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A Writer’s Perspective: Competition Season Is Winding Down

April 9, 2013

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For the aspiring screenwriter it’s getting close to the time to finalize those scripts, clean up that rewrite, and get the checking account stocked up. It’s competition season and some important deadlines are looming. Film festivals are a blast and you get to see some amazing new work, but they are also a way of […]

Roger Ebert June 18 1942 – April 4 2013

April 4, 2013

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A great intelligence and wit has been lost. Roger Ebert passed away at 70. Cancer beat his body, took his jaw and his ability to speak. He kept at his work and for years I took for granted Ebert’s reviews for the Sun Times. Any time a silly film like The Chipmunks or Fast and […]

Art & Taxes: An Introduction

March 8, 2013

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By Chris Jalufka | 03.08.13   It can be a thrill when you first get paid for your craft. That first lump sum, no matter how minor, is a major win. To take the fun out the equation, I’ve been researching the tax issues that artists face. I like the bottom line. The practical aspects of how […]

Can the new Black List start a career?

February 25, 2013

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Chris Jalufka | 02.25.13 What separates the amateur from the professional is a paycheck. That’s about as basic as that can be stated. For the aspiring writer there are a lot of well meaning services out there that want you to believe they can help you reach your goal of being a professional writer, of […]

A Writer’s Perspective: Justin Sloan

February 21, 2013

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To fully experience everything that happens at the Austin Film Festival you need stamina and a willingness to just go for it – meaning, a movie is starting at 6PM that you know nothing about and there’s a party right after it but you just got out of panel and you stop to think, ‘Did […]

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