!- i'am 17 years old

2- About 2 weeks lol (honestly)

3- I believe that anyone can make a succeful movie, they just need to believe it themselves.

4- I'm a student

5- No not yet

6- I have interest in directing too i guess

7-  Ted Elliot, Terry Rosio, Richard wenk, Frances Walsh, Peter Jackson

8- Soundgraden, The Tragically Hip, G&R, Audioslave, breaking Benjamin.

9- Arrested Development

10- Tears Of The Sun.

Questions

1. How old are you?
18

2. How long have you been writing? or what age did you start?
I've pissed most of my life away writing stories and from 13 on writting scripts as well.

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something that people learn to do?
It's a mixture of both. I beleive, much like anything, to be truly great in you an inborn talent but it never hurts to hone your skills either.

4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills...
I'm going to be the lame guy who says he doesn't really have a job but sometimes runs papers on weekends with his family for some extra cash.

5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many?
No. I'm still unproduced.

6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft?
I've done some directing. Small shorts and such.

7. What writer(s) inspires you to write?
You guys.  Or maybe it's the fact that I enjoy crafting a story. I love seeing the story take shape and grow. Thrilling, really.

8. What music inspires you to write?
Depends on the scene I'll listen to anything if it gets me writing and has the right beats for pacing.

9. What is your all time favorite tv show? Just one.
All time, can't say but I'm digging Scrubs right now.

10. What is your all time favorite movie? Just one.
Evil Dead II - I know I'm a huge loser.

Quoted from Martin Blackadder

I love that show!!
I have all of them on tape, but my son took them with him when he moved out.

Red Dwarf is a close second! My daughter stole that one when she went to Georgia Tech!

All time favorite Brit-com however might be Fawlty Towers, but they only made twelve episodes!  >

Well there is Reginald Perrin too........

1. How old are you?
Fifteeen!

2. How long have you been writing? or what age did you start?
For around two years! Well, even when I was younger I always wrote little scripts for class plays and such but not until I was like thirteen, I actually got into formatting and such.

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something that people learn to do?
In mine it was definately something I learned to do!

4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills...
Well, I'm still in High School, but I work at Hollister Co.

5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many?
None

6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft?
Mostly interested in directing! But I love it all!

7. What writer(s) inspires you to write?
A wide variety but I currently look up to Zach Braff and Paul Haggis

8. What music inspires you to write?
Indie surf rock bands

9. What is your all time favorite tv show? Just one.
The O.C. will always be my favourite ... even know it ends in one episode :|

10. What is your all time favorite movie? Just one.
I'd have to say Cruel Intentions! As random as a movie that is, its one I can watch over and over again and I just love it!

Quoted from tomson I love that show!!

Life without Blackadder is like a broken pencil...

(in Melchett's private quarters. The general puts on an impressive red jacket. Darling is with him.)

Melchett: (after a few sounds of self-satisfaction) How do I look, Darling?

Darling: Girl-bait, sir. Pure bloody girl-bait.

Melchett: Moustache? Bushy enough?

Darling: Like a privet hedge, sir.

Melchett: Good, because I want to catch a particularly beautiful creature in this bush tonight.

Darling: You'll have her coming out of your moustache for a week, sir.

Melchett: God, it's a spankingly beautiful world and tonight's my night. I know what I'll say to her. 'Darling...'

Darling: (mistaken that the general's addressing him) Yes sir?

Melchett: What?

Darling: Um, I don't know, sir.

Melchett: Well don't butt in! (exhales) 'I want to make you happy, darling'.

Darling: Well, that's very kind of you sir.

Melchett: Will you kindly stop interrupting? If you don't listen, how can you tell me what you think? (continues) 'I want to make you happy, darling. I want to build a nest for your ten tiny toes. I want to cover every inch of your gorgeous body in pepper and sneeze all over you.'

Darling: I really think I must protest!

Melchett: What is the matter with you, Darling?

