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Dish Dogs

What happened to Dish Dogs?

April 21, 2010

You can find a little background on Dish Dogs here:  How I optioned and sold my first screenplay Dish Dogs Shortly after Nathan Ives and I optioned Dish Dogs we took a couple of passes at the script making changes that the producers requested.  We met with Sean Astin who was interested in directing the [...]

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How long should it take to write a script?

August 12, 2009

I got this question recently: “How long should it take me to write a script?” This really varies from writer to writer and depends a lot on how much time a writer has each day to devote to writing. When I first moved to Los Angeles I worked part time (about 30 hours per week) [...]

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How much should a writer get paid for their screenplay?

February 13, 2009

When I optioned and sold my first screenplay, Dish Dogs, I had a friend who worked in development who gave me a great piece of advice about how to negotiate my writing fee.  He said, “You get what you can take.”  This is sound advice for anyone who’s ever negotiated anything.  As with most things [...]

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How I optioned and sold my first screenplay Dish Dogs

February 6, 2009

I’m sure many people reading this blog have looked at my IMDB link, but if you haven’t have a look at it. You’ll notice my first writing credit is a film called Dish Dogs starring Shannon Elizabeth, Sean Astin, Mathew Lillard, and Brian Dennehy. Dish Dogs started out as an idea I had in college [...]

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