Thompson on Hollywood: Memo to Screenwriters: Stop Acting Like It's 1999 -- DIY and Click 'Follow'

Thompson on Hollywood Thompson on Hollywood from IndieWire

Memo to Screenwriters: Stop Acting Like It's 1999 -- DIY and Click 'Follow' Jun 14th 2013, 17:00 William Goldman got it wrong. The screenwriter's gospel according to Goldman, "nobody knows anything," may have been true once upon a time in an analog age, but in an era when screens are pages and stories are being delivered at an accelerated pace, entertainment is instant and constant. If anything, at this point, everybody knows a lot. With sea change comes opportunity. What if the future of storytellers has never been brighter? The hunger for original material is spread wide across a global digital ecosystem. The opportunity for writers to reach readers has never been easier. Anyone with a smart phone can read your work.Back in "the day" of his iconic book, "Adventures in The Screen Trade," William Goldman pierced the veil of Hollywood realpolitik by exposing its Achilles heel of arrogant, out-of-touch arbitrary thinking. Traditionally realpolitik informed one giant stakeholder's self interest by pitting it against another's. The Hollywood David and Goliath version is... Media files: typewriter-keys.jpg (image/jpeg)

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