Darling: Well, it's all so sudden, I mean the nest bit's fine, but the pepper business is definitely out!

Melchett: How dare you tell me how I may or may not treat my beloved Georgina?

Darling: Georgina?

Melchett: Yes, I'm working on what to say to her this evening.

Darling: Oh yes. Of course. Thank God.

Melchett: Alright?

Darling: Yes, I'm listening, sir.

Melchett: Honestly Darling, you really are the most graceless, dim-witted pumpkin I ever met.

Darling: I don't think you should say that to her.

(Melchett groans)

Quoted from tomson I love that show!! I have all of them on tape, but my son took them with him when he moved out. Red Dwarf is a close second! My daughter stole that one when she went to Georgia Tech!

Oh my Pia, and Martin

I too own all the Blackadders and until recently own every single Red Dwarf episode on video.  I'm thinking of getting them again on dvd but it will cost a small fortune.

In my opinion though Red Dwarf went down hill when one of the writers left,I think it was Rob Grant.  The show turned more into one liners than the funny stories that had gone before.

As for Blackadder, simply one of the best shows ever, especially the forth series.  The final shot of the final episode still moves me.

Quoted from tomson All time favorite Brit-com however might be Fawlty Towers, but they only made twelve episodes!

What?!? Is that true? I'm sure I've seen more than twelve episodes of Fawlty Towers before.  

Nope. They only ever made two series, each one had six episodes.

It's a shame because it is the funniest British comedy I've ever seen.


Cheers, Chismeister.

1. How old are you?   17

2. How long have you been writing? or what age did you start?  

I've been writing scripts for about 8 months now, but have wanted to write for years.

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something that people learn to do?

A combination of things really. You can be talented in the way that you have a good eye for creativity but if we are going by screenwriting, as it is a craft, i would say good writing for screen would be a lot of learning the medium of film.

4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills...

Unemployed, gimme a break big exams comin up

5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many?

None, yet.

6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft?

recently taken an interest in editing. Would like to act, got a Higher in Drama which is a big qualification. Directing also but Screenwriting mostly.

7. What writer(s) inspires you to write?

Charlie Kaufman, Paul Haggis, Neil Purvis & Robert Wade, M. Night Shylyman, Zack Braff, Tarrantino, Damon and Affleck - These 2 guys have inspired me so much and i believe it is guys like these who inspire writers like us everyday

8. What music inspires you to write?

None.

9. What is your all time favorite tv show? Just one.

Too many. I do love Friends. Prison Break is awesome.

10. What is your all time favorite movie? Just one.

You can't just pick one.  Good Will Hunting, Goodfellas, LOTR, Garden State, American Beauty. This list goes on.

1. How old are you?

Eighteen.

2. How long have you been writing? or what age did you start?

Since I was fifteen.

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something that people learn to do?

It's a skill that needs to be honed but at base it's a natural talent.

4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills...

I work at Safeway and Staples, and believe it or not I do actually get paid for some of the work I do in film...

5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many?

One, although I'm unclear on its status at this point.

6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft?

I write, direct, and edit.

7. What writer(s) inspires you to write?

Tarantino inspired me to begin (hey, I was fifteen).  People like Steinbeck, Conrad, Milton, Spillane (which one doesn't match the others...) keep me at it.

8. What music inspires you to write?

Classical inspires scenes in my head.  I write TO classical, Hans Zimmer, and occasionally Come Clean by Hilary Duff on loop for seven hours.

9. What is your all time favorite tv show? Just one.

Star Trek: The Next Generation.

10. What is your all time favorite movie? Just one.

I would have to say The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

1. How old are you?

16

2. How long have you been writing? or what age did you start?

I've been writing since about four years ago, maybe. Somewhere when I was in 6th grade. I wrote short stories and then started moving on to scripts.

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something that people learn to do?

I say it's both. Some people, maybe like George Lucas or someone, can be a natural writer, while others learn to become screenwriters, like me.

4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills...

