted on September 6, 2016 by [TEXTSMITH]

Fellow screenwriter, Guy Toubes, and I both went to NYU together. But as far as I know we never met there.  We had a lot of mutual friends, though, which is how we eventually connected out in Los Angeles after we … Continue reading →

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[IN THE TRENCHES] Shut Up Already and Do Something

Posted on August 29, 2016 by [TEXTSMITH]

I was watching “Stranger Things” last week, when I heard the opening notes to New Order’s “Elegia” trickle in behind the mourning scene in “The Acrobat and the Flea” episode (I won’t elaborate any more on that, because, you know…  … Continue reading →

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[IN THE TRENCHES] Industry Peers: Mortal Enemies?

Posted on August 16, 2016 by [TEXTSMITH]

Back in my first few days at NYU, all of us freshman Film & Television majors naturally gravitated toward other like-minded students, forming the inevitable cliques.  This was great for hanging out, making the most of a single believable fake … Continue reading →

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