Friday, December 25, 2009

PRECIOUS: Turning Points and Moral Premise

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PRECIOUS Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire. Clareece ‘Precious’ Jones – Gabourey ‘Gabby’ Sidibe Mary – Mo’Nique Ms. Rain – Paula Patton M...
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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Say Good-Bye To Writer's Block REPRINTED

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Dan Bronzite is the editor of ScriptTips Ezine , and CEO of Movie Outline Software . Recently Dan asked if he could reprint an article I wro...
Sunday, December 13, 2009

The Moral Premise is a Lifesaver

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Got this today: Dear Dr. Williams: Two and a half years ago I picked up "The Moral Premise" and thought it was pretty good, did ...
Monday, September 28, 2009

Simplifying the Moral Premise

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This post from George Chatzigeorgiou, a moral premise fan from Greece whose material I have posted before.  ===== While watching films a...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Top 10 Secrets of Successful Screenplays

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As I was preparing for TIGER'S HOPE, CBS organizers asked me to present a talk at a local film production expo— Michigan Makes Movies EX...
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Monday, June 29, 2009

The Dramatic Center

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Recently I was asked by two editors to write a chapter for "their" book — a book written by others, but with the editor's na...
Sunday, May 31, 2009

The Moral Premise in Burbank

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This is silly, but I just got an email from professor and author Drew Yanno who partnered with me during a recent story consulting job with ...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Morals vs. Ethics

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My friend, Jim Lichtman (author of WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR and blogger at www.ethicsStupid.com ) and I were discussing how the ins and outs o...
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Friday, March 6, 2009

Purchase Pyramid

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On the Amazon.com Moral Premise site one reviewer asked what the Purchase Pyramid story structure was. Here's my short explanation and ...
Monday, March 2, 2009

Anime and Manga Themes and Premises

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Akemi's Post No. 2 (SW's response in Com Box) Thank you for your response. I'm very excited to have someone who has studied the ...
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Monday, February 23, 2009

Anime and Manga Themes and Premises

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Akemi's Post No. 1 (my comment in the ComBox, below) I'd like to thank you for writing this book. I bought it awhile ago on amazon, ...
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Thursday, February 5, 2009

More Story Consulting

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It's been an interesting month. Without revealing anything, I was asked twice to fly to Utah and hide out in a private snow lodge wi...
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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Moral Premise Makes It To The Sony Lot

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I've been sworn to secrecy, but I can tell you this. Last week I was flown to Los Angeles to screen a major movie in its editing stage (...
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Friday, August 22, 2008

He LIked the Book --- I Guess

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HE LIKED THE BOOK... I GUESS Last month I wrote how months earlier I received a call from an assistant at Overbrook Entertainment, Will S...
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Monday, July 14, 2008

Hollywood Calls... sort of

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Will Smith in I AM LEGEND A few months ago I received a call from a lady who said her boss who owned a production company in Los Angeles ...
Saturday, July 12, 2008

Oregon Bloggers Discover Moral Premise

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Today (9/4/08, actually) I received this nice email: Dr. Williams, I recently read your book, The Moral Premise, and enjoyed it greatly! La...
Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Helen's Lost Arc in THE INCREDIBLES

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My Moral Premise pen pal from Greece, Geroge C. wrote me with this very good analysis of Helen's arc in THE INCREDIBLES, thus pointing o...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Why Are Stories Necessary? Part 2

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What follows is George Chatzigeorgiou's response (who writes from Greece) to my June 10, 2008 post, which was my (long) answer to his qu...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Why Are Stories Necessary? Part 1

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I received the following question from my friend George Chatzigeorgiou in Greece, whose excellent input to understanding the moral premise (...