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		<title>Are &#8220;Script Reviews&#8221; A Good Idea?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Obviously, studio script readers are sworn to silence on drafts of potential studio blockbusters. Spielberg reportedly numbered all copies of the drafts of his scripts even during production to help keep the details under wraps. But, today, leaked scripts are &#8230; <a href="http://thinkingwriter.com/?p=287">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>To Pitch Or Not To Pitch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That is the question. Whether &#8217;tis nobler in the mind to write the whole damned script or to spill it in the outline/treatment/secretly already written stage and sell it on the pitch. The Hollywood Reporter thinks it has an answer.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingwriter.com/?p=282</link>
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		<title>Why You Should Change Your Name To Sheldon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sheldon Turner plays hard at being a screenwriter, and it shows. He is credited with the recent &#8220;Up In The Air&#8221; (a terrific script) and, according to IMDB, has more than a dozen projects in development. Hear him talk about &#8230; <a href="http://thinkingwriter.com/?p=277">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingwriter.com/?p=277</link>
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		<title>Nineteen Years Ago, Thelma &amp; Louise Drove Over A Cliff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nineteen years after Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon took their famous turn in a &#8217;66 Thunderbird convertible, screenwriter Callie Khouri discusses her Oscar winning screenplay for &#8220;Thelma &#038; Louis&#8221; with Sallie King of the Los Angeles Times. Discussing the ending, &#8230; <a href="http://thinkingwriter.com/?p=265">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingwriter.com/?p=265</link>
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		<title>Seems Everyone&#8217;s Doing It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a new way to become a screenwriter. First, become a famous celebrity (or the celebrity&#8217;s kid), then write a screenplay, just like Angeline Jolie, Michelle Rodriguez, or Elizabeth Hurley&#8217;s 8 year old kid.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingwriter.com/?p=248</link>
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		<title>What Does Paul Haggis Know?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Know your screenwriters. Paul Haggis is an interesting and complex character; he is a screenwriter. His credits span from Walker, Texas Ranger to the Oscar nominated screenplay for Million Dollar Baby to the Oscar winning screenplay for Crash. He was &#8230; <a href="http://thinkingwriter.com/?p=226">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingwriter.com/?p=226</link>
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		<title>How To Know If Your Script Is A Blockbuster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jehoshua Eliashberg, Sam K. Hui, and John Zhang of the Wharton School of Economics have come up with a formula to analyze return based upon the screenplay. You can read about it here at NPR.org and even download the original &#8230; <a href="http://thinkingwriter.com/?p=219">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingwriter.com/?p=219</link>
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		<title>WHY HE WON&#8217;T READ YOUR F^(!ING SCRIPT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For anyone feeling rejected, Nikki Finke posts this terrific essay (originally published in the Village Voice) from screenwriter Josh Olson (&#8220;A History Of Violence&#8221;). Don&#8217;t just read the essay; look at the comments, too. Some important viewpoints.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingwriter.com/?p=211</link>
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		<title>CLASSIC POSTS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You are reading classic posts on the Thinking Writer. Feel free to refresh the page or search the archives for more.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingwriter.com/?p=209</link>
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		<title>Rest In Peace, Budd Schulberg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writer and screenwriter &#8211; &#8220;On The Waterfront&#8221;; &#8220;What Makes Sammy Run&#8221;. See his obituary here.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingwriter.com/?p=206</link>
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