September 10th, 2010 
Kam Williams DVD Has Hollywood Screenwriters Sharing Secrets of Success
For some reason, screenwriters are the low men (and women) on the totem pole in terms of
Tales from the Script
the Hollywood pecking order. This disrespect persists despite the fact that the script is the blueprint upon which the whole production is based. For one way to think of a scriptwriter is as the architect whose words a director follows in fashioning a vision into a feature film.
Nonetheless, screenwriters “don’t get no respect,” even those whose movies have been big hits. At least that’s the prevailing complaint repeated throughout Tales from the Script, a revealing documentary featuring interviews with dozens of the best in the business, including Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption), John Carpenter (Halloween) and Shane Black (Lethal Weapon).
This is a flick which ought to be mandatory for any aspiring writer considering heading to Hollywood to take a shot at punching up treatments, since the showbiz-hardened veterans featured here have a lot of sage advice to share about the pitfalls of the profession.
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