I do work at a movie theater, but I'm quitting, so I'm going to try and get to Old Navy and see what happens. Though I don't have any bills to pay...

5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many?

I wouldn't say it's being produced, but I have someone filming one of my scripts, Daisy

6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft?

I'm interested in writing, acting, and directing.

7. What writer(s) inspires you to write?

James Gunn (Dawn of the Dead '04)

8. What music inspires you to write?

Alternative rock I guess.

9. What is your all time favorite tv show? Just one.

Dead Like Me (even though it's canceled)

10. What is your all time favorite movie? Just one.

Dawn of the Dead '04


Sean

You know, most members here are a lot younger than I had expected. This is neither a bad or a good thing, just surprising and very interesting.

1. How old are you?

24

2. How long have you been writing? or what age did you start?

I started writing when I was six, I started script writing when I was 22.

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something that people learn to do?

There has to be something rough to work with but much of writing is learned.  The more you have in the rough catagory when starting, the less you have to polish.

4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills...

Stay-at-home-mom.  And let me tell you, it's a busy job.

5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many?

None yet but three are on the slate this year so I'm hoping for the best.

6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft?

I would like to know how it all works but at the end of the day, I'm just a writer.

7. What writer(s) inspires you to write?

All of them.  I love books.

8. What music inspires you to write?

Mainly intrumental and sound tracks.  No words to get in the way of my thoughts.

9. What is your all time favorite tv show? Just one.

At this point in my life, CSI, but when I was younger Matlock and Murder She Wrote had a pretty good fight with each other over that spot.

10. What is your all time favorite movie? Just one.

I would have to say Ever After which is really unusual because I don't like girl oriented movies, but that one was amazing.

I guess I'll go along with the crowd. : )

1. How old are you? 15

2. How long have you been writing? or what age did you start? I started writing pretend play by plays for baseball at around age 9, at the age of 10 I started to actually begin writing screenplays.

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something that people learn to do? I say natural talent, the first script I wrote on notebook paper was 67 pages, which is decent for a 10 year old in my book.

4. What is your current profession? I'm a student in high school.

5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many? None, I don't think screenplay agencies, or just individual companies want to film some of the scripts I've written. Mainly, because of age.

6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft? I would do anything to call my work my own, including writing, directing, and producing. I also don't want some guy picking the soundtrack. : )

7. What writer(s) inspires you to write? Ummm... Stephen King probably, just because of the fact that he is horror genius. Even though I utterly hate writing horror screenplays.

8. What music inspires you to write? All sorts of things, usually I listen to music that fits my script that I'm writing.

9. What is your all time favorite tv show? Family Guy.

10. What is your all time favorite movie? There's too many, but the Departed is certainly up there along with the Warriors and Pulp Fiction.

Age?
1. 34'ish

Started Writing?
2. Stories - 14?  Scripts - 27

Natural or Learned Talent?
3. Natural talent.  Try listening to someone tell a story on a talk radio show.  Now imagine that on paper.  Besides, creativity is a God given talent.

Job?
4. pffft... Accountant, go fig!

Produced Works?
5. hmmm, I guess you could say someone produced my short films in school.  Someone rented the equipment and the van.

Other Interests?
6. Directing!  Need that artistic control!  I was an artist before I started writing.

Inspired Writers?
7. None.  I like my own ideas and writing style.  Although I loved Gary Larson and his Farside.

Inspired Music?
8. Movie scores, bigtime!  Talkin' Williams, Horner, Elfman, Goldsmith, Rosenthal...  If I have writer's block I bust out the headphones and that's it...

Favorite TV Show?
9. Mystery Science Theater 3000.  I need to laugh, afterall I'm an accountant.

Favorite Movie?
10.  Whshew!  hmmm, Live Action movie? Star Wars (actually the whole saga). What more can you ask for in a movie?  Animated movie? Secret of Nimh.  I love the creativity and artwork.

I'm adding question 11, just for me.  What's my favorite radio program?  Coast to Coast AM!