Screenwriting: it's all in the cards

From MovieMaker Magazine: We don't post a lot of "how-to" articles here on the ol' E-script Gofer (you can always check out the Postings and Q&A sections of the site for that sort of thing). But this piece on the storyboard process is a welcome reminder that you don't need a lot of fancy story generating software to write a good movie.

 

British screenwriters lord it over Hollywood

From The BBC and The Miami Herald: British screenwriters are veddy, veddy hot this Oscar season. Patrick Marber, nominated for Notes on a Scandal, says the studios have finally quit abusing serious writers as "artsy-fartsy idiots." Meanwhile, in this interview published before his nomination for The Queen was announced, Peter Morgan credits director Stephen Frears' text messages for the script's success.

And over at Jewtastic (hey, we don't name 'em), Marber reveals where tony British screenwriters go to celebrate when they get nominated for a Golden Globe.